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Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi asked Iran to de-escalate the tensions in the Middle East at an early time, in a roughly 25-minute phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday. Takaichi also called on the Middle

(Adnkronos) – The Iranian navy has informed ships off the Strait of Hormuz that it is still necessary to obtain permission from Iran to cross it. The Wall Street Journal reports this, based on a recording shared by a crew member of

(Adnkronos) – Two ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, the first since the announcement of the two-week truce between the United States and Iran, MarineTraffic, a maritime traffic tracking site, reported. The cargo ship NJ Earth, owned by a Greek shipowner,

(Adnkronos) – A 76-year-old French pensioner shot down a drone that had been sent to check the condition of the roof of a public building in Nohic, Tarn-et-Garonne. The man, a resident of the area, said he was convinced that the aircraft

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council on Wednesday started to discuss extending the public health insurance coverage to two regenerative medicine products using induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells. The council, which advises the health minister, is expected

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Novel Alzheimer’s therapies have been given to 19 pct of outpatients who applied for the medications, according to a recent survey at a Tokyo hospital. The lecanemab and donanemab therapies for early-stage Alzheimer’s patients are now clinically available

Seoul, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba visited South Korean President Lee Jae-myung in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss Japan-South Korea relations and the international situation. During their 90-minute meeting, which included lunch, Ishiba and Lee agreed to expand

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his visiting Australian counterpart Richard Marles agreed Wednesday to deepen bilateral defense cooperation to ensure the stability of the Indo-Pacific region. At their meeting in Tokyo, the ministers mainly discussed the tensions

Seoul/Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan from around Wonsan in the eastern province of Kangwon twice on Wednesday, in the morning and afternoon, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. According to the

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Cats leaving their meals unfinished is not only due to the felines being full, but also due to scent, a Japanese team of researchers said Wednesday. The Iwate University team said that it had confirmed that cats’ appetites