2025 - Page 11

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling parties have given up on enacting a bill to reduce the number of House of Representatives seats by the end of the current extraordinary session of the Diet on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi,

(Adnkronos) – Today in Brussels “we will close another 5 chapters for Montenegro. In total there are 12”, which means that Podgorica “is at the top of the ranking” among the candidate countries to join the EU. This was stated by the

(Adnkronos) – The M23 rebel group, supported by Rwanda, announced in recent hours that it will withdraw its forces from Uvira, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. But it also set conditions. Radio France Internationale reports this. On

(Adnkronos) – American military forces conducted three more raids against suspected drug trafficker vessels in international waters in the Eastern Pacific, killing eight people. The United States Southern Command reported on X that the targeted vessels were transporting drugs along known drug

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Shogi Association announced Tuesday a review of its professional tournament rules for pregnant female players. The association will abolish its rule stipulating that if the date of a scheduled title match falls within a 14-week window

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government and ruling coalition plan to suspend the tax levied on automobiles in accordance with their fuel efficiency for two years from fiscal 2026, it was learned Tuesday. The government and the coalition of the ruling Liberal

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is planning to dispatch civilian personnel by the end of this year at the earliest to the U.S.-led Civil-Military Coordination Center overseeing a ceasefire and humanitarian assistance in the Palestinian territory of Gaza. The government

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, decided Tuesday to appoint IBM Japan Ltd. General Manager and President Akio Yamaguchi as its new chairman. Yamaguchi, 61, will assume the post, which has been vacant since Takeshi

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Tuesday enacted the government’s 18.3-trillion-yen supplementary budget for fiscal 2025, which will finance the first comprehensive economic package under the leadership of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. General-account spending under the extra budget totals

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese startup Space One Co. will launch a Kairos small rocket carrying artificial satellites on Feb. 25 next year after two failed attempts. The Tokyo-based company aims to be Japan’s first to put a satellite into orbit using