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Beijing, June 13 (Jiji Press)–Chinese official vessels have begun cracking down on foreign-registered cargo ships in waters off eastern Taiwan, showing unusual demonstrative behavior against Japan and others. The move prompted Taiwan to dispatch patrol ships to the area, heightening tensions temporarily.

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese opposition party Komeito plans to have its members in the Diet, the country’s parliament, join the Centrist Reform Alliance before the start of an extraordinary Diet session expected for autumn, informed sources told Jiji Press. According to

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi departed Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Saturday afternoon to attend a three-day summit of the Group of Seven major powers in Evian, eastern France, and also visit Britain and Italy. It will be Takaichi’s

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese internal affairs ministry has released an online visualization tool that makes it easier to analyze the fiscal conditions of local governments. The so-called dashboard of regional fiscal data allows users to examine data held by the

London, June 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to boost international cooperation to ensure free and safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and resilient supply chains for vital goods including energy. In her contribution to the electronic version

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese startup Heartseed Inc. has said it conducted a clinical trial to inject via catheter small masses of heart muscle cells produced from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells into patients with severe heart failure. The Tokyo-based company,

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako departed for an official visit to the Netherlands and Belgium on Saturday morning aboard a government aircraft from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The Imperial couple will travel to multiple countries on a single

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–U.S. investment fund Warburg Pincus LLC plans to acquire real estate firm J.S.B. Co., Japan’s leading operator of rental housing for university students and students from abroad, it was learned Friday. The fund will launch a tender offer

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani, and South Korea’s president Lee Jae-Myung were late on Friday due to open a bilateral High-Level Economic Forum in Rome. South Korean trade, industry and resources minister Kim Jung-kwan will also speak at the event which

(Adnkronos) – Former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Seoul court for authorizing the sending of drones to North Korea with the aim of provoking an escalation of military tensions and creating the