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Tokyo, June 22 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department has arrested six people for allegedly trying to smuggle 49 kilograms of gold bars worth about 1,075 million yen from China by concealing them inside life-size dolls. A 46-year-old Chinese company executive living in

Tokyo, June 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average closed above 72,000 for the first time Monday, extending a record-breaking run to a sixth consecutive session. The index of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section rose

(Adnkronos) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as party leader and head of government. “Every decision I have made has been dictated by wanting to put the country I love first. For this reason, I will resign as

Tokyo, June 22 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday expressed her intention to submit a document summarizing her aide’s explanations over the campaign video and crypto asset scandals. At a meeting of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, Yuichi Goto

Tokyo, June 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s transport ministry has lifted the upper limit on the number of drones that can be operated by a single pilot at the same time, officials said. Previously, the number was set at five. Removing the limit is

Tokyo, June 22 (Jiji Press)–A ceremony was held in Tokyo on Monday to restore the honor of leprosy patients in Japan, who had suffered severe discrimination based on the government’s past forced isolation policy. Attending the event at the health ministry, which

Asahikawa, Hokkaido, June 22 (Jiji Press)–A district court in Hokkaido, northern Japan, sentenced a 23-year-old woman on Monday to 27 years in prison over a high-profile murder case in which a female high school student ultimately fell from a bridge to her

(Adnkronos) – “The way the corrupt and failing New York Times is treating news about a battered and devastated Iran, through FALSE and INVENTED ‘FACTS’, is, in my opinion, ‘TREASON’. I will add all their false and ridiculous reporting to my multi-billion

Matsuyama, Ehime Pref., June 22 (Jiji Press)–Iyo Bank, a regional lender in the western Japan prefecture of Ehime, hopes to help revive Japan’s shipbuilding industry, its incoming president, Takashi Sagayama, has said. The Japanese government has designated the shipbuilding industry as one

Tokyo, June 22 (Jiji Press)–People in Japan’s most walkable municipalities log nearly twice as many daily steps as those in the least walkable ones, a study by a team of researchers at the University of Tokyo found. The study, published Saturday in