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Tokyo, March 16 (Jiji Press)–Sample Somei-Yoshino cherry trees began to bloom in the cities of Kofu and Gifu in central Japan and Kochi in western Japan on Monday, marking the country’s first blooms this season, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced. Kochi was

(Adnkronos) – Italy is open to strengthening the European Union’s small Aspides naval mission in the Red Sea and its Atalanta anti-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa, but doubts these can be extended to the choked-off Strait of Hormuz global oil

Taipei, March 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese lawmaker Keiji Furuya held talks with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te in Taipei on Monday, proposing a plan to hold cultural exchanges among bands of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, the Taiwanese military and the U.S. military. Taiwan’s presidential office

Chong Chom, Thailand, March 16 (Jiji Press)–The Thai military has shown international media an abandoned scam compound on the northeastern border with Cambodia, where documents containing many Japanese individuals’ personal information remain scattered. The tour to the Chong Chom border area in

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump supports the threats made by the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission appointed by him, Brendan Carr, to revoke the licenses to broadcast to broadcasters who publish critical news on how the president is managing the war with

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani and European Union counterparts were on Monday set to look the escalating United-States-Israel war with Iran in the Middle East, its possible consequences for the Russia-Ukraine conflict and implications for EU-India security, defence, and energy

Tokyo, March 16 (Jiji Press)–Idemitsu Kosan Co. has reduced ethylene output in light of the growing difficulty of procuring naphtha, a raw material for ethylene derived from crude oil, amid Iran’s effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, it was learned Monday.

Naha, Okinawa Pref., March 16 (Jiji Press)–Two ships capsized on Monday off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, leaving two people dead and two others injured. There were 21 people aboard the ships–three crew members and 18 second grade

Tokyo, March 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s education ministry released on Monday a draft revision to operating guidelines for the law on preventing sexual misconduct against students by teachers, which calls for strengthening measures against voyeurism. The draft revision, drawn up in the wake

Tokyo, March 16 (Jiji Press)–A special adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet has called for Japan to contribute to U.S. economic security, ahead of her meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday. “President Trump, who is said to