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Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will have a meeting in Japan on Tuesday morning with the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago, the U.S. Department of State said the same day. It is

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo Stock Exchange has designated Japanese electronic device maker Nidec Corp. as a “security on special alert,” effective Tuesday. The move, announced on Monday, came after suspected accounting irregularities surfaced at Nidec subsidiaries in Italy and China.

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–New Japanese Environment Minister Hirotaka Ishihara said he has instructed his ministry to step up measures to address the growing harm to people caused by bears. “We must do our utmost, including (bear) population management and human resource

(Adnkronos) – The EU Council renewed in Luxembourg the EU’s autonomous restrictive measures against Isil/Da’esh and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with the two terrorist organizations, extending them until October 31, 2026. The list includes 15 individuals and 7

(Adnkronos) – Israel has authorized a team composed of Red Cross members, Egyptian rescuers, and a Hamas representative to cross the Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip to search for the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages. This was announced by Israeli government

(Adnkronos) – A few days after the anticipated meeting in South Korea between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump, Beijing’s state media announced that a fleet of H-6K bombers and J-10 fighters had conducted “confrontation-clash exercises” near Taiwan.

(Adnkronos) – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has struck the coast of the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe. This was announced by the US Geological Survey, without reporting any damage or injuries at the moment. According to seismologists, the epicenter of the quake

(Adnkronos) – Global energy markets and joint projects to diversify the energy supply were the focus of talks in Ankara on Monday between Italian gas and oil giant Eni’s chief executive Claudio Descalzi and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Eni said in

(Adnkronos) – Israel has ended the state of emergency in force in the south of the country since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. This was announced by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz. As the Times of Israel explains, the state

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday discussed imports of Russian liquefied natural gas, which the United States has urged Japan to halt. “We talked about sanctions against Russia, including the LNG