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Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–The average price of rice sold at some 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through Sunday dropped 63 yen from the previous week to 4,142 yen per 5 kilograms, the agriculture ministry has said. The average was

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three megabanks are planning to jointly issue corporate-use stablecoins pegged to legal tender like the yen and the dollar, aiming to promote their use in the country. MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank intend

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government decided Friday to award the Order of Culture for fiscal 2025 to eight people, including baseball legend Sadaharu Oh, 85, currently chairman of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks professional baseball team, and Susumu Kitagawa, 74, special

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s overseas development agency (AICS) in Lebanon and Syria’s new head, Liana De Rosa, on Friday met Italian non-governmental organisations operating in Lebanon to mark the start of her posting.  “Today, meeting w/ Italian civil society organizations active in Lebanon,

(Adnkronos) – Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a 48-hour extension of the two-day ceasefire in effect since Wednesday to facilitate negotiations that will begin tomorrow in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The Taliban negotiating team confirmed this to Tolo News broadcaster,

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The 11-country Asia Zero Emission Community held a ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, affirming the importance of financing for decarbonization projects, such as the procurement of liquefied natural gas, which emits relatively low carbon dioxide when

(Adnkronos) – North Korea is increasingly involved in Moscow’s war effort. Cluster munitions – that is, munitions that break apart in flight into multiple explosives or incendiary weapons that fall over a wide area – of North Korean manufacture are being used

(Adnkronos) – Two well-known generals and seven other high-ranking officers are under investigation for corruption. This is happening in China, where Xi Jinping’s purges continue, affecting prominent officials. He Weidong, number two of the powerful Central Military Commission and one of the

(Adnkronos) – Lebanese authorities have ordered the release – upon payment of an 11 million dollar bail – of Hannibal Gaddafi, one of the sons of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has been detained for 10 years in Lebanon without ever

(Adnkronos) – The ‘no Kings’ protest returns across America, with demonstrations scheduled for tomorrow in over 2500 locations nationwide. The day, which is the second after last June’s, which saw the mobilization of 5 million people, is organized by a coalition of