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(Adnkronos) – 15 people are reported missing following the flood that hit Grand Canyon National Park on August 29. The National Park Service announced this, adding that it is working with Arizona (USA) authorities to evacuate people and locate the missing. The

Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)–The leaders from the Centrist Reform Alliance, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito confirmed at a meeting Monday that the three opposition parties will not merge. “In order to expand centrist forces and realize a change

Hitachiomiya, Ibaraki Pref., Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)–The industry ministry Monday asked the city of Hitachiomiya in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, to accept a literature survey for selecting a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. If realized, Hitachiomiya

Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s oldest person, Shigeko Kagawa, died Thursday at the age of 115, sources including the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Monday. Kagawa, from the city of Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, was born in May 1911. The

Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Monday started the fifth round of treated water releases for fiscal 2026 from its disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan into the ocean. In the operation, set

Sapporo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)–Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura and Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki on Monday agreed to work together to get both prefectures designated as Japan’s secondary capitals. The two governors signed a cooperation agreement to seek secondary capital designations at a

Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)–Prices of 4,923 products from 195 major food and beverage makers in Japan are set to rise in September, with the number of affected items up about threefold from a year earlier, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Monday. The

Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)–A Children and Families Agency survey showed on Monday that 35 pct of unmarried young people in Japan have no wish to marry. According to interim results of the survey, about 15,000 of some 43,500 unmarried people asked

Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry plans not to impose consumption tax on additional out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs with ingredients and effects similar to those of over-the-counter medicines, Jiji Press learned Monday. The ministry asked that the additional charges be

Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese education ministry plans to give elementary and junior high schools more discretion to determine class hours as part of an overhaul of the country’s school curriculum guidelines, it was learned Monday. The plan was included in