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Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that its investment profits in April-June reached a quarterly record high of 24,089.5 billion yen, thanks to rises in domestic and foreign stock prices. In the quarter, the GPIF posted an

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Personnel Authority on Friday called for raising monthly salaries for government employees by an average 3.51 pct, or 15,056 yen, and their annual bonuses to 4.7 months of salary, up 0.05 month, for fiscal 2026, which

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s calorie-based food self-sufficiency rate in fiscal 2025 fell 1 percentage point from the previous year to 37 pct, dragged down by declining rice consumption, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Friday. Although the rate also

(Adnkronos) – The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Saudi media reported the news. The visit will be an occasion for a summit of the three major Sunni-majority powers in the region, Turkey, Saudi Arabia,

(Adnkronos) – Russian forces attacked Ukraine using 147 drones last night: Ukrainian air defenses destroyed or neutralized 114 of them, according to a statement published on Telegram by the Ukrainian air force. “Impacts from 29 drones were recorded in 15 locations and

(Adnkronos) – Three Ukrainian drones crashed onto the roof of a Wildberries logistics warehouse in Ekaterinburg, east of Moscow. No one was injured, Sverdlovsk region governor Denis Pasler told Max channel. “Three drones crashed onto the roof of a logistics center. People

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government decided Friday to designate the July 28 massive earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture as a disaster of extreme severity to increase state aid for the restoration of roads and other infrastructure, as well as agricultural facilities.

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korea decades ago are not an issue of the past but an “ongoing” matter, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Friday. Speaking at a meeting with junior high school students in

Hiroshima, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–A muku tree that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a city in western Japan, 81 years ago has found a new life after death as a violin, whose melodies convey messages of peace and hope. “I

Sapporo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Sapporo District Court on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for his role in a high-profile group assault case in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido in 2024. The life sentence for Yuto Kawaguchi, who was 18