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(Adnkronos) – The Zyuzinsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced the 61-year-old writer and historian of Russian and Soviet cuisine, Pavel Syutkin, to six years in prison for spreading false information about the military forces, specifically for a post published on April

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo-born Hiro Murai won this year’s Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, becoming the first Asian recipient of the prize. The award was presented at the 78th Emmy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles on

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force said Tuesday that a Global Hawk surveillance drone had presumably crashed after a part of the drone was found in the sea following its disappearance earlier in the day. The ASDF lost contact with

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force said Tuesday that a malware-infected USB memory stick used within the GSDF was brought in by a service member. The GSDF also said it was unable to determine how the USB stick had been

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Junichi Ishii, secretary-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Senate will be replaced from his post, it was learned Tuesday. Ishii, 68, was informed of the replacement by Masaji Matsuyama, the LDP’s chairman in the upper

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force said that it lost contact with a Global Hawk surveillance drone over waters some 50 kilometers off the coast of Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Debris believed to be from

Beijing, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–A senior Chinese Foreign Ministry official has told visiting Japanese lawmakers that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks last November on a possible Taiwan contingency are the main reason for difficulties in bilateral relations, it was learned Tuesday.

(Adnkronos) – Over 200 Israeli directors have signed a petition to express solidarity with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, authors of the documentary ‘Naza’ awarded at the Venice Film Festival. Abraham and Szor have been challenged by Israeli government ministers, who have

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said on Tuesday that it will add tougher measures against malicious host clubs in its action plan to fight human trafficking. Host clubs are bars where male companions entertain women. Malicious ones make customers heavily