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(Adnkronos) – In Japan, the first death sentence in over a year has been carried out, the first since Sanae Takaichi took the helm of the Tokyo government. Justice Minister Horishi Hiraguchi announced that the sentence handed down to a 58-year-old man

Nagoya, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–The organizing committee of the upcoming Asian Games and Asian Para Games in the central Japan city of Nagoya unveiled to the press on Friday dishes to be served at a dining hall for athletes, featuring local delicacies

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s core consumer price index in July rose 1.8 pct from a year earlier, up for 59 months in a row, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The core CPI, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, stood at

Asuncion, Paraguay, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko paid a courtesy call on Paraguayan President Santiago Pena at the Lopez Palace in Asuncion, the South American country’s capital, on Thursday. The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess,

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government advisory panel is set to start considering ways to appropriately and effectively utilize artificial intelligence in school education amid the continuing evolution of the new cutting-edge technology. At a general meeting of the Central Council

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry on Friday executed a 58-year-old man convicted of murdering five people by setting fire to a “pachinko” pinball parlor in the western Japan city of Osaka in 2009, informed sources said. The executed death-row inmate

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Saki Kumagai, a defender for the Japanese women’s national soccer team, nicknamed Nadeshiko Japan, is working to encourage more girls to play soccer while continuing her own career as an active player in England. Through the general incorporated

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Russia has conducted a missile drill around the northwestern Pacific islands at the center of its territorial dispute with Japan, according to the Russian Pacific Fleet. The exercise followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Etorofu, one of

Hiroshima, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–A flame-lighting event for the torch relay for the upcoming Asian Games took place in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Thursday. Participants at the event held in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park included Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui

Washington, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, which is based in the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, has arrived in the Middle East, the U.S. Central Command revealed Thursday. The flattop will replace