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New Delhi, June 24 (Jiji Press)–The venue of the envisaged Japan-India summit next month may be changed from Guwahati in the northeastern Indian state of Assam to New Delhi, the capital of the South Asian country, diplomatic sources have said. The Japanese

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry and the International Atomic Energy Agency have agreed to cooperate on the development of small modular reactors. Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa and IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi signed a memorandum to that effect at their meeting

Bangkok, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Law-enforcement authorities in Xiengkhouang Province, northeastern Laos, have detained nine Japanese people for their alleged involvement in special fraud. According to local media reports, police took a total of 17 suspects, including the Japanese nationals, into custody June

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–A senior Japanese official has underscored the country’s pledge to continue supporting Ukraine and implementing sanctions on Russia in cooperation with the international community. Ayano Kunimitsu, state minister for foreign affairs, showed this stance of the administration of

(Adnkronos) – European Council president Antonio Costa – one of the European Union’s top officials – could be well placed as a mediator in future peace talks to end the more-than- four-year-old Russia-Ukraine conflict, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday. 

Kobe, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Police in Hyogo Prefecture arrested a 50-year-old woman on Tuesday on suspicion of abandoning the body of her former husband, whose body was found in a freezer in his apartment in Kobe, the western Japan prefecture’s capital, on

(Adnkronos) – The Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, rejected the “Israeli occupation” of southern Lebanon and all forms of foreign interference in the country, in an indirect reference to Iran, while the fifth round of talks between Israel and Lebanon has begun in

(Adnkronos) – After the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum also announces – “exceptionally” – an early closure at 4 PM, compared to the usual 6 PM, starting tomorrow and until next Saturday, as France grapples with deadly heatwaves. The “historic building” is

(Adnkronos) – More than 200 arrests in Turkey. International media spotlights are turning to the country led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the Nato summit in early July. Donald Trump will also be there. Police detained 209 people during operations targeting