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(Adnkronos) – The former Bois du Cazier mine in the Marcinelle district of Charleroi, Belgium, where a disaster killed 262 miners including 136 Italians in August 1956, “symbolises the sacrifice and dignity of workers,” Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella wrote on Tuesday during

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The administration of new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will soon begin work on drawing up economic measures to address soaring prices, aiming to have a supplementary budget to finance them enacted by the end of this year.

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Following is the lineup of new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet, announced Tuesday. Prime Minister: Sanae Takaichi, 64 Internal Affairs and Communications Minister: Yoshimasa Hayashi, 64 Justice Minister: *Hiroshi Hiraguchi, 77 Foreign Minister: Toshimitsu Motegi, 70 Finance

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–World leaders and other officials reacted to the election of Sanae Takaichi as Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung wrote on Facebook that he hopes to further strengthen Japan-South Korea cooperation for

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling camp led by the Liberal Democratic Party proposed on Tuesday that newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi deliver her first policy speech in the Diet, the country’s parliament, on Friday. The ruling bloc made the proposal

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The election of Sanae Takaichi as Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday placed her husband, Taku Yamamoto, as the country’s first male spouse of the prime minister, or “first gentleman.” Yamamoto, 73, told Jiji Press by phone

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering appointing former Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Keiichi Ichikawa as secretary-general of the National Security Secretariat to replace Masataka Okano, informed sources said Tuesday. The proposed replacement would come only nine months

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The average unit price of new condominiums put up for sale in Tokyo’s densely populated 23 special wards in April-September hit a record high for the third straight year, Real Estate Economic Institute Co. said Tuesday. The figure

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister Tuesday, 80 years after women in the Asian nation gained suffrage. This means that Takaichi, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, broke the country’s highest glass ceiling, although

(Adnkronos) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has entered La Santé prison in Paris, where he will serve five years of detention. On the way to the penitentiary, Sarkozy shared a tweet in which he declared himself ”innocent”, speaking of a ”judicial