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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

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Interest payments on Japanese government bonds in fiscal 2034 are projected to be about 8.4 trillion yen higher than previously estimated, the Finance Ministry said Friday. Interest payments are expected to increase at an accelerating pace, as long-term

(Adnkronos) – At least 13 people have died and 35 injured in Tyre, Lebanon, due to an Israeli Idf raid minutes before the truce came into effect, at midnight last night, local sources told Afp. Rescuers are still searching for survivors –

(Adnkronos) – Olly Robbins could be heard next Tuesday by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the Mandelson affair and his appointment as ambassador to the United States despite failing the security vetting procedure. In a letter, published on the

(Adnkronos) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he is “absolutely furious” about the Mandelson case. Speaking to journalists from Paris, where he is for the conference on security in the Strait of Hormuz, the head of the London government called it

(Adnkronos) – Todd Lyons, the acting director of Ice – the controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement to which Donald Trump’s White House entrusted the task of implementing anti-immigration policies and mass deportations with very aggressive methods, which among other things caused the

(Adnkronos) – Myanmar’s former president, Win Myint, detained since the 2021 military coup, has been pardoned, according to a presidential statement, and will not be executed. “The President has granted a pardon to Win Myint,” reads a statement from the office of

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted a garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Friday, with some 1,400 guests in attendance, including figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara. The Imperial

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering skipping a visit to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day spring festival that starts Tuesday, informed sources said Friday. Takaichi had rarely missed visiting the Shinto shrine during its

(Adnkronos) – Culture is “a tool of friendship and dialogue among peoples, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani stated during a two-day visit to China aimed at strenghtening economic, political and cultural ties.  “Culture as a tool of friendship and dialogue among peoples.