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Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted a banquet for visiting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday evening. In a speech at the Homei-Den banquet hall, Emperor Naruhito

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–A plan to provide additional benefits for households with children under a proposed refundable tax credit system was presented at a meeting of a bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers on Wednesday. At a working-level meeting of the National

Silicon Valley, May 27 (Jiji Press)–A chemical tank at a plant of a U.S. unit of Japan’s Nippon Paper Industries Co. ruptured Tuesday, leaving one dead and nine others injured, local fire authorities said. Nine other people are missing after the accident

(Adnkronos) – Italy on Wednesday underlined its support for the direct election of a joint European Union Commission and Council president in a reform aimed at “strengthening politics”, slashing bureacracy and making the 27-member bloc a faster, more authoritative and effective international

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Unrealized losses on the Bank of Japan’s holdings of Japanese government bonds hit a record high of 45,441.4 billion yen at the March 31 end of fiscal 2025, BOJ data showed Wednesday. Latent losses expanded sizably from the

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Wednesday informed the ruling and opposition parties of its plan to submit a draft fiscal 2026 supplementary budget to the Diet, the country’s parliament, on June 3. Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama is expected to

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan will switch to a revamped weather warning system Thursday, ahead of the country’s rainy and typhoon seasons. The Japan Meteorological Agency and the land ministry will introduce the improved system featuring five alert levels for flooding, heavy

(Adnkronos) – Two Italians who are among around ten Global Sumud Gaza aid activists detained in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi will hopefully “soon return home”, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday, after six freed activists arrived at Rome’s

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese companies agreed to raise monthly pay by 5.46 pct, or 19,964 yen, on a weighted average basis in this year’s “shunto” spring labor-management negotiations, a first tally by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, showed Wednesday.

(Adnkronos) – Diplomacy is the only way to resolve the “tense” situation in the Middle East amid a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the continuing US-Israel war on Iran and the closure of the key Strait of Hormuz waterway,