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Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–About 4 billion yen in proceeds from the “Nenmatsu Jumbo” series year-end public lotteries in Japan will be allocated to quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture and the namesake capital of the southwestern prefecture on a priority basis, Jiji Press learned

Tottori, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Tottori Governor Shinji Hirai said Wednesday that he will not run for re-election after his current fifth term expires in April 2027. The gubernatorial election of the western Japan prefecture is scheduled for April 11 next year as

(Adnkronos) – North Korea has deployed new units in “firing positions”. This was stated by the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, a few days after Pyongyang had warned that it was considering deploying additional attack means to the border with the

Nagoya, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The wrong national anthems were played three times during the ongoing Asian Para Games on Monday, Nagoya Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa, acting head of the sporting festival’s organizing committee, said Wednesday. In para taekwondo, athletes from Mongolia and Taiwan

(Adnkronos) – Australian MP Helen Haines, deliberately run over by a vehicle on Monday, has had both her legs amputated. Her husband announced this, saying he was “overwhelmed by the support” received after the attack. “Helen’s left leg was amputated on Monday.

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Personal information on some 125,000 police officers and staff members in Japan may have been compromised following unauthorized access to cloud service operator Arcadia Inc., National Police Agency officials said Wednesday. Over 18,000 email addresses of citizens and

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese new agriculture minister Arata Takebe on Wednesday apologized over a weekly magazine report about his alleged receipt of a political donation from a public works contractor. “I instructed relevant officials to promptly investigate the facts and take

Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan won its second straight men’s team all-around title at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Tuesday, clinching its eighth title overall. The team scored a total of 251.928 points across the six

Chiba, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–While flooding has finally cleared one month after residential areas in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, were hit by heavy rain from Typhoon Dujuan, many people are still concerned about their future. In the Mabashi district in the

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Kimitake Nakamura, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s European Affairs Bureau, urged Russia to allow early consular access to a Japanese journalist detained there and his immediate release during a meeting with a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official