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New York, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan confronted China and North Korea at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday over the U.N. Charter’s enemy state clauses, after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for the clauses to be deleted in her U.N. speech

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government told the Diet, the country’s parliament, on Tuesday that an extraordinary session will be convened Monday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara conveyed the plan to the boards of the steering committees in both Diet chambers.

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–A planned visit by Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to areas affected by a powerful earthquake in July in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has been postponed to Wednesday, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday. The one-day trip,

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Amendments to Japan’s 1947 Imperial House Law will take effect on Oct. 24, introducing measures intended to address the declining number of Imperial Family members. Under the revised law, female members of the Imperial Family will be allowed

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Precipitation was observed in central Tokyo for 34 straight days through Tuesday, the longest streak of rainy days since records began in 1886, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The agency’s observation point for Tokyo, located in Kitanomaru

(Adnkronos) – The protest against the housing crisis and high housing costs continues in one of Madrid’s main squares, sparked after police evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from the capital apartment where she had lived her whole life. About a hundred tents have

(Adnkronos) – In Ethiopia, forces allied with the federal government have announced they have taken control of Alamata, in southern Tigray, after days of clashes with rebels on multiple fronts. Federal government forces “have taken control of Alamata” after “intense fighting,” local

(Adnkronos) – New compromising revelations for Bo French, the Republican candidate for one of Texas’s main internal offices, who has already been overwhelmed by accusations of racist comments made under photos of non-white students at a University of Texas football game. Now

(Adnkronos) – The five men, just over twenty years old, arrested as part of the investigation into the incident near the Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Fairford, also used by the US armed forces, have been released on bail. This was

(Adnkronos) – Construction sites in New Delhi are to be halted for six weeks in an attempt to curb the smog emergency that chokes the Indian capital every winter. The ban on construction and demolition will come into effect on December 10