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Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Kyoto University is expected to become the third recipient of state aid designed to support universities with potential to produce world-class research results, a government panel report released by the education ministry showed Friday. The education minister is

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan announced a draft cabinet order Friday to raise the fees for permission to change temporary residence status and extend the period of stay to up to 75,000 yen from the current 6,000 yen. The new fees will

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–The yield on the most recent issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds briefly hit a 29-year high of 2.81 pct in Tokyo interdealer bond trading Friday morning. The key Japanese long-term interest rate rose to the highest level

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–The leader of Japan’s opposition Democratic Party for the People has expressed reluctance to join the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party, citing the ruling camp’s heavy-handed management of the Diet, the country’s parliament. Given that

(Adnkronos) – Eight Buddhist monks have been killed and ten injured in northeastern Thailand after a pick-up truck, driven by an 11-year-old child, ran them over while they were in procession. The group, consisting of 35 monks and five lay devotees, was

(Adnkronos) – A man has been pulled alive from the rubble in Venezuela, after the devastating earthquake on June 24. He remained trapped for eight days and rescuers, the BBC reports, worked for more than a hundred hours to save him after

(Adnkronos) – There are also more than 800,000 books among the ‘victims’ of the massive Russian attack against Kyiv denounced by Ukrainian authorities, which left at least 21 dead. Last night’s Russian attack on Kyiv destroyed Denka Logistics’ central warehouse and also

(Adnkronos) – The United States is preparing for what could be its hottest July 4th weekend ever, with a widespread heatwave already affecting over half the country. While meteorological agencies and local authorities recommend staying indoors and taking all necessary precautions, President

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from a bomb explosion in a cafe in the Hijaz district, in the center of Damascus, has risen to seven dead and 22 injured. The Syrian Ministry of Health announced this. 

(Adnkronos) – The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused more than 400 deaths, with a case recently detected in Kisangani, a large city in the northeast of the country located almost 600 km from the epicenter of the