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Tokyo, Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that her government is preparing to apply the law on postdisaster livelihood reconstruction aid to all areas of the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, which was hit by a powerful earthquake late

Kumamoto, Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)–A massive earthquake that rocked the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto two weeks ago has highlighted difficulties supporting evacuees who opt to stay in their vehicles, rather than at evacuation centers or their own homes. Local municipalities are

Tokyo, Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)–Food delivery service providers in Japan are increasingly allowing customers to order items at prices equivalent to those in physical stores, aiming to increase the number of users by dispelling the belief that such services are costly. In

Tokyo, Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)–Video clips of interrogations were played at Tokyo District Court on Monday in a damages lawsuit against the government for alleged improper interrogations filed by a company president indicted for fraud. Litigant Naoyuki Ikuta, 52, the head of

Nagano, Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)–Newspaper publisher Shinano Mainichi Shimbun and trading firm Hachijuni Link Nagano Co., both in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano, announced Monday a business alliance to expand overseas sales channels for local specialties and increase visitors from abroad.

(Adnkronos) – Twelve people were killed in a drone attack launched by Ukraine against the city of Nizhny Kamsk, in western Russia. The Russian news agency RIA reported this, adding that 39 people were injured. Previously, the Russian Ministry of Defense had

(Adnkronos) – One person has died and five others were injured following a collapse in the Sukari gold mine, Egypt’s largest, according to authorities. A statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum said that “the incident occurred inside a tunnel during underground

Kumamoto, Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)–Over 6,000 people are still living at evacuation centers following a massive earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto almost two weeks ago. As of 7:30 a.m. Monday, a total of 39 deaths had been confirmed

Uki, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)–Efforts are underway in Kumamoto Prefecture to provide children with developmental and intellectual disabilities with places to stay during the day and relieve stress, after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture late last month.

Tokyo, Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Ministry officials have begun to use social media under their own names to combat misinformation, after the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s “hometown” project to promote exchanges between Japanese and African cities came under undue attack. JICA