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Osaka, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)–A 31-year-old Thai woman has been arrested by Japanese police for allegedly smuggling etomidate, known as “zombie cigarettes,” in a suitcase. According to Osaka Customs, this was the first case of etomidate-related police action taken at Kansai International

Tokyo, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has received an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump calling for Japan’s participation in the U.S.-led “Board of Peace” overseeing the provisional administration of the Gaza Strip, according to Japanese government officials. Tokyo

Osaka, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)–A growing number of Japanese anime studios are setting up operations outside Tokyo, drawn by advantages such as easier access to local university and vocational school graduates and the potential for better work-life balance for employees. Japan’s anime

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is making preparations to reactivate the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in central Japan as early as Wednesday, informed sources said Tuesday. The reactor at the plant in

(Adnkronos) – The mobilization of Minneapolis’s population against Donald Trump’s anti-migrant police operations, which are terrorizing the Minnesota city, continues. Thousands of volunteers are indeed participating in an initiative launched by a church to deliver groceries to immigrant families, who are locked

(Adnkronos) – The Syrian Ministry of Defense has announced a four-day ceasefire with the Kurds in the north of the country, following the announcement of an agreement on their stronghold of Hassaké, in the northeast of the country.  “We announce a ceasefire

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to call on the government to consider nationalizing remote islands whose ownership is unclear, it was learned Tuesday. An outline of a draft set of proposals on measures regarding foreigners to be

Fukuoka, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–A high court dismissed Tuesday a petition seeking to halt the operations of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Genkai nuclear power station in southwestern Japan. Fukuoka High Court turned down the

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the train accident in Adamuz, Andalusia near Cordoba, has risen to 41 confirmed fatalities. El País reports this, citing rescuers. Meanwhile, 122 injured individuals, 117 adults and five children, all identified, have received treatment, as stated

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s lower house of parliament’s foreign affairs committee will on Wednesday question international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need on the persecution of Christian minorities around the world.  The hearing, at which representatives of Italy’s branch of the