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Tokyo, Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)–Total global vehicle sales at eight major Japanese automakers rose 0.7 pct from a year earlier to 1.94 million units in January, according to data released by the companies on Thursday. Toyota Motor Corp. posted a 4.7 pct

Tokyo, Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has drafted recommendations to strengthen the country’s intelligence activities, which is sought by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The recommendations call for granting the planned national intelligence agency the authority to gather information from

Tokyo, Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Finance Ministry plans to simplify procedures for selling land plots inherited and later transferred to the central government, informed sources told Jiji Press on Thursday. The move aims to promote the sale of state-managed inherited land and

(Adnkronos) – Kim Jong-un says he is ready to resume dialogue with the United States if they “respect the position” of North Korea and “withdraw their hostile policy” towards Pyongyang, which is “ready for peaceful coexistence” as well as “eternal confrontation”. “We

(Adnkronos) – A series of attacks by armed groups in northwestern Pakistan has resulted in the deaths of 19 people, including police officers and civilians, over the past two days. A police official reported this, specifying that “in the last 48 hours,

(Adnkronos) – The Cuban government denounces an attempt of “infiltration with terrorist aims” by the crew of the speedboat, registered in the United States, which was stopped by the Coast Guard after entering Cuban territorial waters in a shootout in which four

Tokyo, Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government held the first meeting of a new national council on Thursday to discuss a consumption tax cut and a refundable tax credit system. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expects the national council to draw up an

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)–Tasks that must be resolved for local residents change nearly 15 years after Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Governor Yoshihiro Murai has said. “Challenges remain in restoring

Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Pref., Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking to stop operations of the No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.’s Ikata nuclear power plant in the western Japan prefecture of Ehime. “It cannot be

Kyoto, Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan policymaker Hajime Takata on Thursday stressed the need to continue raising interest rates. “Our basic stance is to continue (raising interest rates) gradually,” Takata told a press conference in the western city of Kyoto. At