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Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Friday approved a bill to introduce a prior approval system for the purchases of land around facilities deemed important to national security, such as Self-Defense Forces bases. Currently, those planning to buy such land are

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s core consumer inflation exceeded 2 pct for the first time in nine months in September as rising raw material costs amid the war in the Middle East pushed up prices for a range of items, including food,

New York, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–United States Steel Corp., acquired by Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp., said Thursday it plans to invest about 3 billion dollars to build a hot-strip mill at its Mon Valley Works in Pennsylvania. The project is expected to

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Thursday held the first meeting of a panel to discuss the creation of a new organization to support the country’s content industry, including anime and video games, aiming to launch the body in 2027.

(Adnkronos) – The Loiret prefecture announced today the ban on the rally planned for Sunday by the collective ‘Ciao fachos’, which was supposed to take place near the Co’Met arena, in the southern part of the city, where the National Rally congress

(Adnkronos) – The German judiciary announced today the arrest of a Ukrainian citizen, suspected of having collected “information of military interest” on behalf of Russia. The arrest was described as a “success” by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said he expects similar

(Adnkronos) – First they attacked the Iranian regime and incited its overthrow, now they target opposition candidates in the Israeli parliamentary elections. These are over a thousand social media accounts previously linked to an influence campaign against Tehran, which are now attacking

(Adnkronos) – Arab American voters will largely vote for Democrats in the midterm elections, a drastic reversal from the 2024 presidential election when they were evenly split between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. This is according to a Washington Post/Schar School poll,

(Adnkronos) – The bloc led by Yashar party leader, Gadi Eisenkot, is ahead of that of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to two new polls by Channel 12 and Channel 13. However, neither bloc manages to reach a parliamentary majority, for

(Adnkronos) – Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister and government chief of staff Dmitry Grigorenko has been appointed Vice President of Sberbank with responsibility for strategic initiatives including AI, the public bank announced after Vladimir Putin’s decree confirming government changes following last month’s