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Niigata, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–A majority of people living in four cities near Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan are opposed to the planned restart of the facility, according to a survey by the Niigata

Seoul/Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Friday, according to the South Korean military. What appears to be the ballistic missile is believed to have fallen into waters outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone,

Nagoya, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Police have arrested an elementary school teacher in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama, marking the seventh and final arrest in a group of teachers who shared voyeuristic videos of schoolgirls on social media. Arrested by the prefectural

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government decided Friday to extend the deployment of Self-Defense Forces personnel in the Middle East for one year to deal with issues including maritime piracy. It extended the SDF’s antipiracy mission in the Gulf of Aden

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly fell more than 1,100 points on Friday morning, dragged down by selling of shares related to semiconductors and artificial intelligence, following overnight falls in U.S. equities. At 10:36 a.m., the Nikkei

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering appointing Masazumi Wakatabe, who served as Bank of Japan deputy governor when then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promoted his “Abenomics” reflationary policy mix, as a private member of the Council on Economic and

(Adnkronos) – China, a key export market, is expanding “rapidly” and institutions and businesses must grasp the “significant” opportunities it offers to propel Italy’s economic growth, foreign undersecretary Maria Tripodi said on Thursday.  “The growth opportunities in a rapidly expanding and highly

(Adnkronos) – In last week’s meeting in South Korea with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Donald Trump raised the case of Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist, who faces life imprisonment for allegedly violating the national security law. A

(Adnkronos) – Foreign undsecretary Giorgio Silli attended the signing ceremony in Libya’s capital Tripoli on Thursday of a contract between an Italian company and local authorities to build the western end of a key highway linking North Africa to the Middle East,

(Adnkronos) – A pilot program of voluntary military training open to all Polish citizens will start on November 22. This was announced in Warsaw by Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, explaining that the initiative aims to train up to 400,000 civilians by next