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Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)–The campaign period for the March 21-22 election of Japan’s Social Democratic Party kicked off Wednesday, with three members filing their candidacies. It is the first time in 13 years for multiple candidates to run for the SDP

Kushimoto, Wakayama Pref., March 4 (Jiji Press)–The launch of the No. 3 unit of the Kairos small rocket has been rescheduled for Thursday, after the liftoff slated for Wednesday was canceled, the rocket’s developer, Space One Co., has said. Space One said

Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government will establish a planned new national intelligence committee by upgrading the current Cabinet Intelligence Committee, in order to strengthen the control tower functions for its intelligence activities, it was learned Wednesday. To be chaired by the

Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested three men for their alleged involvement in employing Vietnamese nationals without work permits at a factory in the city of Fukuroi in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Those arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department were

(Adnkronos) – Iran’s capabilities are being degraded by the strikes being made against its military sites by the United States and Israel since Saturday and is unlikely to be able to last for more than a week, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani

Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)–Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp. will design and produce image-processing semiconductors on trial for Japanese imaging devices maker Canon Inc. and a Japanese unit of major U.S. chip design company Synopsys Inc., it has been learned. The New Energy

(Adnkronos) – An Israeli attack hit a four-story residential building in the Lebanese city of Baalbek, killing at least five people and injuring 15 others. State media in the country reported this: rescue teams are working to search for survivors among the

(Adnkronos) – The United States announced that it has “authorized” non-essential personnel to leave Cyprus, where a British military base was hit by an Iranian attack on Sunday night and Monday morning, as part of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. 

Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko will visit Paraguay in mid-August to attend events marking the 90th anniversary of Japanese migration there, the Imperial Household Agency said Wednesday. The state visit follows an invitation from the

New York, March 3 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. federal court sentenced a Japanese executive of an international crime organization to 20 years in prison for attempting to smuggle nuclear materials and drugs in collusion with a Myanmarese rebel group, the U.S. Justice Department