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Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gave up over 1,000 points in early Friday trading, after the U.S. market tumbled the previous day on receding anticipation of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The Nikkei

Sydney, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Relatives of people involved in the 1945 “death marches” in Sandakan on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, then under Japanese wartime occupation, are moving to seek reconciliation. A total of over 10,000 troops and others from Japan,

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her counterpart from Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, have agreed to elevate the two countries’ relations to a comprehensive partnership. At their meeting in Tokyo on Thursday, the two leaders adopted a joint communique

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), have held the first meeting of their working-level forum of discussions on constitutional amendment. At the meeting Thursday, participants confirmed a policy

(Adnkronos) – New mission to Washington for Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin to continue tariff negotiations. Talks are expected with the US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, as confirmed by the spokesperson for the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (Defr), Markus

(Adnkronos) – A man was stopped on a train traveling from Denmark to Germany, suspected of involvement in supplying weapons for Hamas. According to the German Public Prosecutor’s Office, the case is linked to the arrests of several suspected Hamas members in

(Adnkronos) – Sami Hamdi, the British journalist detained for over two weeks in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) center, returned to London today. Hamdi was stopped on October 26 at San Francisco airport, the day after his speech at the Council

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s first inter-government summit with Albania – at which the two countries inked an economic cooperation deal and 15 other accords – was an “historic” day for bilateral ties, premier Giorgia Meloni stated.  “Today can be described as historic for