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Tokyo, Jan. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki on Monday visited the Japanese unit of U.S. company Oishii Farm Corp., which develops factories to grow fruit and other plants. Suzuki inspected a research and development facility under construction in Hamura, western

Tokyo, Jan. 12 (Jiji Press)–Many retrial requests filed by relatives of former defendants in serious crimes whose convictions had become final face difficulties as petitioners have died or grown very old amid protracted procedures, Jiji Press has learned. Since the end of

(Adnkronos) – Italians Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlo were “very happy” at their release from over a year’s detention in Argentina without charge, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Monday after premier Giorgia Meloni announced the two men were free in a post

Tokyo, Jan. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering the idea of dissolving the House of Representatives for a snap election, informed sources said Monday. The lower chamber of the Diet, her country’s parliament, is likely to be dissolved at

Tokyo, Jan. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering the idea of dissolving the House of Representatives for a snap election, informed sources said Monday. The lower chamber of the Diet, her country’s parliament, is likely to be dissolved at

Tokyo, Jan. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan will send personnel to the Civil-Military Coordination Center, set up to monitor the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and coordinate humanitarian assistance for the war-torn Palestinian region, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has said. Motegi, who is

Tokyo, Jan. 12 (Jiji Press)–Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Japanese opposition Democratic Party for the People, has indicated the possibility that his party may not approve the government’s fiscal 2026 draft budget. Tamaki said, “I will not be able to guarantee” the

Tokyo, Jan. 12 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese nonlife insurer MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. plans to consolidate its domestic bases ahead of the planned merger in April 2027 of its key subsidiaries, its president, Shinichiro Funabiki, said in a recent interview. “Without a

Tokyo, Jan. 11 (Jiji Press)–The suspect in the murder of the president of an audio equipment-related company in Tokyo suggested that a bonus cut had led him to attack the victim, investigative sources told Jiji Press on Sunday. Masahiro Yamanaka, 45, who

Tokyo, Jan. 11 (Jiji Press)–Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda on Sunday expressed his determination to achieve a change of government as speculation grows over a possible snap general election. “We will devote our efforts to changing the government,” Noda