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Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese parliamentary panel Friday approved a bill submitted by the government to reform the country’s retrial system. The Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, passed the

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Fair Trade Commission plans to order about 30 construction companies, including Haseko Reform Inc., to pay a total of 1.6 billion yen in fines for bid-rigging in large-scale condominium renovation contracts in violation of the antimonopoly

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average temporarily surged over 2,800 points Friday morning, reflecting rising anticipation that the ongoing armed conflict between the United States and Iran would end. After rising as high as 67,065.94 in the early

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket on Friday morning, after an unsuccessful launch attempt last December. The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at

Nashville, Tennessee, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Wataru Endo, the captain of the Japanese men’s national soccer team, has withdrawn from the country’s squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup due to injury, the Japan Football Association said Thursday. In a social media post,

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average temporarily surged over 2,600 points in early trading Friday. At 9:25 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section gained 2,686.25 points, or 4.18

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday defended Israel’s right to exist and and to not come under attack from Iran-backed Lebananese militant group Hezbollah, but underlined that the Jewish state must not attack Lebanon.  “Israel has the right to

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has started work on drawing up a bill to revise the Imperial House Law, after the country’s legislative branch compiled its consensus Wednesday on measures to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members. The

(Adnkronos) – The European Union will collectively decide Europe’s envoy to help mediate dialogue between Ukraine and its invader Russia, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said in Rome on Thursday.  “The whole European Union will decide this, not (Russia’s president Vladimir) Putin

(Adnkronos) – Beijing imposes sanctions against the Philippine Defense Minister for “repeatedly making irresponsible statements regarding China.” Gilberto Teodoro will be banned from entering mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Beijing claims sovereignty