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Tokyo, April 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi marked six months in office Tuesday, after becoming the country’s first female leader in October last year. Thanks to high public support for her cabinet, Takaichi, also president of the Liberal Democratic Party,

Tokyo, April 21 (Jiji Press)–Shipments of sanitary paper, including toilet and tissue paper, in Japan in March rose 12.6 pct from a year before to 188,000 tons, the Japan Paper Association has said. This marked the first double-digit growth since February 2022,

Tokyo, April 21 (Jiji Press)–NTT Inc. President and CEO Akira Shimada has said that the major telecommunications company hopes to become a business partner of Rapidus Corp., which aims to start mass production of next-generation semiconductors. “Our technology will help develop attractive

Washington, April 20 (Jiji Press)–The Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies will hold a meeting in the coming weeks to discuss ways to ensure stable supplies of fertilizers, the U.S. Treasury Department said Monday. The meeting on “further discussions on the

(Adnkronos) – Ninety people suspected of ties to the jihadist group Islamic State have been arrested in Turkey. This was announced today by the Interior Ministry in Ankara, two weeks after the shooting near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. Authorities had already

(Adnkronos) – Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris, where investigators are looking into alleged irregularities related to the social platform X, including the dissemination of child pornography and deepfake content. The world’s richest man and Linda Yaccarino, former CEO of X,

Tokyo, April 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his British counterpart, Yvette Cooper, on Monday reaffirmed their countries’ cooperation in efforts to help stabilize the situation in the Middle East. During their strategic dialogue meeting in Tokyo, Motegi and Cooper

(Adnkronos) – An 80-centimeter high tsunami wave hit a port in northern Japan, after a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook the entire northern part of the Asian country. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported this.  The rogue wave, the Agency specified, was

(Adnkronos) – Japan has warned of the risk of earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 or higher, after a strong tremor hit the north of the country and triggered a tsunami alert. The Japan Meteorological Agency stated in a release that “the probability of