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(Adnkronos) – The Russian government has submitted a bill to the Duma to grant the Kremlin even more powers to initiate military operations to protect Russian citizens residing abroad in cases of arrest, detention, or legal proceedings by foreign courts. The measures

(Adnkronos) – The bodies of 84 Iranian sailors recovered off the coast of Sri Lanka after their frigate was torpedoed by a US submarine on March 4 will be repatriated today. This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo.

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)–At least 1,515 Japanese firms operate in the Middle East, where Japanese nationals have begun to evacuate following U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, a survey by research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd. showed Friday. Of them, 469 companies have resident

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s House of Representatives passed the government’s fiscal 2026 budget bill on Friday after unusually short deliberations as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to get it through the Diet before the end of fiscal 2025 on March 31.

Miami, March 12 (Jiji Press)–Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be the starting pitcher for the Japanese national baseball team, nicknamed Samurai Japan, in its quarterfinal game against Venezuela in the 2026 World Baseball Classic on Saturday. The pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)–Shinji Saito, a former member of popular Japanese comedy group Jungle Pocket, pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges during the first court hearing of his trial on Friday. According to the indictment, Saito allegedly sexually assaulted a

(Adnkronos) – Italy has sent a message of condolence to Ethiopia after a massive landslide killed over 100 people in Gacho Baba district in the south of the country on Thursday following days of heavy rains which triggered the tragedy.   “The

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government adopted a bill to create a national intelligence council at a cabinet meeting on Friday and then submitted the bill to the Diet. The bill also calls for establishing a national intelligence bureau to serve

Nagasaki, March 13 (Jiji Press)–The four hibakusha organizations in Nagasaki Prefecture released a joint statement Friday condemning the ongoing U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. In the statement, the groups of survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, described the