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Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–The support rate for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party topped 30 pct for the first time in four years in February, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday. Support for the LDP jumped 7.6 percentage points from the

Washington, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Federal Reserve officials discussed the impact of a weaker yen and higher Japanese government bond yields when they met in late January, the minutes of the meeting showed Wednesday. “A few participants noted the need to monitor

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–A ransomware attack at Japanese food and beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. last September led to the leak of 115,513 sets of personal data, the company has said. Of the total, 110,396 involved the names and phone

Otsu, Shiga Pref., Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man on Wednesday on suspicion of abandoning a woman’s body in a wooded area in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. Mohamad Hamoud, an unemployed man from Ogaki in neighboring Gifu

Washington, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–The U.S. Department of Defense has said that it would not return the site of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air base in Okinawa Prefecture to the Japanese side unless a long runway is secured at a replacement

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly threatening a junior high school girl into prostitution in violation of the child welfare law, investigative sources told Jiji Press. According to the sources, Eiki Morita, a

Milan, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–Mari Fukada, 19, captured gold in the women’s snowboard slopestyle event at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Wednesday, becoming the youngest Japanese female gold medalist at a Winter Games. Kokomo Murase took bronze in the same event, earning her

(Adnkronos) – Stop, “until further notice”, to social media platforms in Gabon. The decision by the telecommunications authority (Hac) is motivated by the accusation of “inappropriate, defamatory” content and feared repercussions for “social cohesion, institutional stability and national security”. The Authority, reports

(Adnkronos) – A cybercriminal managed to access a national bank account database and viewed information on 1.2 million accounts. This was announced by the French Ministry of Economy in a statement, explaining that the individual used stolen employee credentials and gained unauthorized

(Adnkronos) – A shooting in a park in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato has caused the death of one person and the injury of eight minors, according to local authorities. The attack, which occurred late yesterday evening, resulted in the death