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Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Wednesday defended Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi after the leader’s social media post about being unable to get enough sleep drew criticism for running counter to workstyle reform efforts. Kihara avoided commenting

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)–The first state-paid secretary to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in a statement submitted to the chairman of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives that he did not create or disseminate defamatory videos targeting Takaichi’s

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, or parliament, began deliberations Wednesday on a bill to establish a secondary capital of the nation that would assume core government functions during major disasters. An outline of

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)–A Russian hacker group calling itself “RansomHouse” has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that disrupted the operations of major Japanese frozen food maker Nichirei Corp., it was learned Wednesday. Nichirei declined to provide details about the attack while

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)–More prefectural chapters of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan oppose than support the opposition party’s possible merger into the Centrist Reform Alliance, a Jiji Press survey showed Wednesday. In the survey of senior prefectural chapter officials earlier

(Adnkronos) – According to the latest data released Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), citing Congolese health authorities, the Ebola epidemic has so far caused 1,001 victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, exceeding one thousand.  In the

(Adnkronos) – A suspected case of bubonic plague has been reported in Khovd province, western Mongolia, the country’s National Center for Zoonotic Diseases (Nczd) said today. According to the Nczd, the individual is suspected to have contracted the disease after consuming marmot

(Adnkronos) – The Louvre Museum reopens its Galerie d’Apollon, or Apollo Gallery, today, nine months after the spectacular jewel theft, but visitors will find the sumptuous room stripped of the valuables and art treasures that once filled it. The museum’s director, Christophe

(Adnkronos) – “I have no other choice but to hand in my resignation. Either you are a minister or you are not.” Monique Barbut, French Minister for Ecological Transition, said this, announcing her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron after parliament approved the

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday that 10,857 people were transported to hospitals by ambulance for heatstroke in Japan in the week through Sunday, up 2.4 times from the preceding week. The weekly number exceeded 10,000