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Osaka, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Public infrastructure and equipment essential to daily life are rapidly deteriorating in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, which is home to the country’s second-largest metropolitan area and has a population of about 8.75 million. Much of the infrastructure was

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan aims to strengthen soft power diplomacy, leveraging its pop culture such as manga and anime. The government plans to actively use popular works to gain more fans of Japan in Global South emerging and developing countries, and

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, said Tuesday that it has detained a male reporter of Hokkaido Shimbun Press, a newspaper publisher in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido, on suspicion of espionage. Russian news agency Tass reported

(Adnkronos) – The total number of Ministry of Education staff members injured since the start of the protests has risen to 147. The ministry announced this. Among them, 20 people were injured yesterday, including five school principals. Regarding Monday, “this is the

(Adnkronos) – Leaders of the ‘cockroach’ movement, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), have been arrested in India. Protests continue in the Asian giant demanding the resignation of the head of the Election Commission, Gyanesh Kumar. In the background are accusations of alleged

(Adnkronos) – Exactly three weeks before the midterm elections, Democrats are seven points ahead in a generic House poll published today by NewsNation-Decision Desk Hq. According to the poll, reported by The Hill, 49% of respondents say they are ready to vote

(Adnkronos) – Katie Zacharia, the new White House spokesperson chosen by President Donald Trump to succeed Karoline Leavitt, allegedly spread conspiracy theories and unfounded accusations of pedophilia against important Democratic Party figures in the past, even going so far as to claim

(Adnkronos) – The leader of the Swedish Social Democrats, Magdalena Andersson, announced the failure of negotiations for the formation of a new government with centrist and radical left parties. Andersson, who had received the mandate to form an executive for the second

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Sushi and other food delivery service operator Ride On Express Holdings Co. said Tuesday that the personal information of up to about 6.5 million registered customers may have been compromised through unauthorized server access. According to the company,

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Nobuo Inaba, former president of Japanese public broadcaster NHK, died of aspiration pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 6. He was 75. Born in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka, Inaba, a graduate of the University of