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Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–The finance ministers of the Group of Seven major democracies held an online meeting Wednesday to discuss further sanctions targeting Russian oil exports. “We discussed measures to reduce Russia’s revenues,” Japan’s Katsunobu Kato told reporters after the meeting.

(Adnkronos) – US president Donald Trump’s peace plan to end Israel’s two-year-old war on Hamas in Gaza, and an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to the devastated Palestinian enclave was the focus of “long” phone talks Wednesday between foreign minister Antonio

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) plans to submit an anti-espionage bill to an upcoming extraordinary session of the Diet, it was learned Wednesday. The bill will call for establishing a foreign intelligence agency based on existing

Kikuchi, Kumamoto Pref., Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi Electric Corp. on Wednesday held a ceremony marking the completion of a new facility for producing power semiconductors at a plant in the city of Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The new facility will start

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government panel on Wednesday reviewed countermeasures for inflation that were included in the government’s fiscal 2024 supplementary budget and fiscal 2025 budget. Referring to progress on measures that were compiled under his administration, Prime Minister Shigeru

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–All Nippon Airways plans to raise its retirement age for employees to 65, effective from April 2027, it was learned Wednesday. The major Japanese airline has proposed the change to its labor union. The new retirement age will

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government panel on Wednesday reviewed countermeasures for inflation that were included in the government’s fiscal 2024 supplementary budget and fiscal 2025 budget. Referring to progress on measures that were compiled under his administration, Prime Minister Shigeru

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign office and its diplomats in Munich are “monitoring the situation” on Wednesday after the Oktoberfest fairgrounds were closed following a threat from the suspected perpetrator of an explosion at a property in which at least one person died. 

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Prolonged inflation in Japan is having a serious impact on many animal shelters, prompting them to seek support from online fans amid declining donations including food and higher costs for essential goods and medical care. Some groups have

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi remains the frontrunner in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race, followed by former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, a Jiji Press survey showed Wednesday. Koizumi is