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Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, will elect a new prime minister to replace Shigeru Ishiba on Oct. 21, a senior official at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Tuesday. Yoshihiko Isozaki, the LDP’s Diet affairs chief in the House

(Adnkronos) – Italy has signalled its readiness supply more humanitarian and medical assistance “immediately” and to help rebuild war-shattered Gaza, foreign minister Tajani said on Monday after world leaders signed attended a ceasefire deal signing ceremony in Egypt and talks on Gaza’s

(Adnkronos) – Italy can send more paramilitary Carabinieri police officers to the occupied Palestinian territories to help train the Palestinian Authority police force, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said late on Monday.  “Our Carabinieri already operate in the Palestinian territories and have been

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–A record 91.5 pct of Japanese companies have raised or plan to raise wages this year amid rising inflation and manpower shortages, a labor ministry survey showed Tuesday. The proportion grew from 91.2 pct in the previous year,

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average plunged on Tuesday, weighed down by political uncertainty in the country and renewed trade friction between the United States and China. The Nikkei average temporarily lost over 1,500 points before closing at

Nagano, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Nagano District Court on Tuesday sentenced Masanori Aoki, 34, to death for the May 2023 murders of four people in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. Giving the defendant capital punishment as requested by prosecutors, Presiding Judge Masashi Sakata said,

Osaka, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Now that the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka is over, many local governments in Japan are eager to capitalize on the success of the international event to attract tourists while the positive effect

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–People who played sports during their school days tend to be fitter and more likely to keep up the sport habit than those who did not, a survey released by the Japan Sports Agency Sunday showed. The survey

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–An All Nippon Airways flight returned to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport Monday evening, about an hour after takeoff, as it was discovered that the aircraft had hit runway lights. None of the 174 passengers and crew members on the

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