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Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Six Japanese ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday agreed to explore the possibility of scrapping the provisional gasoline tax surcharge by the end of this year, Itsunori Onodera, tax chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said. The

(The fourth paragraph should have read, “…after starting…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Honda Halts Production at Mexico Plant amid Chip Shortage Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. has halted vehicle production at a plant in Mexico due

Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his South Korean counterpart, Cho Hyun, agreed Wednesday to develop the two nations’ future-oriented relations in a stable way. The first Motegi-Cho meeting since the Japanese minister took office Oct.

Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–The foreign chiefs of Japan, the United States and South Korea affirmed their cooperation Wednesday, with in mind China’s growing hegemonic behavior and North Korea’s nuclear and missile development. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, U.S. Secretary

(Adnkronos) – After 14 editions in Verona, one in the Caucasus (Baku, Azerbaijan), one in Central Asia (Samarkand, Uzbekistan) and one in the Middle East (Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates), the itinerant format of the Eurasian Economic Forum continues, which this year

(Adnkronos) – The crisis in Mali is worsening, caused by the fuel supply blockade imposed for over a month by a jihadist group, effectively an economic siege on the military junta that took control of the African country in 2021. The Minister

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told U.S. President Donald Trump at their meeting Tuesday that it is difficult for her country to withdraw from the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East region, Japanese government source

(Adnkronos) – “No Trump! No China!”. These were the slogans shouted in Seoul and Gyeongju ahead of tomorrow’s meeting in South Korea between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, both targets of the protests, albeit for different reasons. Near

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo and Beijing are working to arrange the first meeting between new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping for Friday, on the fringe of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit starting the same day

(Adnkronos) – The World Health Organization has called for a “ceasefire” in Sudan following reports of over 460 people killed in a hospital in El-Fasher.  The WHO “is appalled and deeply shocked by reports of the tragic killing of over 460 patients