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Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after calm day on Wall St
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after U.S. stocks held relatively steady on Wall Street. U.S. futures and oil prices slipped, while the yen weakened further against the U.S. dollar. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 lost 1.5% to 38,244.76. Nintendo Co.’s share...
Juro Kara, rebel playwright behind Japan's modern underground theater, dies at 84
TOKYO (AP) — Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully transforming the essence of Kabuki aesthetics into modern storytelling, has died. He was 84. The playwright, director and troupe leader died late Saturday from a blood clot in...
Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Are you ready for some movies this summer? There's action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises and anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters and streaming services from May through Labor Day. You just have to know where to look. ...
Review: Nature and human nature mingle in the beguiling 'Evil Does Not Exist'
The films of Ryusuke Hamaguchi unspool with elegant everyday ease and yet anything can happen. Lives take sudden detours. Seemingly minor characters become primary ones. People are brought together by mysterious connections. There are even, as in the case of his “Asako I &...
Wembanyama coming to Paris as San Antonio Spurs to face Indiana Pacers in two NBA games next January
PARIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama will return to Paris, he hopes as an Olympic champion, when the San Antonio Spurs face the Indiana Pacers in two regular-season NBA games early next year. The NBA announced Thursday that the teams will play on Jan. 23 and Jan. 25, marking the first...
Japan says a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly April crash of 2 navy helicopters
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese investigators have determined that a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly crash last month of two Japanese navy SH-60K Seahawk helicopters, the country's defense minister said Thursday. That is according to preliminary flight data analysis,...
Japan's Kishida will stress rules-based global order, support for emerging nations at OECD meeting
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday that he will stress the need for a rules-based international order in the face of global challenges and tensions when he attends a meeting of the Organizations for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. ...
Japan's PM Kishida denies he will step down over his party's loss in special elections
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday his governing party's major defeat in last weekend's by-elections was largely due to a political fundraising scandal and that he would not step down or replace party executives to take responsibility. Instead, Kishida...
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise to start a week full of earnings, Fed meeting
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, as investors kept their eyes on potentially market-moving reports expected later this week. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.3% to 38,442.28 in early trading, coming back from a national holiday. Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3%...
Father of Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen charged with abusing one of his other children, lawyer says
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The father and former coach of Olympic champion runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been charged with abusing one of his other children, police said Monday, escalating an ongoing conflict involving one of Norway's most prominent sporting families. Ingebrigtsen...
