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Evian, France, June 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will seek to act as a bridge between the United States and Europe at her first G7 summit, amid a rift between the two sides over the Middle East and other issues.

Rome, June 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reiterated Monday that her country is opposed to Iran’s nuclear program. “As the only country in the world to have suffered atomic bombings in war, we oppose Iranian nuclear development,” Takaichi told reporters

(Adnkronos) – A massive overnight Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital which killed at least four people and injured over a dozen, setting the Unesco-listed medieval Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery on fire “is of exceptional gravity” and shows that Russia doesn’t want peace,

Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, agreed Monday to maintain close communication toward the early realization of a U.S.-Iran peace deal. During their phone talks, Motegi said he welcomed a memorandum of understanding

Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Monday decided to suspend indictment against Shinnosuke Abe, former manager of the Yomiuri Giants, a Japanese professional baseball team, who had been referred to prosecutors by police on suspicion of assaulting

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., June 15 (Jiji Press)–Another 10 crested ibises have been released into the wild in the city of Hakui in the Noto region of the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, the prefectural government said Monday. This brought the number of

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Pref., June 15 (Jiji Press)–Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, is set to operate a specially colored bullet train on its Tokaido Shinkansen Line from Friday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Tokyo DisneySea. The train, unveiled at a

Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Innovation Party, the junior member of the ruling coalition, on Monday requested an extension of the current Diet session if key coalition-backed bills are not expected to be enacted by the July 17 end of the

Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average shot up to a new all-time closing high on Monday, propelled by risk appetite fueled by a U.S.-Iran agreement to end their ongoing armed conflict. The index of 225 major issues listed

Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)–Toyoji Sudo, mayor of Shimotsuma, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, was found dead in a drainage ditch early Monday in the town of Yachiyo, also in the eastern Japan prefecture. Ibaraki prefectural police believe, based on surrounding circumstances,