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17 Ottobre 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Tokyo Police Arrest Phone Scam Group Leader

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have served two people with additional arrest warrants, including a person believed to be the leader of a group accused of committing phone scam cases, people familiar with the investigation told Jiji Press on Friday. The
17 Ottobre 2025

Nippon Ishin Says Cutting Diet Seats Must for Coalition

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), Hirofumi Yoshimura, said Friday that cutting the number of lawmakers is a nonnegotiable condition for a possible coalition with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Yoshimura, also Osaka governor,
17 Ottobre 2025

Remains of Girl Returned to Family 14 Years after Tsunami

Minamisanriku, Miyagi Pref., Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The remains of a six-year-old girl who was washed away by the March 2011 tsunami have been returned to her family. The girl, Natsuse Yamane, went missing after the tsunami, unleashed by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, hit
17 Ottobre 2025

Damages Awarded to S. Asian over Tokyo Police Dispute Handling

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo High Court has awarded damages to a South Asian woman and her 8-year-old daughter, who has Japanese nationality, over a police officer’s handling of a dispute. Presiding Judge Osamu Hagimoto on Thursday ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government
17 Ottobre 2025

Fukushima Pref. Promotes Sake, “Shochu” in New York

New York, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The prefectural government of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, has held an event at a Japanese restaurant in New York to promote sake, “shochu” distilled spirits and other local products. At the event on Wednesday, U.S. restaurant representatives and
16 Ottobre 2025

Mideast: Italian companies ‘ready to rebuild Gaza’

(Adnkronos) – Italian companies with renowned expertise in rebuilding after catastrophes like earthquakes are “ready” to reconstruct Gaza, but will only be able to do so if security is guaranteed in the war-flattened coastal strip, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday. 
16 Ottobre 2025

Digitized Sounds of A-Bomb-Surviving Piano Unveiled

Hiroshima, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The sounds of a piano that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima 80 years ago have been digitized. On Wednesday, a concert was held in Hiroshima to unveil the digitized sounds for
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