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Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Almost all reposts of an online post containing false information about Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, who failed to secure re-election in Sunday’s gubernatorial race, were made by social media users outside the southernmost Japan prefecture, an analysis showed

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese newspaper publisher Nikkei Inc. said its sales employees had overcharged two companies for advertising fees by inflating circulation numbers for an advertising booklet and fraudulently received several tens of millions of yen from each company. The advertising

(Adnkronos) – The Republican-majority U.S. House of Representatives has approved a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s powers regarding the war in Iran, with 220 votes in favor and 204 against. Seven Republicans – Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Hitachi Energy Ltd. said Wednesday that it will invest 528 million dollars to build a transformer manufacturing plant in Mississippi to meet surging U.S. power demand amid wider use of artificial intelligence. The Swiss unit of Hitachi Ltd.

(Adnkronos) – Health officials in the Gaza Strip reported that at least five people, including children, have died and another 13 were injured in the collapse of a residential building in the al-Sana’a area, in the southwestern part of Gaza City. More

(Adnkronos) – At least three people have died and another was seriously injured in the crash of an NBC News helicopter in Los Angeles, according to local fire officials. The helicopter crashed near the scene of another fatal accident involving a bus

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Kansai Electric Power Co. and Tohoku Electric Power Co. have expressed an intention to join an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The facility

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s prosecution recorded or videotaped about 13,500 interrogations during the half year through March in at-home cases involving suspects not arrested or held in custody, the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office said Wednesday. About 9,000 of the cases resulted

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court sentenced a former president of event management company Same Two Inc. to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, on Wednesday for bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021. The

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in July fell 3.7 pct from the previous month, following a 9.7 pct increase in June, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday. Machinery orders are showing signs of picking up, the government agency