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Tokyo, Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)–All Nippon Airways said Wednesday that it will lower fuel surcharges, added to airfares, for flights from Japan to North America and Europe by 10,000 yen to 55,000 yen for tickets to be issued in September and October.

Tokyo, Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)–Aeon Co. on Wednesday showed a plan to provide compensation early to relatives of tenant shop workers who died in an explosion that occurred at its shopping facility in Kumamoto Prefecture shortly after the July 28 major earthquake

(Adnkronos) – At least 15 people have died and 27 are missing after an overcrowded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. Local authorities reported that the vessel, which provides transport service between the northern city of Kariba and several fishing villages, capsized

(Adnkronos) – Four Iranian drones have crashed in Iraq’s Erbil province. This was reported by the Kurdish news platform Rudaw, after it had reported that several missiles and drones had been launched by Tehran against Kurdish locations in the province. According to

Tokyo, Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)–An increasing number of young people in Japan, including those aged under 20, are seeking double eyelid surgery and other cosmetic treatments. At 17 clinics directly run by Kyoritsu Cosmetic Surgery, the proportion of patients aged 19 or

Ueno, Gunma Pref., Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)–A bereaved family member of one of the 520 victims of the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet held a picture book event last month at an elementary school near the crash site in

Tokyo, Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)–Chikara Sakaguchi, who served as the country’s first health, labor and welfare minister, died of natural causes on Friday. He was 92. Sakaguchi, a former Komeito lawmaker, died at a hospital in the western Japan city of Takamatsu,

Nagoya, Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)–Hiroshi Okuda, who served as president and chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. and chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, died at 93, it was learned Wednesday. Born in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, central Japan,

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Tokyo, Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested a Mexican national on suspicion of attempting to smuggle nine lizards into Japan by hiding them in socks in his luggage. Daniel Isaac Velasco Baltazar, 23, is suspected of attempting to import the lizards