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Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan is closely watching with concern the U.S. government’s plan to urge signatories to the International Criminal Court to withdraw from the ICC, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Tuesday. Japan has “consistently supported the ICC” from

Shusha, Azerbaijan, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has suggested that the country can work with Japan in the defense industry, among other sectors. “I think that we can cooperate in quite a broad range of issues–energy, technology and potentially…the defense

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–The number of children on waiting lists for “gakudo hoiku” after-school care facilities in Japan fell for the second straight year, preliminary data showed Tuesday. As of May 1, 14,713 children were on the lists, down by 1,617

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry has come up with a draft report calling for the protection of the voices of famous individuals, alongside their portraits, regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence. The draft report on civil responsibility over the

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is expected to establish a national intelligence council as early as July to strengthen its command over intelligence gathering and analysis. The council, to be chaired by the prime minister, is intended to create an

Kobe, July 14 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese inquest panel has decided that public prosecutors’ decision not to indict Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group criticizing Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, over his alleged intimidation of a local assembly member in 2024 was

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–The head of Japan’s suprapartisan National Council on Social Security on Monday presented a revised draft of a new benefit program for low- and middle-income workers. The council resumed discussions for compiling an interim report at the day’s

(Adnkronos) – Three British citizens, one French woman, one Belgian and one Spaniard are the first of the 13 identified victims of the massive fire near Almeria in Andalusia, southern Spain. Local authorities announced this after the first autopsies were conducted and

Saiki, Oita Pref., July 13 (Jiji Press)–Four people were injured and sent to hospital after a knife attack near a Tsutaya rental video store in the city of Saiki in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Monday morning, investigative sources said.

(Adnkronos) – The Yemeni government recognized by the international community has ordered the closure of Yemen’s airports following reports from the capital Sana’a, which has been in the hands of the Houthis since 2014. “The Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (Cama) informs