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Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s national sports governing bodies for soccer, basketball, handball, rugby and rubber-ball baseball and the Japan Sport Association have launched a project to promote sports participation among children. The project, unveiled Wednesday, plans to hold events where children

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and NEC Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a strategic alliance in the defense sector. The two companies said Wednesday that they would consider collaborating on the development of equipment

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is expected to call for the recent strong momentum of wage hikes to take root further across the economy during next year’s “shunto” spring labor-management negotiations, it was learned Wednesday. This policy

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Imperial Household Agency is considering holding a funeral rite for Emperor Emeritus Akihito on a considerably smaller scale than that of his father, Emperor Hirohito, posthumously called Emperor Showa, based on a request from the Emperor Emeritus

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump invited a group of Republican lawmakers to the White House this evening, including several candidates involved in districts considered on the fence ahead of the November elections. Politico reports this, citing four sources familiar with the plans. The

(Adnkronos) – In Germany, two suspects have been identified in connection with what happened in early August at Leipzig airport. “According to reports from Süddeutsche Zeitung, Ndr and Wdr – reads the Süddeutsche Zeitung website, as reported by the British Guardian –

(Adnkronos) – Thousands of people gathered in Niamey to show their “support” for General Abdourahamane Tiani, who has been in power in Niger since the July 2023 coup, following last weekend’s events. Journalists on site reported this, as stated by the Afp

(Adnkronos) – Finnish authorities are investigating a “possible territorial violation” after an aerial drone was found on the coast in the south of the country. The drone was discovered yesterday on the shore of an island in the Porvoo archipelago, in the

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is considering reshuffling her cabinet and the LDP’s executive lineup as early as Sept. 16-18, it has been learned. The schedule is based on the

Osaka, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Osaka District Court on Wednesday ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay about 90 million yen in total damages to some plaintiffs in a lawsuit over evacuations following the March 2011 accident at TEPCO’s tsunami-stricken Fukushima