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Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency on Tuesday held the first meeting of an expert panel on measures against illegal drone flights, in light of the growing threat of drones being used for terrorism and other purposes. The panel plans

Osaka, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, slated to close next Monday, is expected to generate a profit of up to 28 billion yen, the organizer said Tuesday. The profit expectation was reported at

(Adnkronos) – Avs MEP Ilaria Salis retains immunity by one vote. The secret ballot vote concludes in Strasbourg with 306 votes in favor of the Kyuchyuk report, which recommends maintaining immunity. There were 305 against, 17 abstentions, out of 628 voters. The

(Adnkronos) – Pro-Palestinian slogans written with spray paint appeared on the regional parliament building in Kiel, in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein overnight. A police spokesperson told Dpa that about 15 slogans, including ‘From the river to the sea’, ‘Free Gaza’

(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian special forces recently struck a unit of the Russian Baltic Sea Fleet, the Grad, a new type of corvette armed with Buyan M missiles, while it was a thousand kilometers from the front line, on Lake Onega. The ship

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–A train collision on Tokyu Railways Co.’s Denentoshi Line in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, late Sunday was caused by a signal setting error, the railway operator said Tuesday. Due to the setting error, the automatic train

Rokkasho, Aomori Pref., Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. received natural uranium at its enrichment plant in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for the first time in 11 years on Tuesday. The company resumed accepting natural uranium to

Tsu, Mie Pref., Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Mie prefectural government plans to create what it says will be Japan’s first ordinance with a penalty aimed at deterring customers from behaving abusively to workers. The ordinance would define customer abuse as excessive nuisances

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Tetsuo Saito, chief of its Komeito ally, failed to reach an agreement Tuesday on maintaining the two parties’ coalition and decided to continue discussions on the matter.

Sydney, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Australian resources minister Madeleine King has called for further Japanese investment in supply chains for critical minerals. At a Japan-Australia economic conference in Perth on Monday, King mentioned the increasing number of cases in which critical minerals and