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(Adnkronos) – Australian MP Helen Haines, deliberately run over by a vehicle on Monday, has had both her legs amputated. Her husband announced this, saying he was “overwhelmed by the support” received after the attack. “Helen’s left leg was amputated on Monday.

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Personal information on some 125,000 police officers and staff members in Japan may have been compromised following unauthorized access to cloud service operator Arcadia Inc., National Police Agency officials said Wednesday. Over 18,000 email addresses of citizens and

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese new agriculture minister Arata Takebe on Wednesday apologized over a weekly magazine report about his alleged receipt of a political donation from a public works contractor. “I instructed relevant officials to promptly investigate the facts and take

Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan won its second straight men’s team all-around title at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Tuesday, clinching its eighth title overall. The team scored a total of 251.928 points across the six

Chiba, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–While flooding has finally cleared one month after residential areas in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, were hit by heavy rain from Typhoon Dujuan, many people are still concerned about their future. In the Mabashi district in the

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Kimitake Nakamura, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s European Affairs Bureau, urged Russia to allow early consular access to a Japanese journalist detained there and his immediate release during a meeting with a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese banks are increasingly shifting their identity verification methods for applicants to open accounts online to scanning of integrated circuit chip-embedded cards, following a series of data breaches. Japan will enforce in April 2027 new regulations under

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan incurred a customs-cleared trade deficit of 2,818.4 billion yen in April-September, marking the 11th consecutive deficit on a half-year basis, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Wednesday. While both imports and exports hit their highest

Washington, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of the Quad, a collaborative framework among Japan, the United States, Australia and India, are expected to meet in Manila next month, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with Indian media on

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The quality of diet in Japan is lowest among people in their teens to early 20s and relatively high among middle-aged and elderly people, according to a multiyear survey by a research group at the University of Tokyo.