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(Adnkronos) – Madagascar army colonel Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the country’s president, days after the military takeover that forced President Andry Rajoelina to flee.  Randrianirina, who led the Capsat army unit that mutinied and joined anti-government protesters over the

(Adnkronos) – The United States has carried out a new air attack against a vessel in the Caribbean Sea presumably involved in drug trafficking, in an attack that, for the first time since the beginning of this series of operations undertaken by

Taipei, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government donated a water level observation buoy to Taiwan on Friday as part of disaster relief aid. The buoy, which was owned by the land ministry, will constantly monitor the water level of a barrier lake

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, one of the few Socialists ever to lead Japan and renowned for a landmark 1995 statement expressing remorse and apology for the nation’s wartime actions, died on Friday. He was 101. He

Fukuoka, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese man arrested for using a forged teaching license changed his surname repeatedly through adoption, apparently to avoid being identified on a national register for teachers punished for child sex or other offenses, sources said Friday. The

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Many Japanese households remain underprepared for disasters, with emergency toilets in short supply particularly, a survey released by the Cabinet Office on Friday showed. In the survey, respondents were asked to select multiple items that they keep in

Morioka, Iwate Pref., Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–A male body was found near where a bear was hunted in a wooded area in the northeastern Japan city of Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, at around 9 a.m. on Friday. Iwate prefectural police believe that the

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling and opposition parties on Friday basically agreed to hold a parliamentary vote to appoint a new prime minister on Tuesday, the first day of a planned extraordinary session. Executives of the steering committee of the House

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese fisheries minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday that he will work to block the adoption of a proposal making all eel species, including the Japanese eel, subject to regulation under an international treaty to protect endangered species. “We

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, made a “tamagushi ” ritual offering to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Friday, the first day of its autumn festival. She is expected to refrain from visiting the