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Tokyo, July 31 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is divided over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s proposal to cut the consumption tax rate for food from 8 pct to 1 pct for two years starting in April 2027 as an anti-inflation measure.

(Adnkronos) – Dozens of Israeli settlers are assaulting the western part of Nablus city under the protection of the Israeli army, according to some sources told Al Jazeera. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, at least 10 Palestinians, including four children, were

(Adnkronos) – Thirty-four people have died in a coal mine explosion in southern Pakistan. The Afp agency reported, specifying that all victims were workers in the mine. 

Tokyo, July 31 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is scheduled to visit earthquake-stricken Kumamoto Prefecture on Monday, government and ruling party officials said Friday. It will be Takaichi’s first visit to the southwestern Japan prefecture since Tuesday’s earthquake, a trip aimed

Hiroshima/Nagasaki, July 31 (Jiji Press)–The mayors of Hiroshima in western Japan and Nagasaki in southwestern Japan plan to underline the importance of trust-building and action toward peace while urging the abolition of nuclear weapons in their annual peace declarations amid deepening global

Tokyo, July 31 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday that it is “more necessary than ever” to pay attention to the risk of higher inflation. He therefore indicated the BOJ’s stance to keep a close watch on whether prices

Tokyo, July 31 (Jiji Press)–Kioxia Holdings Corp. said Friday that its consolidated net profit in the six months to September is expected to jump about 36-fold from a year before to 2,112.1 billion yen on strong artificial intelligence-driven demand for memory chips

Kumamoto, July 31 (Jiji Press)–Searches for those still missing after Tuesday’s major earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, continued in extreme heat Friday even after the 72-hour window crucial for survival closed. The death toll from the quake, which recorded a seismic

Tokyo, July 31 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday gave a one-year prison sentence, suspended for three years, to Shunichiro Sato, a former member of the Japanese men’s national volleyball team, for possessing cannabis. The 26-year-old defendant possessed about 0.8 gram of

Osaka, July 31 (Jiji Press)–A third-party committee on a boat accident in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, in March that killed a high school girl and another person found on Friday the school responsible for the death of the student. The committee said