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(Adnkronos) – A 34-year-old woman has woken from a pharmacological coma more than a week after she was attacked by a shark while swimming near the shore of a well-known Sydney beach. The family of Leah Stewart, who was attacked by a

(Adnkronos) – Over 500 women and children have died or suffered potentially avoidable harm at Nottingham’s “toxic” university hospital trust due to “deep-rooted systemic failures.” This is revealed by what is considered the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the British

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said Wednesday he will continue to lead the company for the next 10 or 15 years. Son, 68, had previously indicated his intention to pass the torch to the next

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–A teacher has said she was drying laundry in the music preparation room where a fire started last week in an elementary school in Tokyo’s Kita Ward, police sources said Wednesday. Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Wednesday projected that public-private investments in 17 strategic fields under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s “responsible and proactive” fiscal policy will exceed 370 trillion yen by fiscal 2040. The projection was presented at the day’s

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Japan Innovation Party coalition on Wednesday submitted a second capital establishment bill to the House of Representatives. The bill had initially included a provision enabling a prefecture-wide referendum on the JIP’s so-called Osaka metropolis

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Six Japanese ruling and opposition parties jointly submitted bills on Wednesday to regulate the use of social media during elections, including obliging social media operators to take measures to reduce disinformation and other negative implications. The parties include

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Wednesday decided to put a prosecutor on criminal trial for alleged inappropriate interrogation methods used against a company president. Hiroshi Horiki, a prosecutor formerly with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s special investigation squad,

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Chinese authorities took two Japanese nationals into custody in May on suspicion of violating the country’s law against the smuggling of banned items, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday. One of them was detained on May

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police arrested a career official of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Wednesday for allegedly sending defamatory messages about a female acquaintance via online dating sites, investigative sources said. Masao Ito, the 53-year-old suspect from