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Tokushima, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Tokushima prefectural police arrested on Wednesday four Japanese men who have been detained by Vietnamese authorities for their alleged involvement in a special fraud scheme operating from a base in the Southeast Asian country. The fraud suspects, aged

Osaka, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–A woman in her 50s who received the first transplant of heart muscle cell sheets made from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells is set to be discharged from a hospital in Osaka, a city in western Japan,

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration has steadily delivered on its promises to the public over the past year, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday, the first anniversary of her taking office. “We have worked boldly to

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in September dropped 5.0 pct from a year earlier to 3,103,700, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. The decline reflected rising airfares due to a deterioration in the situation

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Congress of Journalists on Wednesday urged Russia to ensure the safety and immediate release of a Japanese journalist detained in the country. On Oct. 13, Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, announced the detention of a

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–About 4 billion yen in proceeds from the “Nenmatsu Jumbo” series year-end public lotteries in Japan will be allocated to quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture and the namesake capital of the southwestern prefecture on a priority basis, Jiji Press learned

Tottori, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Tottori Governor Shinji Hirai said Wednesday that he will not run for re-election after his current fifth term expires in April 2027. The gubernatorial election of the western Japan prefecture is scheduled for April 11 next year as

(Adnkronos) – North Korea has deployed new units in “firing positions”. This was stated by the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, a few days after Pyongyang had warned that it was considering deploying additional attack means to the border with the

Nagoya, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The wrong national anthems were played three times during the ongoing Asian Para Games on Monday, Nagoya Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa, acting head of the sporting festival’s organizing committee, said Wednesday. In para taekwondo, athletes from Mongolia and Taiwan

(Adnkronos) – Australian MP Helen Haines, deliberately run over by a vehicle on Monday, has had both her legs amputated. Her husband announced this, saying he was “overwhelmed by the support” received after the attack. “Helen’s left leg was amputated on Monday.