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Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly jumped more than 1,500 points to hit a new all-time intraday high on Tuesday morning, boosted by broad-based buying following a rise in U.S. stocks Monday. At 10:29 a.m., the Nikkei

Washington, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Following the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in Sunday’s House of Representatives election, the United States plans to enhance cooperation with the Asian ally in security and economic matters. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to

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,