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Hiroshima, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Participants started full-fledged talks at a Japan-hosted international conference in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Tuesday, discussing ways to regulate the growing number of tourists visiting Antarctica and protect emperor penguins, an endangered species affected by climate change. The

Kyoto, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Children who have been physically abused by their parents are more likely to turn to juvenile delinquency than those who have not, a group of researchers, including those from Kyoto University, has found. The group surveyed first- to

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan will provide solar panels and other renewable energy equipment to Cuba, which has been suffering serious electricity shortages, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Cuba has been hit by large-scale blackouts due to lack of fuel following the

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to start talks this fiscal year on easing so-called firewall regulations that prohibit the sharing of customer information between banks and securities companies within the same financial group, Jiji Press learned Tuesday. The government

(Adnkronos) – For almost two days, the Cité Soleil district in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has been the scene of violent clashes between armed groups. At the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital, located in Cité Soleil, medical teams had to cope with an influx

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday to discuss their countries’ relations and strategic investments, as well as critical minerals and U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to China. In the

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Tuesday that she and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent affirmed cooperation regarding foreign exchange market developments at their meeting in Tokyo the same day. “We shared the view that Japan and the

(Adnkronos) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is ”weighing options” ahead of this morning’s important government meeting following growing calls, from 73 Labour MPs and some within the executive, for him to step down. Among these calls, that of Home Secretary Shabana

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–A tanker carrying some 45,000 kiloliters of crude oil from Azerbaijan has arrived at an Eneos Corp. refinery in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, officials at the Japanese energy company said Tuesday. The shipment of Central Asian

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Naruhito conferred Grand Cordon honors on 14 recipients, including four foreigners, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday. The conferment ceremony was held in the “Matsu-no-Ma” hall of the palace. Recipients of the Grand Cordon