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Tokyo, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–Two of the five candidates running in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race on Tuesday clarified their opposition to Japan accepting more foreign workers. “It’s important to establish a system that allows our country not to rely

Tokyo, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese victims of the Unification Church’s donation scheme have called for fundamental solutions to problems related to the controversial religious group after its leader was arrested in South Korea on Tuesday in a bribery case involving the previous

(Adnkronos) – Hungary will continue to buy Russian oil despite US President Donald Trump’s request to NATO allies to halt Russian energy supplies. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told the Guardian, on the sidelines of the 80th annual session of the United

(Adnkronos) – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving the International Criminal Court. The three countries, with military juntas in power against which there are accusations and close ties with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, on whom an ICC arrest warrant is pending

(Adnkronos) – The person responsible for the drone overflights at Copenhagen airport last night is “a competent actor”. This is the thesis of the Danish police, specifying that it remains however still identified. “The number, the size, the flight paths, the time

New York, Sept. 22 (Jiji Press)–The foreign chiefs of Japan, the United States and South Korea said in a joint statement Monday that their countries will seek to denuclearize North Korea. They also stressed their opposition to any attempts to unilaterally change

New York, Sept. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan recognizing Palestine as a state is “not a matter of ‘if,’ but of ‘when,'” Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said at a high-level meeting on a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel in New York on

Tokyo, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba departed from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on a government plane on Tuesday to attend the ongoing U.N. General Assembly session in New York. Ishiba is scheduled to deliver a speech at the General

Tokyo, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that, if she wins the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming leadership election, she would seek to expand the ruling coalition before the parliamentary vote to select the next prime minister.

Tokyo, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–All five candidates in the upcoming leadership election of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at a joint press conference on Tuesday, sounded cautious about introducing a dual surname system for married couples soon. “I take a cautious stance,”