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Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese Red Cross Society has expressed concern over possible health issues of evacuees nearly a month after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto. In a press conference held at the Japan National Press

Sapporo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)–A total of 176 people who fled Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, following the March 2011 severe nuclear accident there have reached a settlement with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in their damages lawsuit filed against the firm

Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)–Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a social media post has highlighted his country’s close relationship with Japan. “Japan is geographically distant from Ukraine, but we are very close in terms of our values, shared principles, and our common

Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)–Some members of the Centrist Reform Alliance and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan are calling for moving back the deadline for concluding talks on the integration of the two Japanese opposition parties and Komeito, also an opposition

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)–A Chinese research vessel has left Japan’s exclusive economic zone off Hateruma Island in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, the Japan Coast Guard said. The Xiang Yang Hong 03 was spotted extending what appeared to be

(Adnkronos) – Ceuta and Melilla “are Spain and are untouchable”. This was stated by the Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, who reiterated to Congress that any violation of national sovereignty will be dealt with “firmly”. During her hearing before the Defense

(Adnkronos) – Russia threatens to strike British factories producing drones and missile components for Ukraine. Moscow, in fact, after yesterday’s green light from Prime Minister Andy Burnham for sharing with Kyiv the technology needed for the manufacture of Storm Shadow cruise missiles

(Adnkronos) – Germany has expelled 23 Afghan citizens to Afghanistan, as part of the second charter flight that did not exclusively include migrants convicted of crimes. The Interior Ministry announced this in a post on ‘X’, specifying that “most of these men

(Adnkronos) – The Republican primary runoff for the Senate seat that belonged to Lindsey Graham, taking place today in South Carolina, is considered an important test for Donald Trump ahead of the November elections. The president has indeed invested a significant amount

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump reiterated that he had ordered Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to “substantially” reduce joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, accusing them of sending a “totally inappropriate and hostile” signal to Pyongyang. In a post on