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(Adnkronos) – No more giant pandas in Japan. Farewell, at least for now, to ‘panda diplomacy’. The last two are returning to China, leaving the Land of the Rising Sun without a single specimen for the first time since 1972. All this

(Adnkronos) – North Korea launched what Tokyo’s Defense Ministry identified as a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan. The launch was also confirmed by the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, who spoke of a “projectile”. The North Korean test is

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The 12-day campaign period for the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, began Tuesday. This is the first general election since the formation of the coalition

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are expected to clash in 85 of the 289 single-seat constituencies in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election, according to a Jiji Press survey

(Adnkronos) – Nations must make sure the “horror” of the World War II Holocaust in which over six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis “never returns” and must fight the persistent scourge of anti-Semitism, Italy said on Tuesday – Holocaust Remebrance

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–When to cut the consumption tax on food and how to offset the resultant revenue loss will be the focus of the Feb. 8 election for the House of Representatives, said Yoshihiko Noda, co-leader of the Centrist Reform

Seoul/Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched ballistic missiles from an area north of Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japan around 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to the South Korean military. According to Japanese Defense Ministry sources, two missiles were fired and are

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan will closely monitor the impact of China’s recent notice advising its citizens not to visit Japan during the Lunar New Year holiday period next month, a government official said Tuesday. “People-to-people exchanges and economic activities between Japan

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Most major Japanese political parties have pledged a consumption tax cut in their campaigning for the Feb. 8 election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police referred a “minpaku” private lodging operator in the Japanese capital and two Chinese nationals, including its leader, to public prosecutors Tuesday on suspicion of offering its services on weekdays in violation of a local regulation and