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Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–A total of 78 pct of Japan’s rice farmers said they plan to maintain or increase production of staple rice in five years, a Japanese agriculture ministry survey showed Friday. Those who want to maintain the current level

Beijing/Seoul, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–China and South Korea paid tribute to former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who died on Friday at the age of 101. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press conference that Murayama was a politician

(Adnkronos) – Israel’s rightwing foreign minister Gideon Saar on Friday lauded transport minister Matteo Salvini, leader of the co-ruling anti-immigrant League party as “one of Israel’s greatest friends in Italy and Europe,” and said he hoped to further cement strong bilateral ties. 

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) held their second round of policy talks on Friday to form a new coalition government. “We made great progress,” Nippon Ishin co-leader

Osaka, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The widow of a Ministry of Finance official who committed suicide requested Friday that the ministry give priority to releasing email messages and other records identifying who had made her husband tamper with official documents regarding the dubious

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, made a “tamagushi ” ritual offering to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Friday, the first day of its autumn festival. She is expected to refrain from visiting the

(Adnkronos) – The United World Food Programme said on Friday it is ramping up food aid in Gaza and will be able to feed the population for three months provided the fragile week-old ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds.  “WFP is scaling

(Adnkronos) – Madagascar army colonel Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the country’s president, days after the military takeover that forced President Andry Rajoelina to flee.  Randrianirina, who led the Capsat army unit that mutinied and joined anti-government protesters over the

(Adnkronos) – The United States has carried out a new air attack against a vessel in the Caribbean Sea presumably involved in drug trafficking, in an attack that, for the first time since the beginning of this series of operations undertaken by

Taipei, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government donated a water level observation buoy to Taiwan on Friday as part of disaster relief aid. The buoy, which was owned by the land ministry, will constantly monitor the water level of a barrier lake