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Niigata, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi indicated Friday that he will accept the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in the central Japan prefecture. Announcing his stance at an extraordinary press conference, Hanazumi called

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. has told business partners that it aims to fully recover as early as February from a system failure that disrupted shipments of beer and other products, it was learned Friday. The company plans to

(Adnkronos) – The government is looking to attract up to 80 million tourists to their ancestral homeland under a pilot scheme being spearheaded by Italy’s foreign ministry with 200 million euros of post-Covid recovery funds, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday. 

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is chairing a conference in Rome on Friday to boost ‘Roots Tourism’. Guests include national, local and regional officials, the CEO of state-run company Sport e Salute (Sport and Health) and the president of the National

Melbourne, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Signatory countries to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, decided at a ministerial meeting Friday to launch membership talks with Uruguay. The 12 signatories, including Japan, also agreed at the meeting in Melbourne, southeastern

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass on Friday expressed his country’s “rock-solid” support for Japan, which faces increasing economic coercion from China, in a meeting with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara. “What is beyond doubt right now

(Adnkronos) – At least three people have died in Bangladesh due to a strong earthquake that struck the country, local health authorities reported. The 5.5 magnitude tremor was recorded at 10:38 local time (5:38 AM in Italy) near the city of Narsingdi,

(Adnkronos) – For Caracas, Marica Corina Machado will be a “fugitive” if she goes to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This was stated to Afp by Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, speaking about the opposition leader, who says she

(Adnkronos) – An Indian Tejas fighter jet crashed during a flight exhibition at the Dubai Airshow. This was reported by AFP witnesses present at the event, according to whom the aircraft performed a low-altitude maneuver (“low roll”), before losing control and crashing

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Friday that the government will respond “very carefully” to parliamentary questions about a potential Taiwan contingency. At a press conference on the day, Kihara admitted that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent