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Tokyo, April 7 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on the Judiciary System, demanded Tuesday that the Justice Ministry reconsider its plan to revise the retrial system. The demand reflects objections from

Tokyo, April 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is set to introduce fines on businesses that repeatedly commit serious violations of personal information rules under a relevant law. The government on Tuesday adopted a bill revising the personal information protection law to introduce

(Adnkronos) – “Several explosions” on the strategic Iranian island of Kharg. This was reported by the Iranian agency Mehr in a news story relaunched by CNN without many other details. An American source cited by Axios journalist Barak Ravid also reported raids

(Adnkronos) – “I am at your service.” That’s what Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Russian President Vladimir Putin last October during a discussion about a potential US-Russia summit on Ukraine, Bloomberg reveals, citing a transcript of the phone call, as reported

(Adnkronos) – Four dead and several injured is the toll of an attack that hit the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, this morning. The region’s governor, Oleksandr Prokudin, denounced this, accusing Russian forces of having “shelled residential areas”. Among the

Tokyo, April 7 (Jiji Press)–A group of Japanese researchers has confirmed that Rapaza viridis, a single-celled eukaryote, sends proteins derived from its own genes to chloroplasts it takes from green algae to have them conduct photosynthesis. This research outcome provides a clue

Kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref., April 7 (Jiji Press)–Three workers were seriously injured when scaffolding at JFE Steel Corp.’s East Japan Works in the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, collapsed Tuesday, local authorities said. An emergency call was made to a fire

(Adnkronos) – The United States has so far lost nine planes in the ongoing war against Iran since February 28. The first were shot down on March 2, the last on April 5, as the BBC recalls, citing analyzed images, official statements,

(Adnkronos) – The driver of a TGV died in a collision between a train and a heavy vehicle at a level crossing between Béthune and Lens, in northern France. This was learned by AFP from the prefecture and the French railway company

(Adnkronos) – The Egyptian government is pursuing education reform through special activities outside the regular school curriculum, such as class meetings, student-assigned duty rosters, and classroom cleaning by students – practices that are commonplace in Japanese schools. Based on the experience gained