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(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian drone forces have killed a Russian general who had just been awarded the title of Hero of Russia. General Anton Grunis died on Saturday in eastern Ukraine. “General Grunis was eliminated on September 12,” said Ukrainian drone forces commander

(Adnkronos) – The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, will not be able to travel to New York and participate in the United Nations General Assembly next week, after the United States once again denied him an entry visa to the

Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–A Jiji Press survey for September showed Thursday that 42.0 pct of respondents saw no need for Japan’s opposition parties to seek to form a large grouping again that could serve as an alternative to the current ruling

Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government’s plan to restore the food tax rate to 8 pct after a temporary cut is opposed by 56.9 pct of people in Japan, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday. Only 23.9 pct backed the plan,

Chiba, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo Game Show, one of the world’s biggest game exhibitions, kicked off Thursday at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, a city near Tokyo, bringing together over 1,000 Japanese and foreign exhibitors. The exhibition will be

Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–Following is the lineup of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s reshuffled cabinet announced Thursday. Prime Minister: Sanae Takaichi, 65 Internal Affairs and Communications Minister: Hisayuki Fujii, 55 Justice Minister: Takashi Yamashita, 61 Foreign Minister: Toshimitsu Motegi, 70 Finance

Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–Financial assets held by households in Japan rose 11.0 pct from a year before to a record 2,519 trillion yen at the end of June, the Bank of Japan said Thursday. The growth reflected soaring stock prices. Japan’s

Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–The public approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet dropped 4.3 percentage points from the previous month to 44.1 pct in September, hitting the lowest level since she took office last October, a Jiji Press survey

Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan confirmed 890 new HIV carriers and AIDS patients in 2025, marking a decrease of 104 from the previous year and the second lowest level in the past 20 years, the health ministry said Wednesday. The number of

Brussels, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–The European Union should not disadvantage its trusted partners outside the region through its proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, Japanese Ambassador to the EU Kazutoshi Aikawa has said. In his contribution to the British daily Financial Times, made public