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Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s cabinet on Tuesday adopted a bill to raise the ceiling on fees for foreigners’ applications related to residence status by up to 30-fold and create a prearrival electronic travel authorization system. The revision to the immigration control

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., March 10 (Jiji Press)–The return of the bone fragments of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami came as a welcome surprise to her family in October last year, more than 14 years

London/Washington/Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Finance ministers from the Group of Seven major democracies Monday issued a statement vowing to address surging crude oil prices amid the continued U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran. “We stand ready to take necessary measures, including to support global

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average rebounded strongly Tuesday morning, aided by growing hopes for an early end to the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran. The index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Just two days after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, then Miyagi prefectural police chief Naoto Takeuchi made a chillingly accurate prediction: “The number of bodies will inevitably reach into the tens of thousands.” At a time

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–The Nikkei 225 average rose more than 1,600 points in early stock trading in Tokyo on Tuesday after losing some 2,800 points the previous day. At 9:10 a.m., the benchmark Japanese stock gauge was up 1,669.89 points, or

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s gross domestic product in October-December 2025 grew an annualized 1.3 pct from the previous quarter in price-adjusted real terms, the Cabinet Office said in a revised report Tuesday. The figure was revised up from the 0.2 pct

(Adnkronos) – Tommaso Cerno debuts with his ‘2 of Spades’, the new daily strip airing from today at 2 PM on Rai 2, and after having ‘explained’ to viewers the meaning of the program’s title (“We feel like the ‘2 of Spades’

(Adnkronos) – Cem Ozdemir firmly rejects the proposal of a shared leadership between his ecological party and the CDU at the top of the Baden-Wuerttemberg government, the day after the vote that saw the ecologists assert themselves with 30.2% of the preferences

(Adnkronos) – An incident that occurred over the weekend in New York, during an anti-Islam demonstration held near the residence of Mayor Zoran Mamdani, is at the center of an investigation into terrorism inspired by the Islamic State. During the protest, led