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Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–The Special Committee on Political Reform of Japan’s House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously approved bills to regulate the use of social media during elections. The bills are likely to be enacted during the current Diet session and

(Adnkronos) – ”Extremely liberal”, so much so that ”he probably won’t open the North Sea” to oil exploration. These are the first words American President Donald Trump chose to describe Andy Burnham, a candidate to succeed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as

(Adnkronos) – The European Commission has signed the declaration of accession to Pax Silica, the strategic initiative led by the United States aimed at building secure and resilient supply chains for semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and critical minerals necessary for chip production. This

(Adnkronos) – Foreign, defence and civil protection ministers Antonio Tajani, Guido Crosetto and Nello Musumeci are coordinating an initial humanitarian air lift to Venezuela, where two powerful earthquakes struck late on Wednesday, less than a minute apart, with up to 10,000 people

Manila, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Philippine authorities said Thursday that they detained in Manila on Tuesday a Japanese national suspected of being a senior member of a group involved in a series of robbery cases across Japan. Tokyo Summary Court has issued an

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake measuring up to upper 6, the second-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, hit the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan, including Aomori Prefecture, on Thursday morning, with 11 people confirmed to have suffered injuries.

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Expert witnesses invited by Japanese opposition parties on Thursday took issue with a government bill to reform the country’s retrial system and demanded amendments to it. At the Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government approved a basic policy for women’s empowerment on Thursday, including the goal of doubling the proportion of female engineering students in universities from 18 pct in 2025 to 36 pct in 2040. The government acknowledged

(Adnkronos) – ”Italy and Romania have been explicitly named by the NATO Secretary General as participants in the aggression against Iran. They, along with all other European countries that have supported the American-Israeli aggression against Iran, must explain to their citizens and

(Adnkronos) – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have withdrawn from part of the buffer zone that had been established in southern Lebanon, near the border with northern Israel. Haaretz website reports this, citing a statement made by a US State Department official