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(Adnkronos) – In South Africa, factories, farms, and homes are struggling to find labor after thousands of foreign workers left within weeks, fleeing sometimes deadly anti-migrant demonstrations that swept the country, accompanied by a tightening of controls on undocumented immigrants.  A sign

(Adnkronos) – The Czech Republic is set to experience another extreme heatwave in the coming days, as temperatures will exceed 35 degrees Celsius as early as tomorrow, and could reach 40 degrees in some places on Friday. This was reported today via

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan has said the ground surface in the city of Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture moved about 84 centimeters in a northeasterly direction following Tuesday’s strong earthquake that rocked the southwestern Japan prefecture. The

Sydney, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan and Australia have agreed to strengthen cooperation on quantum technology in areas including supply chain resilience, research and development, commercialization, startup support and human resource development. Kimi Onoda, Japanese minister for science and technology policy, and Tim

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have referred a former Japan Post Holdings Co. employee to prosecutors for allegedly receiving bribes linked to a post office rebuilding project in the Japanese capital, informed sources said Wednesday. Takahiro Kido, 54, is suspected of

Bangkok, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Lao police have detained 51 people, including five Japanese nationals, during a raid on a hotel in northern Laos suspected of serving as a base for an organized communications fraud ring, local media reported on Tuesday. Police seized

(The second sentence of the final paragraph should have read. “…in Osaka grew by…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Japanese Population Dips below 120 Million Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–The number of Japanese people living in the country as

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Wednesday left its basic economic assessment unchanged in July while keeping a close eye on the fallout from the lingering tensions in the Middle East. “The Japanese economy is recovering at a moderate pace, while

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese judicial and prosecutorial authorities on Wednesday dismissed 48-year-old prosecutor Masahito Nishida for having an inappropriate relationship with a woman he had investigated. Nishida began the inappropriate relationship with the woman around 2024, after an investigation of her

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Headwinds are intensifying for Japan’s offshore wind power sector, with British oil giant BP PLC seen exiting a major project off northeastern Japan. Offshore wind power is regarded as a key element in the country’s renewable energy strategy,