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New York, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The prefectural government of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, has held an event at a Japanese restaurant in New York to promote sake, “shochu” distilled spirits and other local products. At the event on Wednesday, U.S. restaurant representatives and

(Adnkronos) – Clashes along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan caused the death of 40 civilians before a ceasefire agreement came into effect. Karimullah Zubair Agha, director of public health in Spin Boldak, told AFP the day after the clashes. “We have

(Adnkronos) – Italian companies with renowned expertise in rebuilding after catastrophes like earthquakes are “ready” to reconstruct Gaza, but will only be able to do so if security is guaranteed in the war-flattened coastal strip, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday. 

(Adnkronos) – Italy on Thursday hailed as “historic”, Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar and his Palestinian Authority counterpart Varsen Aghabekian’s attendance at the Med Dialogues conference in Naples.  “Today, I believe, is a historic day,” said Tajani.   Italy had played a

Hiroshima, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The sounds of a piano that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima 80 years ago have been digitized. On Wednesday, a concert was held in Hiroshima to unveil the digitized sounds for

Morioka, Iwate Pref., Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–An onsen hot spring facility worker went missing on Thursday in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate in a possible bear attack. At around 11:15 a.m., the Iwate prefectural police were alerted by the facility, located

Chiba, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Chiba Governor Toshihito Kumagai said Thursday that media reporters should obtain his permission before publishing stories that quote his social media posts. “If you are going to summarize (my posts), please get my approval in advance,” Kumagai said

(Adnkronos) – Nations must “do more” to combat hunger and food waste and “do all we can” for war-devastated Gaza’s civilian population, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday in an address at the Rome-based UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.  “We

Nagoya, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Aichi prefectural police department on Thursday arrested seven key figures of an organization that allegedly took over bank accounts to sell them to criminal groups. The organization, led by Yusuke Nishikawa, 32, who is among the seven

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Diet schedule for electing Japan’s new prime minister remains uncertain after the ruling and opposition parties failed to hold a related meeting on Thursday. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party had aimed to finalize the election date at