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(Adnkronos) – More than one in five people killed or injured in recent violence in Yemen is a child. Over 80% of child victims were caused by airstrikes, bombings, or drones. This is denounced by Save the Children, the organization that has

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency said Tuesday that it will closely monitor financial institutions to ensure consumer protection amid the growing use of ultra-long-term mortgages as interest rates and housing prices rise. The popularity of 40- to 50-year mortgages

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Chubu Electric Power Co. said Tuesday that a fire occurred on the day at its idled Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan. The fire caused no injury or had no impact on the safety of the plant

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Sharp Corp. said Tuesday that it has begun accepting orders for servers designed to run artificial intelligence models. The Japanese company, a unit of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., a Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer, aims to achieve 250

(The first sentence of the fourth paragraph should have read, “…did not check her identification…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Ex-Tokyo Massage Shop Owner Found Guilty of Exploiting Thai Girl Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese court on Tuesday

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government adopted a tax system reform package featuring a temporary consumption tax cut for food and an income-linked benefit program, at an extraordinary cabinet meeting Tuesday. The consumption tax rate on food will be lowered from the

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 cost of Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. According to the ASDF website,

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese land price data released Tuesday show cases in which municipalities that have attracted new residents through their child-rearing and relocation support programs enjoyed higher residential land prices. In areas along the Tsukuba Express, or TX, railway line,

(Adnkronos) – Jiji press – The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), which organizes the Games, is committed to bringing people together across languages, cultures, and borders and passing international friendship and peace on to future generations. Aichi-Nagoya 2026 aims to harness the

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield, a key long-term interest rate, rose to a new 30-year high of 3.035 pct on Tuesday after U.S. long-term rates rose on surging crude oil prices. According to Japan Bond Trading