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Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japan International Cooperation Agency on Thursday announced the withdrawal of its “hometown” initiative, which aimed to promote people-to-people exchanges between African countries and their partner Japanese cities. The decision came after the Japanese cities were flooded with

Osaka, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Prince Hisahito inspected the Grand Ring, a huge wooden structure that is a symbol of the ongoing World Exposition in Osaka, on Thursday, the second day of his two-day visit to the western Japan city. The 19-year-old

Susono, Shizuoka Pref., Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. opened the first part of its Woven City in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Thursday, five years after the automaker announced the experimental city’s concept. Toyota and 18 other companies are involved

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Fujifilm Corp. said Thursday that it has completed construction of a 3.2-billion-dollar biopharmaceutical plant in North Carolina. The Japanese company said that the plant is one of the largest contract development and manufacturing facilities for biopharmaceuticals in North

Osaka, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Osaka High Court on Thursday upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a man who threw an explosive at then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event in 2023. The defense for Ryuji Kimura, 26, immediately appealed

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced Yoshitaka Suzuki, a 44-year-old former Fuji Television Network Inc. employee to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for habitual gambling. Suzuki was found to have repeatedly engaged in illegal gambling

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese and U.S. governments are arranging a trip by U.S. President Donald Trump to Japan in late October, Japanese government sources said Thursday. With Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba slated to leave office next month, Trump would

Nagoya, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Nagoya High Court ruled Thursday that the Japanese government is not obligated to recognize a Syrian man as a refugee after the collapse of the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad in 2024. The court overturned a lower

(Adnkronos) – A few days before the opening of the polls for the legislative elections, the oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc was extradited to Moldova from Greece on charges formalized some time ago. Plahotniuc, involved in what has been called the “theft of the

(Adnkronos) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal association and acquitted of corruption charges at the end of his trial for illegal financing, by Libya, of his 2007 presidential campaign. Judge Nathalie Gavarino, justified the conviction for