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Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to appoint Arata Takebe of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party as Japan’s new agriculture minister to replace embattled Kazuo Yana, informed sources said Thursday. Yana resigned Wednesday following a series of

Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Foreign Ministry has raised its travel alert for northern and western parts of Saudi Arabia from Level 1, which calls for exercising caution, to Level 2, which calls for avoiding nonessential travel. Following the latest change, announced

Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly lost more than 2,400 points in Thursday morning trading. At 9:32 a.m., the index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section plunged 2,421.93 points, or 3.58

Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Imperial Household Agency on Thursday released the list of approximately 1,700 invitees for an autumn garden party to be hosted by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 29. The

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Chinese fighter jets took off from and landed at the country’s Liaoning aircraft carrier Wednesday after the vessel sailed between the main island of Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa and Okinawa’s Miyako Island, the Japanese Defense Ministry’s Joint

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s delayed response to the controversy surrounding agriculture minister Kazuo Yana, who quit Wednesday, is all but certain to deal a blow to her administration. Takaichi was effectively forced to dismiss the minister, whom

(Adnkronos) – Less than three weeks before the midterm elections, two polls confirm the neck-and-neck race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton, with the Democratic Senate candidate slightly ahead. The Marist College poll shows that 47% of likely Texas voters support Talarico,

(Adnkronos) – The parliament of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt has approved, with the votes of AfD (which controls 39 out of 83 seats in the regional assembly elected on September 6) and BSW (which won 5 seats), a motion calling for

(Adnkronos) – By the end of October, “improvements” to Parcoursup, the digital platform used in France to manage applications for access to post-baccalaureate education, will be proposed to French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu. This was announced today on Bfmtv-Rmc by French Education

(Adnkronos) – Five days of pre-trial detention in India for two leaders of the ‘cockroach’ movement, the Cockroach Janta Party (Cjp). The BBC reports this. Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were brought before a judge this morning after being stopped yesterday in