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Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering covering revenue losses at local governments resulting from a planned consumption tax cut, according to informed sources. As local governments use consumption tax revenues for social security services, the central government intends to

Ginowan, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Okinawa International University President Hajime Asato called for the immediate closure of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air station, at a gathering Thursday to mark 22 years since a U.S. military helicopter crashed into the premises

(Adnkronos) – The X account of Yemen’s Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, has been suspended. “We suspend accounts that violate X rules,” reads the message when trying to access the account, which until yesterday was used to claim Houthi “operations.” The Houthis

(Adnkronos) – In the Odesa region, a Russian rocket hit the locomotive of a passenger train, killing the driver and his assistant. This was reported by the press service of Ukrainian Railways. “Today we have terrible news for the railway family. An

(Adnkronos) – The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they have identified the remains of a soldier who died in 1948. He is Shlomo Haimson, killed by guards in a detention camp in Cyprus during an escape attempt in September 1948 and

(Adnkronos) – Venezuela’s public sector will work reduced hours to ease pressure on the country’s dilapidated power grid, interim leader Delcy Rodriguez said Wednesday. Authorities are seeking to ration electricity supply as domestic consumption has reached its highest level in a decade.

(Adnkronos) – A US jury has ordered Boeing to pay 29 million dollars in a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Michael “Mick” Ryan, an Irish UN engineer who died in the crash of a 737 MAX 8 in 2019. Ryan

Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s infrastructure ministry is considering a subsidy program for companies that renovate vacant stores negatively impacting local landscapes and rent them out, Jiji Press learned Thursday. The new program, in which local governments will designate companies engaging in

Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to one of the four Russian-held western Pacific islands that Japan calls the Northern Territories on Thursday, according to reports from Russia’s state-run Tass news agency and other media outlets.

Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to one of the four northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Tokyo but controlled by Moscow. Putin’s visit to Etorofu, one of the islands Japan calls