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Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–As Japan has been slow to introduce a system that allows married couples to have different surnames, matchmaking events for people with the same surname have emerged as a hack for circumventing surname changes upon marriage under the

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–The breakup of the Centrist Reform Alliance has become all but certain as the seven-month-old Japanese opposition party failed to forge unity. The party was launched in January, ahead of the Feb. 8 general election for the House

(Adnkronos) – Homemade explosive devices have been found near a power plant in eastern Germany, close to the Polish border. Brandenburg police told AFP. “They did not explode, no one was injured, and we had no problems with electricity supply,” a police

(Adnkronos) – Millions of Americans risk not receiving their mail-in ballots in time, or not receiving them at all, for the November 3 midterm elections due to the new IT system developed by the United States Postal Service (USPS). This is the

(Adnkronos) – “The government’s conclusion is that Russia is responsible for the hybrid attack in Leipzig on August 4” last. German Interior Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, said this, specifying that the conclusion comes after an evaluation of the technology used and intelligence information. 

(Adnkronos) – Germany announces the closure of the Russian consulate in Bonn, the last Russian one in the country, and a Russian cultural center in Berlin. This was announced by the Foreign Ministry after German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stated that “the

(Adnkronos) – The United Kingdom will introduce measures against settler settlements in the West Bank in the coming weeks. British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband announced this in Parliament, explaining that the E1 settlement project “risks making a Palestinian state unfeasible.” But ”this

Kumamoto, Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino on Tuesday visited two hospitals in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, which was hit hard by a powerful earthquake in late July, offering words of encouragement to staff workers at the institutions. The Crown Prince

Tokyo, Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)–Russia has expressed concern to the Japanese Embassy in Moscow over joint defense drills among Japan, the United States and Australia scheduled for Sept. 8-24, Russian news agency Tass reported Tuesday. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said

Tokyo, Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)–The foreign ministers from Japan and four Central and Eastern European nations forming the Visegrad Four, or V4, framework agreed Tuesday to boost cooperation between research institutions and companies from the countries over cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial