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Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court has instructed courts across Japan to reconsider the use of handcuffs and waist ropes on defendants when entering courtrooms for criminal trials, informed sources said Tuesday. Defendants in detention often wear handcuffs and waist ropes

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is set to open an event in Rome on Wednesday outlining the government’s planned events this year to boost worldwide exports of Italian goods, with a special focus on international trade fairs, the foreign ministry said

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, held a meeting of their leaders on Tuesday, effectively starting this year’s “shunto” spring wage talks. At the meeting in Tokyo, Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu

Seoul/Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched ballistic missiles from an area north of Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japan at around 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to the South Korean military. According to Japanese Defense Ministry sources, two ballistic missiles were fired

Paris, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese physicist Toshiko Yuasa is among the 72 female scientists set to join the currently male-only list of names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower, the city of Paris has said. The landmark of the French capital, built in

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Election authorities across Japan are informing the public that they can cast early votes for the Feb. 8 general election even if their entry tickets to polling stations are yet to be delivered. Many local election boards were

(Adnkronos) – Hungary has summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to Budapest, while the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban accuses Kyiv of ‘interfering’ in the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. “We will not allow anyone to endanger our sovereignty and the integrity

(Adnkronos) – The election campaign for the renewal of the House of Representatives, for a four-year term, has begun in Japan, ahead of the February 8 vote. In the running, local media write, there could be more than 1,270 candidates for the

(Adnkronos) – No more giant pandas in Japan. Farewell, at least for now, to ‘panda diplomacy’. The last two are returning to China, leaving the Land of the Rising Sun without a single specimen for the first time since 1972. All this

(Adnkronos) – North Korea launched what Tokyo’s Defense Ministry identified as a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan. The launch was also confirmed by the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, who spoke of a “projectile”. The North Korean test is