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Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police on Friday arrested the president of Linux Japan, an information technology service provider in the Japanese capital, on suspicion of abandoning a body. The suspect, Katsuya Mizuguchi, 49, has denied the allegations against him, saying, “I

(Adnkronos) – Export credit agency Sace and Chinese partners finalised three agreements worth a total 360 million euros including two strategic ones to bolster exports in the industrial and wood-furniture sectors, the foreign minister said in a statement.  The deals were signed

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan and eight other economies agreed Friday to decrease this year’s catch quota for saury in the northern Pacific by 5 pct year-on-year. The agreement was reached at a meeting of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission, held in

(Adnkronos) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly announced from Paris the start of preparations for an international mission aimed at ensuring the security of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, emphasizing the need for a “lasting

(Adnkronos) – NATO is “a paper tiger”, it must “stay away” from the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump wrote this on his Truth social, stating that “the Strait of Hormuz is completely open and ready for transit, but the naval

(Adnkronos) – To cross the Strait of Hormuz, coordination with the Revolutionary Guards, the Iranian Pasdaran, will be required; their approval will be needed. This was stated by a high-ranking Iranian official on Iranian TV, as reported by satellite TV al-Jazeera. All

Beijing, April 17 (Jiji Press)–A spokesperson for the Chinese military’s Eastern Theater Command, which is responsible for areas near Taiwan, said on social media Friday that a Japanese Self-Defense Force vessel had sailed through the Taiwan Strait. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni will hold talks in Rome on Monday with Kenya’s president William Ruto at the prime minister’s office, Palazzo Chigi, according to the government’s website. 

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, held a rally in Tokyo on Friday ahead of a review conference of the signatories to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, scheduled to be held in New

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Friday that it has asked oil distributors to keep the supply of lubricant oil, commonly used as automobile engine oil, as stable as in the previous year. The government also called on the distributors