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Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Shingo Kunieda, the first man to complete a career Golden Slam in wheelchair tennis, has been nominated for induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2027 in the wheelchair tennis category. Kunieda, 42, won 28

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket carrying the Martian Moons eXploration, or MMX, probe on Tuesday. The No. 10 H3 rocket took off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko turned 92 on Tuesday, enjoying a peaceful life with her husband, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, also 92. Her advanced age has caused a decline in her physical strength and made her get tired more frequently

Nagoya, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Shizuka Hangai, 38, and Shota Kawamoto, 30, on Monday clinched Asian Para Games gold in the women’s J1 class 52-kilogram judo event and in the men’s C1-2 class 3,000-meter individual cycling pursuit, respectively. A day after the

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, plans to develop a new medium-term vision in light of an accelerating decline in the country’s population and the spread of artificial intelligence, its chairman, Yoshinobu Tsutsui, said Monday. “Looking ahead to

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Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese education ministry plans to adopt a paper-digital hybrid format as the standard for textbooks in elementary, junior high and high schools from fiscal 2030, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. The plan calls for placing

(Adnkronos) – Vladimir Putin has approved a government reshuffle after receiving Premier Mikhail Mishustin, the Kremlin announced. Following last September’s legislative elections, almost half of Mishustin’s deputy premiers are changing. But most importantly, Dmitry Grigorenko, chief of staff and deputy premier, who

(Adnkronos) – ”Punish” American President Donald Trump in the Midterm elections, by increasing attacks on merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz to raise oil prices and inflict the highest possible pain in terms of lost votes. But also ”warn” future American

(Adnkronos) – More than a month after the legislative elections on September 13, won by a narrow margin by the left, Sweden is still without a new government. Parliament Speaker Andreas Norlen has tasked the leader of the Centre Party, Elisabeth Thand