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Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–The major Japanese opposition Centrist Reform Alliance is set to tolerate a proposal aimed at securing a sufficient number of Imperial Family members through adoption, it was learned Thursday. At the day’s meeting of a related internal panel,

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–The total number of passengers on Shinkansen and other express trains during the Golden Week holiday period from late April to early May rose 5 pct from a year earlier to 14,766,000, data from six Japan Railways Group

(Adnkronos) – Two former Chinese Defense ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, have been sentenced to death, with a two-year reprieve, after being found guilty of corruption. This was reported by the Xinhua news agency. The reprieve allows for the death penalty

(Adnkronos) – Polls open in England, Scotland, and Wales for local elections, which represent the most challenging electoral test for British Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, to the advantage of far-right and far-left populists. Starmer has never been under such pressure since

(Adnkronos) – The American President Donald Trump’s U-turn regarding the ‘Project Freedom’ initiative would stem from the decision of a major American ally in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, not to grant the US the use of its bases and airspace to conduct

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan likely intervened into the foreign exchange market again to buy yen for dollars earlier this month, during Japan’s Golden Week holiday period, it was learned Thursday. Market sources estimated the

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Thursday that it will form a strategic partnership with U.S. information technology giant Google LLC to strengthen its retail financial services. The two firms will develop a service to assist customers in

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni held talks on Thursday in Rome with the prime minister of Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Meloni’s office said in a statement.  The talks come after Libya’s rival administrations in Tripoli

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese authorities likely carried out a yen-buying currency market intervention during the Golden Week holiday period earlier this month, it was learned Thursday. Market sources estimated that the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan spent around 4

Osaka, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Osaka Gas Co. is boosting efforts to produce and procure synthetic methane, or e-methane, regarded as a key to promoting the decarbonization of city gas. The Japanese gas supplier is preparing to procure e-methane from the United States