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Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. on Friday reopened its Apple Ginza store at its original location in the posh Ginza district of Tokyo’s Chuo Ward after three years. The store initially opened in November 2003 as Apple’s first

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government debt has reached a critical level after years of rising expenditures, while efforts to restore fiscal discipline are facing growing headwinds. The combined balance of outstanding national and local government debt now exceeds 200 percent of

Osaka, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Kansai Electric Power Co. is preparing to decommission the No. 1 and No. 2 units at its Gobo oil-fired thermal power station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, informed sources have said. The two units, which have a combined

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese upstart political party Sanseito is seeking to shore up its organizational structure ahead of an extraordinary session of the Diet, or parliament, expected to be convened next month. But power remains concentrated in its leader, Sohei

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–A northeastern Japan facility that has provided mental care for about 14 years to people affected by the March 2011 powerful earthquake and tsunami is set to finish its services at the end of this month.

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi is leading in support from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s lawmakers in the party leadership race, a Jiji Press survey has suggested. Koizumi has secured votes from more than 20 pct of the

(Adnkronos) – Another handshake between Ahmed al-Sharaa and Donald Trump. The self-proclaimed Syrian president, leader of post-Assad Syria, had a ‘flash’ meeting with the US president shortly after his speech to the UN General Assembly. The Syrian presidency announced the news, posting

(Adnkronos) – North Korea could possess up to two tons of highly enriched uranium. This was stated by South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young. “Intelligence agencies estimate that Pyongyang’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, with a purity greater than 90%, amounts to

Beijing, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–A delegation of former Japanese war orphans who were abandoned in China after the end of World War II and later came back to Japan visited Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China, on Sept. 10-14. The trip was organized

(Adnkronos) – In a clear attempt to ridicule and delegitimize his predecessor, Donald Trump replaces Joe Biden’s portrait with a photo of the infamous autopen that signs his name in the “Presidential Walk of Fame” that he himself established in the outer