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Okuma, Fukushima Pref., April 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, on Tuesday visited an educational facility in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima, which was affected by a powerful earthquake and tsunami 15 years ago. The facility,

Kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref., April 7 (Jiji Press)–Three workers were critically injured and are unconscious after they fell from a scaffold that collapsed Tuesday at the Keihin District of JFE Steel Corp.’s East Japan Works in the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, near

Tokyo, April 7 (Jiji Press)–Rising prices and labor costs are threatening drink vending machines in Japan, which beverage makers have considered to be cash cows because the machines sell products at their suggested retail prices. According to Tokyo-based research firm Inryo Soken,

Tokyo, April 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Diet, or parliament, passed the government’s fiscal 2026 budget Tuesday, marking the first time in 11 years that a regular budget has been enacted after the April 1 start of a fiscal year. The budget was approved

(Adnkronos) – “The Revolutionary Guards declare once again that if the American terrorist army crosses the red lines, our response will go beyond the region.” This is what the Iranian Pasdaran state according to a declaration reported by Iranian TV, in which

(Adnkronos) – The assailant killed in a shootout with Turkish police in front of the Israeli consulate in Istanbul was “linked to a terrorist organization”. The Interior Ministry announced this, identifying the victim as “Yunus E. S., linked to a terrorist organization

Tokyo, April 7 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on the Judiciary System, demanded Tuesday that the Justice Ministry reconsider its plan to revise the retrial system. The demand reflects objections from

Tokyo, April 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is set to introduce fines on businesses that repeatedly commit serious violations of personal information rules under a relevant law. The government on Tuesday adopted a bill revising the personal information protection law to introduce

(Adnkronos) – “Several explosions” on the strategic Iranian island of Kharg. This was reported by the Iranian agency Mehr in a news story relaunched by CNN without many other details. An American source cited by Axios journalist Barak Ravid also reported raids

(Adnkronos) – “I am at your service.” That’s what Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Russian President Vladimir Putin last October during a discussion about a potential US-Russia summit on Ukraine, Bloomberg reveals, citing a transcript of the phone call, as reported