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Nagoya, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. has released an entry-level racing kart for users ranging from children to adults under its GR motorsports brand. The GR KART, which has a suggested retail price of 385,000 yen, is the world’s first racing

Tokyo, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gave up more than 2,000 points Friday morning due to selling across a wide range of issues after U.S. equities dropped overnight amid higher crude oil prices and rising long-term interest rates.

Tokyo, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Crown Princess Kiko, the wife of Crown Prince Akishino, turned 60 on Friday. “I am grateful to have reached this day, and I hope that I can take on new activities,” Crown Princess Kiko said in written

Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–Since its birth around 4.6 billion years ago, Mercury’s radius has shrunk by over 10 kilometers as the inside of the planet cooled down, a team from Japan’s Hokkaido University has found. The team’s findings were published in

Nagoya, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–Aichi Financial Group Inc. in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, and San ju San Financial Group Inc. in neighboring Mie Prefecture said Thursday that they have agreed to terminate a basic agreement on their merger. Though they had been

(Adnkronos) – The Bayeux Tapestry exhibition opened this morning at the British Museum in London; the public can now admire this medieval treasure which is generating exceptional enthusiasm in the United Kingdom, gripped by a real “tapestry-mania” for several weeks.  Visitors who

(Adnkronos) – The city of Denver, supported by a coalition of associations, has filed a lawsuit to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed Ice agents at polling stations during the upcoming midterm elections. “The specter of armed agents at polling stations

(Adnkronos) – Controversies continue in France regarding the pro-Putin pundit and former head of the Russian state channel Russia Today in France, Xenia Fedorova, returning on air. This was stated by French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez after Vincent Bolloré’s Cnews channel announced

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the fire that broke out on board a merchant ship undergoing maintenance work in a port in Qingdao, eastern China, has risen from 20 to 25. “There were 42 people on board the ship. Twelve were

(Adnkronos) – Oslo bans the use of smart glasses in schools. The ban in the Norwegian capital applies for the entire school day and at all levels of education. “We politicians must have the courage to be honest about what this is