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(Adnkronos) – The green light for China’s mega embassy in London is expected between today and tomorrow. The Guardian reports that the decision on the project for the large diplomatic headquarters in the Royal Mint Court district is now imminent, after years

Washington, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–The International Monetary Fund said Monday that the global economy is estimated to grow 3.3 pct in 2026, up 0.2 percentage point from its previous projection last October. The fading impact of high U.S. tariffs and surging artificial

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi unveiled a plan Monday to reduce the consumption tax rate for food items to zero for two years as part of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s policy pledges for the upcoming general election.

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese court on Monday sentenced a man, 29, to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for transporting a then high school student to Myanmar last year to get him to engage in fraud

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced Monday that she will dissolve the House of Representatives at the start of this year’s ordinary session of the Diet, the country’s parliament, to be convened Friday, to call a snap general

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is unlikely to secure the passage of its fiscal 2026 draft budget by the March 31 end of the current fiscal 2025, after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on Monday her decision to dissolve the

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced Monday that she will dissolve the House of Representatives at the start of this year’s ordinary session of the Diet, the country’s parliament, to be convened Friday, to call a snap general

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, on Monday affirmed that the public and private sectors will cooperate to strengthen the supply chains for critical materials. At a meeting

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Monday it launched the same day a service to allow individual customers to make fixed-amount monthly deposits in foreign currency accounts using credit cards. In the first-ever service in Japan, users of

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced Monday that she will dissolve the House of Representatives at the start of the ordinary parliamentary session, which is to be convened on Friday, to call a snap general election. The prime