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Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged Wednesday to disburse ordinary local allocation tax grants ahead of schedule to municipalities affected by Tuesday’s powerful earthquake in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto. The administration will continue to provide so-called push-type

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Sixteen single-seat constituencies for Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, have a vote-value gap of over two times compared with the least populated district, Jiji Press estimates showed Wednesday. The number rose from eight in

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese judicial and prosecutorial authorities on Wednesday dismissed 48-year-old prosecutor Masahito Nishida for having an inappropriate relationship with a woman he had investigated. Nishida began the inappropriate relationship with the woman around 2024, after an investigation of her

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to instruct senior officials of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday to make necessary preparations for a law revision to implement a two-year consumption tax rate cut for food items

Kumamoto, July 29 (Jiji Press)–The death toll from Tuesday’s powerful earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan has reached 12, the prefectural disaster response headquarters said Wednesday. Six other people were in a state of cardiac arrest as of 2 p.m.

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–The outlook for factory operations remained unclear in the Kyushu southwestern Japan region Wednesday after a powerful earthquake hit the region’s Kumamoto Prefecture the previous day. In Kumamoto, a semiconductor industry hub, chipmakers halted the operations of their

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese space startup ispace Inc. said Wednesday it will use Japan’s H3 rocket for the launch of a lunar lander scheduled for 2028, marking the company’s first mission using a domestically developed rocket. The company signed a contract

(Adnkronos) – Greek firefighters are still battling today a wildfire that broke out yesterday on the tourist island of Paros in the Aegean Sea, which led to preventive evacuations on Tuesday night into Wednesday. “The fire broke out yesterday evening in Kampi,

(Adnkronos) – The German government is preparing to complete a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, triggered by the resignation of conservative parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn. Members of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc will meet in an extraordinary session to elect Thorsten Frei,

(Adnkronos) – In South Africa, factories, farms, and homes are struggling to find labor after thousands of foreign workers left within weeks, fleeing sometimes deadly anti-migrant demonstrations that swept the country, accompanied by a tightening of controls on undocumented immigrants.  A sign