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Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–The maximum vote-value disparity between single-seat constituencies for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, stands at 2.10 times, a Jiji Press estimate has found. The maximum disparity was logged between the No.

Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–In depopulated areas across Japan, the withdrawal of supermarkets and other businesses has left essential services, vital to residents’ daily lives, at risk. To address this problem, some local governments are turning to resident-led nonprofit organizations known as

Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–In their campaign for the Feb. 8 general election, Japanese political parties are focusing on measures to support people’s daily lives amid inflation. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its new coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, have

(Adnkronos) – The European Union and India’s historic free trade accord “is excellent news” for Italian companies in a raft of sectors, Italy’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday.  “The signing of the free trade agreement between the EU and India

(Adnkronos) – New videos verified by the BBC reveal the extent of the repression in Iran, where protests that erupted in late December were violently suppressed by security forces. The images show bodies piled up in hospitals, snipers positioned on building roofs,

(Adnkronos) – The political pressure around Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration, shows no sign of abating. She found herself in a storm after the killings in Minneapolis of two American citizens – Renée Good and Alex Pretti

(Adnkronos) – After chairing his last government meeting, the 733rd, the Christian Democrat Reiner Haseloff, Germany’s longest-serving regional premier, who has headed the government of the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2011, today left his post. This is to best prepare his party

(Adnkronos) – The Iraqi Parliament has postponed the vote for the election of the president, scheduled for today, to allow rival Kurdish groups to reach an agreement on a shared candidate. The official news agency Ina reported this, without indicating a new

(Adnkronos) – The federal chief judge of Minnesota has ordered the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), Todd Lyons, to appear in person in court on Friday, threatening contempt of court proceedings for the failure to execute numerous judicial orders.

Beijing, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Tuesday criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s latest remarks on Taiwan, saying that Japan is in no position to meddle with affairs related to Taiwan. During a Japanese television program on