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Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to promote public knowledge about gender and sexual diversity through a multilayered approach in its first basic program designed to promote understanding of LGBT people and other sexual minorities, a draft showed Monday. The

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–SoftBank Group Corp. became the most valuable Japanese company on Monday, ending Toyota Motor Corp.’s 22-year reign. On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, SoftBank Group shares jumped about 14 pct, boosting the company’s market capitalization to 48,784.8 billion yen,

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart Co. made newly installed automated teller machines developed by Seven Bank available for use by store visitors Monday. FamilyMart, which installed the first of its Seven Bank-made ATMs in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, aims

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Recruitment activities, such as job interviews, for college students scheduled to graduate next spring were given the official starting signal in Japan on Monday, although the bulk of job-hunting students had already received informal employment offers. Trading house

(Adnkronos) – The second tranche of documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to the United States will be published today, according to three sources involved in the process who spoke to the BBC. Although Downing Street has refused to

(Adnkronos) – The French Interior Minister stated that almost 900 people were arrested in clashes that erupted after Paris Saint-Germain’s victory in the Champions League, which the Parisian team won for the second consecutive year last weekend. “We made over 890 arrests.

(Adnkronos) – Tehran has the right to impose an environmental tax on ships for transit through the Strait of Hormuz. This is according to Arman Khorsand, head of the Iranian Center for International Affairs and Environmental Conventions, who added that oil pollution,

New Delhi, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese experts have been helping Sri Lanka restore a huge amount of flood-soaked court documents. Late last November, Cyclone Ditwah hit the island nation in the Indian Ocean, affecting more than 2.2 million people and leaving some

Beijing, June 1 (Jiji Press)–China’s coast guard said Monday that it has conducted patrols in waters east of Taiwan, in response to the decision by Japan and the Philippines last week to begin talks to delimit a maritime boundary between the two

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–The share of pregnant women in Japan who underwent prenatal checkups mainly for fetal chromosomal abnormalities quadrupled to 11.5 pct in 2023 from 3.2 pct in 2011, a Japanese research team said. The surge followed the 2013 introduction