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Yokosuka, Kanagawa Pref., March 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, delivering an address at the graduation ceremony of the National Defense Academy of Japan on Saturday, pledged to strengthen the country’s defense capabilities amid increasing security challenges. “We will work to

Miami, March 13 (Jiji Press)–The total number of spectators at all pool-round games at the ongoing World Baseball Classic came to a record high of 1,374,232, it was announced Friday. Attendance at Pool C games, held at Tokyo Dome, totaled 365,272. Japan,

Tokyo, March 14 (Jiji Press)–The conflict between U.S.-Israeli forces and Iran is now becoming “a war of attrition” that would last until the either side runs out of ammunition, former Japanese Ambassador to Iran Mitsugu Saito has said. There is no prospect

(Adnkronos) – Attack against three sites in central Israel with a missile armed with cluster bombs. Rescuers report damage, with a fire on the roof of a building in Shoham. A crater was also reported following the impact of a cluster munition

(Adnkronos) – A well-known drug trafficker, Sebastian Marset, who had evaded Latin American police for years and was on the United States’ ‘most wanted’ list, has been arrested in Bolivia. A government source confirmed this, specifying that the arrest took place “today

(Adnkronos) – The toll in Lebanon since the “start of the Israeli aggression” is 773 “martyrs” and 1,993 injured. This was announced by the Ministry of Health in Beirut. 

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump will confirm cooperation for a U.S.-led trade bloc initiative on supply chains for key minerals at a bilateral summit in Washington on Thursday, Jiji Press learned Friday. This

(Adnkronos) – With the aim of making permanent the new global tariffs imposed for 150 days after the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional those declared last year, the Trump administration has launched investigations against dozens of trade partners, including the European Union, accused

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. decided Friday to halt power transmission from the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. The decision came after an alarm sounded around 4 p.m. on

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Monaco enjoy strong ties and a high level of economic integration, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday, underlining that Italian exports to the principality hit 643 billion euros in value last year, an annual increase of over