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Tokyo, Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)–Prudential Life Insurance Co. said Wednesday it will suspend new policy sales for 90 days in response to a large-scale fraud scandal that came to light last month. The insurer said the decision was made to prioritize overhauling

Tokyo, Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s five largest securities firms posted higher revenue and profit for April-December last year as rising stock prices lifted brokerage fee revenue and robust merger and acquisition activity boosted advisory fee revenue. The broader adoption of Japan’s revamped

Tokyo, Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)–Thai-born goalkeeper Poomraphee Siribunyakul played a pivotal role in leading Kashima Gakuen High School to its best-ever result–a runner-up finish–at the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament, held from December to January. Although Kashima Gakuen lost the final

Bangkok, Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)–Thai and Japanese police authorities agreed to closely cooperate to eradicate human trafficking after a Thai girl was discovered to have been forced to provide sexual services at a massage parlor in Tokyo. Senior police officials from Japan’s

Tokyo, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it will begin considering plans to introduce outside capital into its real estate business. The parent company of Fuji Television Network Inc. said it will not exclude “the possibility of

Kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref., Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)–The mother of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese national abducted by North Korea decades ago, turned 90 on Wednesday, lamenting the lack of progress in fulfilling her long-cherished wish to bring her daughter back to Japan. “Everyone

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s interior minister Matteo Piantedosi will testify on Wednesday to the lower house of parliament on the deployment of federal agents from the controversial US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Olympics, the parliament said in a

(Adnkronos) – House Republicans aim today to approve the Budget package, thus ending the shutdown, the second of the new Trump presidency, which began last Saturday. With Democrats having announced they will not vote for the package, Speaker Mike Johnson in this

(Adnkronos) – Since 2023, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ‘saved’ only one of the generals of the powerful Military Commission. Of the high-ranking officers immortalized with Zhang Youxia, who was sacked last weekend, in a photo that went viral that year, only

(Adnkronos) – A long-serving official at the Polish Ministry of Defense has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia, ministry spokesman Janusz Sejmej announced. The mid-level official was part of the Planning and Strategy directorate. The arrest, the result of a