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Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to call on the government to consider nationalizing remote islands whose ownership is unclear, it was learned Tuesday. An outline of a draft set of proposals on measures regarding foreigners to be

Fukuoka, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–A high court dismissed Tuesday a petition seeking to halt the operations of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Genkai nuclear power station in southwestern Japan. Fukuoka High Court turned down the

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the train accident in Adamuz, Andalusia near Cordoba, has risen to 41 confirmed fatalities. El País reports this, citing rescuers. Meanwhile, 122 injured individuals, 117 adults and five children, all identified, have received treatment, as stated

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s lower house of parliament’s foreign affairs committee will on Wednesday question international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need on the persecution of Christian minorities around the world.  The hearing, at which representatives of Italy’s branch of the

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry released a draft proposal on Tuesday that stops short of banning public prosecutors from filing appeals against court decisions granting retrials. The draft proposal to review the country’s retrial system came despite strong calls to

Seoul, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday expressed interest in holding the next summit with Japan in his hometown of Andong in North Gyeongsang Province, eastern South Korea, as part of the two countries’ “shuttle diplomacy,” or reciprocal

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. said Tuesday that it will transfer its television business to a joint venture to be set up with China’s TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd. The two companies signed a basic agreement on the deal

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings sentencing a 34-year-old man to 18 years in prison for a high-profile fatal expressway road rage incident near Tokyo in 2017, it was learned Tuesday. The top court’s five-member First

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police on Tuesday sent papers on a former official of Russia’s trade representation in Japan and a former worker of a machine tool manufacturer to public prosecutors over trade secrets held by the company based in the

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Centrist Reform Alliance, a new political party of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, a former ruling coalition member, will be launched with over 160 House of Representatives lawmakers. The CDP said Tuesday