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Nara, Nov. 20 (Jiji Press)–Tetsuya Yamagami, on trial for the 2022 murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said in Nara District Court on Thursday that he should not have lived to his current age of 45, given the consequence of

(Adnkronos) – Italy backs the use of frozen Russian assets for a 140 billion euro loan from the European Union to embattled Ukraine, but legal experts must first identify a fail-safe mechanism for such a loan, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on

Tokyo, Nov. 20 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass voiced support Thursday for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, at a time when China is taking a hard-line stance against her and Japan following her recent remarks on a possible Taiwan contingency.

Beijing/Seoul, Nov. 20 (Jiji Press)–A meeting of culture ministers from Japan, China, and South Korea, scheduled for Monday in Macau, has been postponed, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a press conference Thursday. Mao said that the foundation and atmosphere for

Nara, Nov. 20 (Jiji Press)–Tetsuya Yamagami, on trial for the 2022 murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said in Nara District Court on Thursday that he should not have lived to his current age of 45, given the consequence of

Tokyo, Nov. 20 (Jiji Press)–Improper management of confidential documents related to antiterrorism measures has been found at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Thursday. No information from the documents has

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani is taking part in a European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels centred on Ukraine, especially financial support, helping the war-ravaged country meet its energy needs, and on the latest package of EU sanctions

Tokyo, Nov. 20 (Jiji Press)–The average unit price of new condominiums put up for sale in Tokyo’s densely populated 23 special wards in October topped 150 million yen due to strong sales of high-priced properties, a think tank said Thursday. The average

(Adnkronos) – The U.S. State Department has formally approved the sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles and Excalibur artillery shells to India, valued at 92.8 billion dollars. This was announced by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (Dsca), which notified the U.S. Congress, marking