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Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for killing a Tokyo couple who ran restaurants in the Ueno district in the Japanese capital and damaging their bodies in 2024. Prosecutors had sought

(Adnkronos) – A man with a Tibetan flag and signs against the Chinese government set himself on fire in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York.   The man was captured by UN surveillance cameras displaying a Tibetan flag and

(Adnkronos) – At least 30 people have died and 91 have been injured in yesterday’s Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv. This was reported by Tymur Tkachenko, head of the military administration of the Ukrainian capital. The Ukrainian State Emergency Service

(Adnkronos) – A bus accident has caused at least 40 deaths in Pakistan, when the vehicle plunged into a ravine after going off the road in a mountainous region in the west of the country. “A bus connecting Quetta to Peshawar plunged

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry has ordered Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. to report on 20 deaths among users of Tavneos, a vasculitis drug marketed by the company in Japan, health minister Kenichiro Ueno said Friday. The order was issued on June

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Outbound travelers from Japan this summer are projected to decrease 8.8 pct from a year earlier to 2.17 million, according to recent a survey by major travel agency JTB Corp. The survey results released Thursday showed that a

New Delhi, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has remembered seven Japanese nationals killed in a terrorist attack in Dhaka in 2016 that left 20 hostages dead. “The terrorists were able to take their lives, but they could not

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Finance Ministry will always respond appropriately to excessive depreciation of the yen when necessary, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Friday. The remark came despite the yen’s strengthening the previous day, as the Japanese currency remained generally weak

Atami, Shizuoka Pref., July 3 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held Friday to honor the 28 victims of a major mudslide that struck Atami in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka five years ago. Bereaved families, Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki and Atami

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese Justice Ministry project team Friday proposed offering opportunities to learn the Japanese language to foreigners before their arrival, utilizing information and communications technology. The team included the proposal in a report on a government program to