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Kumamoto, July 29 (Jiji Press)–The death toll from Tuesday’s powerful earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan has reached 12, the prefectural disaster response headquarters said Wednesday. Six other people were in a state of cardiac arrest as of 2 p.m.

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–The outlook for factory operations remained unclear in the Kyushu southwestern Japan region Wednesday after a powerful earthquake hit the region’s Kumamoto Prefecture the previous day. In Kumamoto, a semiconductor industry hub, chipmakers halted the operations of their

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese space startup ispace Inc. said Wednesday it will use Japan’s H3 rocket for the launch of a lunar lander scheduled for 2028, marking the company’s first mission using a domestically developed rocket. The company signed a contract

(Adnkronos) – Greek firefighters are still battling today a wildfire that broke out yesterday on the tourist island of Paros in the Aegean Sea, which led to preventive evacuations on Tuesday night into Wednesday. “The fire broke out yesterday evening in Kampi,

(Adnkronos) – The German government is preparing to complete a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, triggered by the resignation of conservative parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn. Members of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc will meet in an extraordinary session to elect Thorsten Frei,

(Adnkronos) – In South Africa, factories, farms, and homes are struggling to find labor after thousands of foreign workers left within weeks, fleeing sometimes deadly anti-migrant demonstrations that swept the country, accompanied by a tightening of controls on undocumented immigrants.  A sign

(Adnkronos) – The Czech Republic is set to experience another extreme heatwave in the coming days, as temperatures will exceed 35 degrees Celsius as early as tomorrow, and could reach 40 degrees in some places on Friday. This was reported today via

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan has said the ground surface in the city of Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture moved about 84 centimeters in a northeasterly direction following Tuesday’s strong earthquake that rocked the southwestern Japan prefecture. The

Sydney, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan and Australia have agreed to strengthen cooperation on quantum technology in areas including supply chain resilience, research and development, commercialization, startup support and human resource development. Kimi Onoda, Japanese minister for science and technology policy, and Tim

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have referred a former Japan Post Holdings Co. employee to prosecutors for allegedly receiving bribes linked to a post office rebuilding project in the Japanese capital, informed sources said Wednesday. Takahiro Kido, 54, is suspected of