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(Adnkronos) – At least 50 Malian soldiers and five Russian mercenaries from the Africa Corps were killed in a jihadist attack launched last week against a military base in Dioura in central Mali. Local security sources told AFP.  The attack, claimed by

Beijing, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–A delegation of young Japanese lawmakers from a suprapartisan parliamentary group promoting friendship with China met with a senior Chinese Foreign Ministry official in Beijing on Monday. After meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin, Masahiro Komura, who

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Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Chubu Electric Power Co. faces a difficult predicament as its earthquake-risk data fraud has left the power utility with no clear outlook for restarting its Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan. An investigative committee report released Monday highlighted

Nagoya, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Chubu Electric Power Co. said Monday that President Kingo Hayashi and Chairman Satoru Katsuno will step down Sept. 30 to take responsibility for an earthquake risk data fraud involving its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan. Senior

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese men’s volleyball team has won the AVC Men’s Volleyball Asian Championship 2026, earning a spot in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. On Sunday, Japan defeated Iran 3-0 in the Asian championship final at Kitakyushu City General

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Genta Koja, who defeated incumbent Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki in Sunday’s gubernatorial election in the southern Japan prefecture, won votes from 33.2 pct of voters who supported Tamaki in the previous 2022 election, according to a

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday called for stronger cooperation between Japan and the International Energy Agency amid disruptions to crude oil supplies caused by instability in the Middle East. “I hope to make the global supply-demand

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government welcomed the first parliamentary election held in the Bangsamoro autonomous region on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday, following decades of Tokyo’s support for the peace process there. The election was “a historic

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Eisuke Mori, speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the country’s parliament, on Monday visited Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, the secretariat of the Lower House said the same day. During his stay through Tuesday,