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Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fiscal System Council, which advises the finance minister, proposed at a subcommittee meeting on Friday that the government considers sales of minimum access rice for staple food as long as they do not affect markets. Currently, the

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign undersecretary Giorgio Silli held talks in Rome on Friday with members of Saudi Arabia’s Consultative Assembly’s bilateral friendship commission as the two countries look to bolster their 2025 strategic partnership in a raft of sectors from energy, to

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Russian authorities have issued a navigational warning for planned drills near Shikotan, one of the four Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Tokyo, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told a press conference on Friday. The islands are

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Hussain Al-Shahristani, president of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, expressed concern at a press conference in Tokyo on Friday about U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to resume nuclear tests. Al-Shahristani said Trump’s move could trigger

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that her government plans to withdraw single-fiscal-year targets for turning the primary balance at the central and local governments into a surplus, at a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on Friday.

(Adnkronos) – Explosions were heard near the Sudanese capital Khartoum, controlled by the army. This was reported to AFP by witnesses the day after the paramilitaries announced an agreement for a humanitarian truce. Residents of Omdurman city stated that the explosions occurred

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–A high court in Japan ruled Friday that the July 20 House of Councillors election was held “in a state of unconstitutionality” in terms of vote-value disparities between prefectural constituencies, which reached a maximum of 3.13

Seoul/Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched a ballistic missile from around Taegwan in the northwestern region toward the Sea of Japan around 12:35 p.m. Friday, according to the South Korean military. The projectile, believed to be a short-range missile, appears to

Beijing, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–A group of middle-ranking officers from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces visited a Chinese army facility as part of an exchange program between the two Asian neighbors’ defense personnel, it was learned Friday. Thirteen SDF officers arrived in China

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that it earned 14,447.7 billion yen in investment profit in the July-September period thanks to higher stock prices at home and abroad. The public pension fund posted a quarterly return rate