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Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Friday enacted a package of bills to support companies, including an industrial competitiveness enhancement law amendment to promote domestic investments through corporate tax cuts. The package was approved with a majority vote at

Singapore, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrived in Singapore on Friday to attend the Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, which will run for three days through Sunday. During his stay here, Koizumi will meet with

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Diet, or parliament, enacted a bill on Friday to oblige power plant operators to draw up and submit plans to dispose of used solar panels. At the day’s plenary meeting, the House of Councillors, the upper Diet

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s government is urging Europe to step up surveillance coordination at its borders to combat the spread of Ebola and is sending a team of experts from Rome’s Spallanzani infectious diseases hospital to the Democratic Republic of the Congo “as

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese authorities spent 11,734.9 billion yen in foreign exchange market interventions from April 28 to Wednesday, with the amount hitting a record high on a monthly basis, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The figure far exceeded 9,788.5 billion

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday found one anesthesiologist guilty and another not guilty over the death of a 2-year-old boy at Tokyo Women’s Medical University Hospital in 2014. Presiding Judge Yasunobu Hosoya sentenced Toru Kotani, 66, to a

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Women accounted for a record 35.7 pct of those who passed Japan’s career-track national public servant examination for the spring of fiscal 2026, the National Personnel Authority said Friday. A total of 2,021 applicants passed the exam to

(Adnkronos) – The overnight Russian drone strike on a residential building in Nato and European Union member Romania’s eastern city of Galati is a threat to European security, Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni stated on Friday, deploring the “extremely serious act”  

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–The share of Japanese households owning smartphones outnumbered that of television-owning households for the first time last year, the communications ministry said Friday. A survey by the ministry found that 91.8 pct of households owned smartphones in 2025,

Manila, May 29 (Jiji Press)–The Philippines is set to strengthen its oil stockpiling system in response to the energy crisis caused by the tense situation in the Middle East, with support from Japan, as agreed by the leaders of the two countries