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Moscow, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Wednesday condemned a Japanese company’s delivery of interceptor drones to Ukraine. Calling the delivery a clear act of hostility, Zakharova warned that Russia would take strong countermeasures against Japan. Japanese drone

New Delhi, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese climbers have gone missing on a 7,000-meter-class mountain in the Annapurna Massif of the Himalayas in Nepal, a senior local municipal official said Wednesday. The two Japanese nationals have been out of contact since Oct.

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Local governments in Japan have expanded consultation services for women facing domestic violence, poverty and other hardships since a support law took effect about two and a half years ago. But efforts to provide temporary shelter for domestic

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday night warned of critical vulnerabilities identified in the PHP programming language widely used on websites around the world. After PHP developers said that a patch to fix the issue would be

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–A river in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, overflowed in some areas Wednesday, prompting a local municipality to issue emergency safety measures urging some 1,200 people from 450 households to take immediate action to protect their lives. The Japan

(Adnkronos) – Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lener was stopped and detained by the Idf in the West Bank while participating with dozens of other volunteers from the “Rabbis for Human Rights” group on a mission to support the olive harvest of Palestinians

(Adnkronos) – Night curfew still in some areas of Paris after last weekend’s events. The Police Prefecture has confirmed measures that from 11 PM tonight to 6 AM tomorrow morning prohibit “the presence of adults and minors in the area of Place

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese new agriculture minister Arata Takebe said Wednesday that he had returned a political donation from a public works contractor and corrected a political funds disclosure report following a weekly magazine report about the donation, which was made

Nagoya, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s medal tally at the ongoing Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games increased further Wednesday, with swimmers and track-and-field athletes taking the center of the podium. In men’s swimming, Naohide Yamaguchi, 25, and Taiyo Kawabuchi, 18, clinched golds in the

(Adnkronos) – Japan has asked Russia for the “immediate release” of the Hokkaido Shimbun journalist arrested on October 13 on Sakhalin Island on espionage charges. NHK reports this morning on the mission to Moscow of the Director-General of the European Affairs Bureau