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Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan will provide a total of 10 million dollars in emergency grant aid to Yemen and nearby Djibouti amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation there, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The money will be used to provide food, water,

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s pursuit of “responsible and proactive public finances” face challenges as her plan to cut the consumption tax on food is a key focus of deliberations during a parliamentary session that opened Monday. Securing

New Delhi, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–India is expected to overtake Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in nominal terms by the end of next March, V. Anantha Nageswaran, chief economic adviser to the Indian government, has said. In a recent interview with

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi asked U.S. President Donald Trump at their meeting last month to encourage North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to accept a summit with Japan if a U.S.-North Korea summit is realized, it was

Washington, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–U.S. television network CBS has reported that a U.S. Marine’s alleged murder in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa has “sparked public outrage” in the Asian country. Other U.S. news organizations also reported on the situation, expressing concern

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s transport ministry on Tuesday released guidelines related to the installation of remote-controlled barriers at underpasses at high risk of flooding to restrict access during heavy rain. The move comes on the heels of a series of deaths

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Tuesday fined television personality Dewi Sukarno, known in Japan as Madame Dewi, 200,000 yen for assaulting two women in Tokyo. Judge Toshikazu Ishida said that Sukarno, who was the third wife of the late

Kyoto, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Nintendo Co. will launch on Nov. 12 a package comprising its Nintendo Switch 2 video game console and one selectable game title at a lower price than buying them separately, the Japanese company said Tuesday. Only a Japanese-language

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average Tuesday closed above 70,000 for the first time since July 1, led by artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related names. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–A team of researchers has found that a cognitive decline from a continued habit of eating high-calorie food is due to abnormalities in the synapses, junctions between nerve cells. While previous studies had shown that a continued high-calorie