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Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is banking on the personal popularity of its leader, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, for the Feb. 8 election for the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, the Centrist Reform Alliance, a new party formed by

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Germany on Friday underscored their support for embattled Ukraine and for war-devastated Gaza and agreed to hold regular dialogue “on international and security issues of common interest,” according a strategic cooperation document signed in Rome by Italy’s premier

Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)–A total of about 1,230 people are planning to run in the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, fewer than the 1,334 candidates in the previous 2024 Lower House election, a Jiji Press survey showed Friday.

(Adnkronos) – Iraqi Prime Minister Shia al-Sudani told Emmanuel Macron that European countries must repatriate ISIS detainees who have been transferred from Syria to Iraq as part of a United States operation. In a phone call with the French president, Sudani “stressed

(Adnkronos) – Israeli forces have demolished three Palestinian structures that, according to what was declared, had been built illegally on the outskirts of the village of Shuqba, in the central West Bank. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports this, explaining that the Civil

(Adnkronos) – Today, Minnesota is striking against Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant police campaign. It’s called “Day of Truth and Freedom,” the day of truth and truth, the general strike called by unions and other groups, to invite workers to abstain from work and

Osaka, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Osaka prefectural police department punished a total of 35 personnel Friday over suspected assault on targets of investigation during a site search. The police of the western Japan prefecture took disciplinary measures, such as dismissals, against 12

Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday she wants to secure a fresh public mandate through a snap general election to advance shifts in key policies. Earlier in the day, the Takaichi cabinet issued a statement following the

Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan is likely to keep its policy interest rate unchanged for now as it puts weight on assessing the impact on the economy and prices of its last rate hike in December 2025. The central

Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)–Department store sales in Japan in 2025 fell 1.5 pct from the previous year on a same-store basis, marking the first decline in five years, dampened by a plunge in spending by foreign visitors, industry data showed Friday.