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Tokyo, Nov. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prince Hitachi, the younger brother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and uncle of Emperor Naruhito, turned 90 on Friday. According to the Imperial Household Agency, the prince spends his days with his wife, Princess Hanako, 85, at their

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s Consulate General in Hong Kong and its foreign ministry are tracking the situation in the city, where blazes in seven adjacent tower blocks have killed at least 65, with hundreds of people missing in the deadliest fire in 70

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government subcommittee on public health insurance on Thursday basically agreed to ask patients for additional payment for prescription medicines whose ingredients and effects are similar to over-the-counter drugs while maintaining insurance coverage for them. Based on

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering a plan to raise the fee for issuing a permanent residency permit to as much as 300,000 yen from the current 10,000 yen, it was learned Thursday. The government presented the plan to

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has asked three independent lawmakers to cooperate with the LDP in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, it was learned Thursday. The LDP-led coalition currently holds 230 of the

Oita, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan must raise its policy interest rate at a timing that is not too late and not too early, BOJ policymaker Asahi Noguchi said Thursday. Speaking at a press conference in the southwestern Japan city

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–The combined global vehicle output of eight major Japanese automakers fell 1.5 pct from a year earlier to 2.22 million units in October, data from the companies showed Thursday. Global production fell 10.9 pct at Honda Motor Co.,

London, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington convention, voted at a committee meeting on Thursday to reject a proposal to restrict the trade of all