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(Adnkronos) – Seoul – “North Korea is estimated to possess between 80 and 120 nuclear weapons.”   Afp reports that “South Korea’s defense minister stated this Thursday, hours after US President Donald Trump claimed the North possesses 57.”  Ahn Gyu-back told lawmakers:

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref., Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Four male workers in their 50s and 60s died on Thursday after being hit by a limited express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The accident happened around 10:45 a.m. at Shin-Kanuma Station

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Services using facial recognition technology are expanding in Japan, allowing, for example, touchless or ticketless entry through train station gates and payments at shops without the need to take out a wallet or a credit card. Expectations are

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref., Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Four male workers in their 50s and 60s died on Thursday after being hit by a limited express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, according to authorities. Around 10:45 a.m., an emergency call

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s trade deficit quadrupled in July from a year before as the country boosted oil imports from the United States to diversify its energy supply away from the Middle East, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. The country posted

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Three former Japanese lawmakers on the opposition side are planning to form a new political organization soon to bring together liberal forces and protect Japan’s pacifist Constitution. Of them, Hiroshi Kawauchi and Tomoko Abe will become co-leaders of

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Ministry plans to seek a record 8.9 trillion yen in its budget request for fiscal 2027, up from 8,845.4 billion yen for the current fiscal year. The amount of spending, however, is likely to swell further

Washington, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. Department of State spokesperson Wednesday voiced hopes that Japan and other allies will terminate their support for the International Criminal Court. “We expect our allies to end their support for the ICC, which represents a threat

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–The dollar fell below 158.50 yen in Tokyo foreign exchange trading Thursday morning, reflecting a drop in U.S. long-term interest rates. At 10 a.m., the dollar stood at 158.39-41 yen, down from 159.16-17 yen at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s education ministry plans to upgrade its portal site for foreign children learning Japanese in fiscal 2027, amid a rise in the number of those needing language instructions in the country, Jiji Press has learned. The portal site,