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Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Environment Ministry plans to abolish subsidies for solar panels under its financial aid program for facilitating the introduction of photovoltaic power generation systems, Jiji Press has learned. Behind the move are falling prices of solar panels. Subsidies

Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Wednesday morning, returning home after their official trip to Paraguay. The trip marked the Crown Prince’s first visit to the South American country in

Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s transport ministry plans to seek a freeze on an aviation fuel tax hike slated for the fiscal year starting next April, Jiji Press has learned. The ministry will include a plan to keep the tax at the

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