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New York, Feb. 23 (Jiji Press)–Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Japan as part of a three-nation Indo-Pacific tour starting Thursday, the prime minister’s office said Monday. Amid ongoing trade friction stemming from the high-tariff policy of U.S. President Donald Trump’s

Tokyo, Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s opposition Centrist Reform Alliance will hold online hearings on Saturday with its candidates who lost in the Feb. 8 general election, party secretary-general Takeshi Shina said Tuesday. The hearings will be attended by party leader Junya Ogawa

Tokyo, Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police sent the producer of seven-member vocal group XG and three other men to public prosecutors Tuesday for their suspected cocaine possession in violation of the narcotics control law. The 39-year-old producer, Junho Sakai, also known as

Paris, Feb. 23 (Jiji Press)–Trade ministers of the Group of Seven advanced nations in an online meeting Monday discussed issues related to recent confusion over the tariff policy of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. European members of the G-7 forum called on

New York, Feb. 23 (Jiji Press)–Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Japan as part of a three-nation Indo-Pacific tour starting Thursday, the prime minister’s office said Monday. Amid ongoing trade friction stemming from the high-tariff policy of U.S. President Donald Trump’s

Tokyo, Feb. 23 (Jiji Press)–After the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in the recent general election, legislation criminalizing the damaging of the Japanese national flag is expected to become a key focus of deliberations in the newly convened special session

(Adnkronos) – Italy opposes Hungary’s decision to block approval of a 20th package of European Union sanctions against Russia over its four-year occupation of Ukraine and the bloc’s 90 billion euro loan to Kiev, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.  “We

(Adnkronos) – Italy must “keep working constructively with the United States”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani wrote Monday after the US Supreme Court stuck down president Donald Trump’s global tariffs and he responded with 15% tariffs on all foreign imports.  “Minister @Antonio_Tajani took

Tokyo, Feb. 23 (Jiji Press)–Shinya, the drummer of popular Japanese rock band Luna Sea, died Tuesday at the age of 56 after a battle with a brain tumor. Since the formation of Luna Sea in 1989, the drummer, whose full name was

(Adnkronos) – At least 26 people, including civilians, criminals, and security personnel, have died in the violence that has shaken Mexico following the killing of the leader of one of the world’s largest drug cartels, Nemesio Oseguera alias ”El Mencho”, in a