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Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–The board of the steering committee at Japan’s House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, decided Thursday to change the English name of the chamber to the Senate. In line with the name change, members of the

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Football Association said Thursday that Go Oiwa will serve as head coach of the Japanese men’s national soccer team, nicknamed Samurai Blue, from an international friendly next March, succeeding Hajime Moriyasu. Oiwa, 54, will concurrently serve

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan will continue efforts to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs on domestic businesses, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Thursday, marking the first anniversary of the Japan-U.S. tariff agreement. At a press conference on the day, Kihara

Naha, Okinawa Pref., July 23 (Jiji Press)–Four Chinese coast guard ships sailed in Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the city of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Thursday. The Haijing ships crossed into the Japanese waters at a point around Uotsurijima,

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. and smartphone payment firm PayPay Corp. are considering integrating their customer identification data, it was learned Thursday. Seven & i’s 7iD system is expected to be integrated into the PayPay

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her visiting Solomon Islands counterpart, Matthew Wale, confirmed Thursday that the two countries will strengthen their ties based on Tokyo’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision, which the Japanese leader has pledged to

Kochi, July 23 (Jiji Press)–Police in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, have arrested former professional tennis player Rika Hiraki, who won the mixed doubles title at the 1997 French Open, for her alleged involvement in a social media-based fraud case, it was learned

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s government will unveil “a plan and a proposal” to allocate “13-14 billion euros” to “energy-related” measures, using the greater fiscal flexibility granted last month to European Union countries by the bloc’s executive, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday. 

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–The mercury rose to as high as 41.1 degrees Celsius in Tenryu Ward in the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Thursday, hitting the highest level in the country this year, according to the Japan Meteorological

(Adnkronos) – This morning, Albanian Police used tear gas and water cannons against demonstrators trying to approach the Parliament in Tirana to protest against a tourism project linked to the Trump family and to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama.