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Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese opposition Centrist Reform Alliance is expected to elect its new leader Friday, following its crushing defeat in Sunday’s House of Representatives election. Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, the co-leaders of the party, formed by the Constitutional

(Adnkronos) – Around 90 civilians have been killed and another 142 injured in drone attacks conducted over two weeks in Sudan’s Kordofan region. This was stated by Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. “In a period of just over two

(Adnkronos) – As expected and anticipated by lawyer David Markus, Ghislaine Maxwell invoked her right not to answer substantive questions, based on the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. American media report this. The now 64-year-old woman, who is serving a

(Adnkronos) – Somalia signs a defense pact with Saudi Arabia. On X, the Somali Ministry of Defense announced the signing of “a military cooperation agreement” by Somali Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi and his Saudi counterpart, Khalid Bin Salman. The agreement, it reads,

(Adnkronos) – The victims – or survivors, as they prefer to call themselves – of the late financier convicted of sex crimes Jeffrey Epstein have launched an appeal for the full publication of documents related to him, in an advertisement video released

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that she aims to outline a proposed consumption tax cut to zero for food by summer. At a press conference following her ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in Sunday’s election

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Despite the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s overwhelming victory in Sunday’s House of Representatives election, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is expected to face challenges in managing economic and fiscal policies. As the election was held ahead of

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday to nullify the results of Sunday’s House of Representatives election for all of the 289 single-seat constituencies, claiming that the election was unconstitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. The group,

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–The ruling Liberal Democratic Party won every single-seat constituency in 31 of Japan’s 47 prefectures in Sunday’s House of Representatives election. The LDP won 316 seats in the election for the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament,

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. said Monday that it will stop shipping all Blu-ray Disc recorders starting in February, as the market for such products is shrinking amid the popularity of online video distribution services. Sony, the core