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Tokyo, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)–A large-scale economic package adopted by the government of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday has sparked worries about massive fiscal spending. The package, worth 21.3 trillion yen in terms of government spending, is the first under

Miyazaki, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Miyazaki prefectural government said Saturday that an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed at a poultry farm in the city of Hyuga in the southwestern Japan prefecture. About 48,000 meat chickens at the farm

Tokyo, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police arrested Saturday a 43-year-old Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member on suspicion of attempted murder in a case in which a woman was stabbed to suffer serious injuries earlier this month. Held by the Metropolitan Police Department

Tokyo, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police arrested Saturday a 43-year-old Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member belonging to Camp Asaka in Nerima Ward in the capital on suspicion of attempted murder in a case in which a woman was stabbed to suffer serious

(Adnkronos) – The port city of Odesa, in southern Ukraine, was subjected to a heavy Russian drone attack this morning. According to the Kyiv military air force, at least ten drone attacks were launched from the Black Sea towards the city of

Tokyo, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan policymaker Kazuyuki Masu has offered his view that “the environment has already been prepared” for an additional interest rate hike by the BOJ in light of the economic and price conditions. The initial momentum of

(Adnkronos) – Italy continues to back a two-state solution to the long-running conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and to fully support civilians and efforts to rebuild the war-wrecked Gaza Strip, foreign undersecretary Maria Tripodi wrote Friday on X.  “On behalf of

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry decided Friday to invest 100 billion yen in Rapidus Corp., which aims to mass-produce cutting-edge chips domestically. In addition to becoming the chipmaker’s largest stockholder, the Japanese government will also hold a so-called golden share

Taipei, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Taiwan on Friday lifted its import restrictions on Japanese food products, which were imposed following the 2011 nuclear accident at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Taiwan will no longer require certificates of

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–The government of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi welcomed Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi’s announcement Friday of his tolerance of the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the central Japan prefecture. “It’s