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(Adnkronos) – The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office has indicted seven alleged members and one supporter of a far-right cell largely composed of young people accused of planning violent attacks against migrants. The prosecution accused the defendants, some of whom are teenagers, of

Tokyo, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)–The number of people leaving Japan for overseas travel during the year-end and New Year holidays is projected to reach 1 million, up 31.5 pct from a year earlier, according to a survey by JTB Corp. The figure

Tokyo, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan will host its first summit with five Central Asian nations from Friday, aiming to deepen cooperation with the resource-rich region and strengthen supply chains. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will chair the two-day meeting in Tokyo and

Nara, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)–Public prosecutors on Thursday sought a life sentence for Tetsuya Yamagami, who is charged with fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun in the western city of Nara in July 2022. In the

Tokyo, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party for the People agreed at a meeting of their tax panel chairs on Thursday to raise the taxable income threshold from the current 1.6 million yen to 1.78

Tokyo, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese internal affairs minister Toranosuke Katayama, who served as co-chief of the Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin no Kai), died of old age at a hospital in Tokyo on Thursday. He was 90. Katayama, a native of

Tokyo, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and ruling parties decided Thursday to implement a planned income tax hike in January 2027, as part of efforts to secure funding for increased defense spending. The decision, which will be included in the ruling

Nara, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)–Public prosecutors on Thursday sought a life sentence for Tetsuya Yamagami, who is charged with fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western city of Nara in July 2022. In the 15th hearing of the

Tokyo, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Naruhito held a meeting with visiting Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. In addition to the 20-minute meeting, Emperor Naruhito and the Kazakh leader had an hour-long luncheon at the

Washington, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–Bipartisan U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced a resolution expressing support for Japan and condemning China’s economic and military pressure amid Tokyo-Beijing tensions over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on a potential Taiwan contingency. The resolution criticizes Beijing