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Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government welcomed the first parliamentary election held in the Bangsamoro autonomous region on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday, following decades of Tokyo’s support for the peace process there. The election was “a historic

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Eisuke Mori, speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the country’s parliament, on Monday visited Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, the secretariat of the Lower House said the same day. During his stay through Tuesday,

(Adnkronos) – Tightening of drone regulations in Beijing: the authorities of the Chinese capital, where flights of these devices were already prohibited, have announced an absolute ban on possessing them starting from November, in order – it was stated – to “protect

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Gold bar scam losses amounted to 8.13 billion yen in Japan in the first half of 2026, already topping the 6.02 billion yen lost in all of last year, police data have shown. The National Police Agency estimates

Rikuzentakata, Iwate Pref., Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and his son, Prince Hisahito, on Sunday and Monday visited areas in northeastern Japan that were hit hard by a massive earthquake and tsunami 15 years ago. It was Prince Hisahito’s first

(Adnkronos) – The results of the Swedish national elections show a slight lead for the center-left opposition over the right-wing government. According to what was communicated by the polling stations, the left-wing bloc, led by the Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson, is

(Adnkronos) – Three people were killed and 15 injured yesterday in a shooting in the Philippines, in a Muslim-majority autonomous region where the first local electoral consultation after decades of separatist violence is scheduled for today.  The vote represents the culmination of

Nagoya, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Chubu Electric Power Co. said Monday that President Kingo Hayashi and Chairman Satoru Katsuno will step down Sept. 30 to take responsibility for an earthquake risk data fraud involving its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan. Senior

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Policy officials from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party agreed Monday to strengthen cooperation to promote peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. In a policy dialogue held at the LDP’s headquarters in