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(Adnkronos) – The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and family members of US government employees to leave Saudi Arabia, as the Gulf kingdom is being targeted by a series of almost daily attacks, with at least three people killed last

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a former University of Tokyo professor to two years in prison, suspended for three years, and fined him about 1.83 million yen for accepting bribes over a joint research project at the

(Adnkronos) – During the night, 630 drones headed towards the Moscow region. This was written on the ‘Max’ platform by the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, adding that most of them were shot down by air defense forces while they

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three megabank lenders will not take part in syndicated lending for a semiconductor plant construction project selected for the third batch of Japanese investments in the United States under a bilateral tariff agreement, Jiji Press learned Thursday.

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Canon Inc. plans to increase semiconductor lithography equipment production in 2027 by up to twofold from this year, it has been learned. The move comes as chipmakers around the world are increasing investment for higher production on

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Large and powerful Typhoon Champi is expected to approach the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, southernwestern Japan, on Friday, likely passing between Okinawa and Taiwan in the afternoon. The Japan Meteorological Agency is calling on people to be

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s internal affairs ministry on Thursday urged the education ministry, health ministry and Children and Families Agency to take measures to support health checkups for children who refuse to go to school. A survey released by the internal

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Six opposition parties in the Senate, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Thursday urged the ruling bloc to set up a special committee to ensure sufficient time for deliberations on a bill to cut the

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, adopted a basic vision for next year’s “shunto” annual spring wage negotiations at a central executive committee meeting on Thursday, including a basic pay increase target of “at least 5 pct”

Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese women’s gymnastics team won an all-around bronze medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Wednesday, marking the Asian country’s first podium finish for the event in 60 years. The five-member team