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Tokyo, April 3 (Jiji Press)–Local authorities in Japan are warning people to watch out for bears as they emerge from hibernation. According to the Environment Ministry, the number of bear attack victims in fiscal 2025 had reached 237 by February, the highest

Tokyo, April 3 (Jiji Press)–The Imperial Household Agency on Friday released a list of 1,753 guests for an upcoming spring Imperial garden party in Tokyo, including figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who won gold at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Tokyo, April 2 (Jiji Press)–The number of people in Japan who plan to travel abroad during the upcoming Golden Week holiday period is expected to rise 8.5 pct from a year earlier to 572,000, a survey by major travel agency JTB Corp.

(Adnkronos) – Moldova has decided to finalize its withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a Russia-dominated group that united nine of the fifteen former Soviet republics. The termination of the 1991 founding agreement, the associated protocol, and the 1993 statute

(Adnkronos) – Austria has rejected the US request to allow its military aircraft to overfly Austrian territory as part of the war against Iran. This was stated by Colonel Michael Bauer, spokesman for the Austrian Ministry of Defense. “There have indeed been

(Adnkronos) – Russia is preparing to send a second oil tanker to Cuba, Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov announced on the occasion of the Energoprom-2026 Forum. “Yesterday there was an important meeting in St. Petersburg with a delegation from Havana. Cuba is under

(Adnkronos) – Iraq’s oil export revenues for March decreased by over 70% compared to February, according to Ali Nizar, director of the State Oil Marketing Organization (Somo), the Iraqi state company responsible for oil sales. In the month immediately following the outbreak

(Adnkronos) – A fire broke out near Mashhad airport in northeastern Iran after a raid struck a fuel depot located near the facility. Iranian media reported this. 

Tokyo, April 2 (Jiji Press)–Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako met with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. During their 20-minute talks, the two sides discussed cultural exchanges between Japan and France, according

Tokyo, April 2 (Jiji Press)–Narita International Airport Corp. has abandoned its plan to open a new runway in March 2029 due to challenges in acquiring necessary land, it was learned Thursday. After meeting with transport minister Yasushi Kaneko in Tokyo on the