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Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Industry representatives have raised objections to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s plan to reduce the consumption tax rate on food to zero for two years. At a working-level meeting of the National Council on Social Security on Wednesday,

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Sentiment among so-called economy watchers in Japan fell to the lowest level in about four years in March, reflecting tensions over Iran, a Cabinet Office survey showed Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted diffusion index that shows the current sentiment

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his visiting Australian counterpart Richard Marles agreed Wednesday to deepen bilateral defense cooperation to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region. At their meeting in Tokyo, the ministers mainly discussed the tensions in

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–While the United States and Iran reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, 42 Japan-linked ships still cannot leave the Persian Gulf due to Iran’s de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has suggested that it will allow

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi asked Iran to de-escalate the tensions in the Middle East at an early time, in a roughly 25-minute phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday. Takaichi also called on the Middle

(Adnkronos) – The Iranian navy has informed ships off the Strait of Hormuz that it is still necessary to obtain permission from Iran to cross it. The Wall Street Journal reports this, based on a recording shared by a crew member of

(Adnkronos) – Two ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, the first since the announcement of the two-week truce between the United States and Iran, MarineTraffic, a maritime traffic tracking site, reported. The cargo ship NJ Earth, owned by a Greek shipowner,

(Adnkronos) – A 76-year-old French pensioner shot down a drone that had been sent to check the condition of the roof of a public building in Nohic, Tarn-et-Garonne. The man, a resident of the area, said he was convinced that the aircraft

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council on Wednesday started to discuss extending the public health insurance coverage to two regenerative medicine products using induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells. The council, which advises the health minister, is expected

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Novel Alzheimer’s therapies have been given to 19 pct of outpatients who applied for the medications, according to a recent survey at a Tokyo hospital. The lecanemab and donanemab therapies for early-stage Alzheimer’s patients are now clinically available