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Tokyo, April 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is planning to present to a ruling party meeting Wednesday a modified draft of a bill aimed at revising the country’s retrial system, it has been learned. Initially, the government considered proposing the revised draft

(Adnkronos) – ”No country” has the right to close Hormuz and block maritime traffic passing through the Strait. This was stated by Arsenio Dominguez, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations. “In accordance with international law, no country

(Adnkronos) – “I don’t know if the president thought he was being funny or was under the influence of substances or what other possible explanation I can give for this shameful blasphemy.” Thus, an important American evangelical commentator, Megan Bahsam, speaks for

(Adnkronos) – Federal Judge Darrin Gayles has dismissed the $10 billion defamation lawsuit that American President Donald Trump had filed against the Wall Street Journal and its owner Rupert Murdoch over an article about an obscene birthday letter addressed to Jeffrey Epstein.

Tokyo, April 13 (Jiji Press)–Private-sector members of a key Japanese government panel Monday underlined the need for the government to drastically review its budget compilation process to realize “responsible yet aggressive” fiscal policy advocated by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The private-sector members

(Adnkronos) – Dialogue is needed between United States and Iran to de-escalate the widening Middle East conflict and achieve “a peaceful solution”, Italy said on Monday after over 12 hours of talks in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad ended on Sunday without agreement  

Tokyo, April 13 (Jiji Press)–Masaaki Shibuya, mayor of the island village of Ogasawara, on Monday showed his effective tolerance of the Japanese government conducting a literature survey on the feasibility of constructing a final disposal facility for highly radioactive waste on Minamitorishima,

(Adnkronos) – Italy said on Monday it is willing to host talks between Israel and Lebanon aimed at ending the conflict in which over a thousand people have been killed and thousands wounded in attacks since early March, while over 1.2 million

Nantan, Kyoto Pref., April 13 (Jiji Press)–During a search for a missing boy, Kyoto prefectural police on Monday found a body that may be that of a child in the mountains in the city of Nantan in the western Japan prefecture. The

Tokyo, April 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Pakistani counterpart, Shehbaz Sharif, agreed Monday to work together to ease tensions in the Middle East at an early date. In their 15-minute telephone conversation, held after the United States and