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Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Wednesday that it will dispatch an emergency medical team to Venezuela, recently hit by major earthquakes, as early as this week. The Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team will be made up of 42 members,

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi left for India on a government jet Wednesday for a summit with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, where they are seen confirming the two countries’ cooperation in economic security. With China’s increasing economic

Tokyo/Beijing, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese nationals detained in the Chinese city of Dalian in May were arrested in mid- and late June, respectively, Japanese government officials said Wednesday. The two, both Fuji Electric Co. group employees, are believed to have violated

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency has ordered Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. to report details of a personal data breach involving information on about 4.38 million customers, the unit of U.S. insurance giant Aflac Inc. said Wednesday. The order

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Construction firms and real estate developers need to work together to address surging labor and materials costs involving large-scale urban redevelopment projects in Japan, Masafumi Kiryu, president of Kajima Corp., a major Japanese construction firm, said in an

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese nationals detained in the Chinese city of Dalian in May were arrested in mid- and late June, respectively, Japanese government officials said Wednesday. The two, both Fuji Electric Co. group employees, are believed to have violated

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–House of Representatives Speaker Eisuke Mori on Wednesday urged both ruling and opposition parties to return to normal parliamentary business, amid an impasse over bills submitted by the ruling bloc. In a meeting with secretaries-general and other senior

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–NTT Docomo Business Inc. plans to spend up to several hundred billion yen on acquisitions, Katsushige Kojima, president and CEO of the Japanese telecommunications company focusing on corporate clients, said in an interview. The company is constantly “looking

Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–Prices of land facing roads in Japan as of Jan. 1 rose 2.9 pct from a year before on average, up for the fifth straight year, the National Tax Agency said Wednesday. The pace of increase was the

(Adnkronos) – At least 1,028 deaths were recorded in Spain in June due to the heatwave that affected numerous European countries, according to data published by the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid. This is more than double the 407 heat-related deaths