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(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Russia to agree to a mutual truce on attacks against energy facilities to help alleviate the global oil crisis triggered by the Israeli-American operation against Iran.  ”If Russia is ready to stop hitting Ukrainian

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government urged China on Monday to lift sanctions against a member of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party who heads a suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers seeking closer ties with Taiwan. The government said that the sanctions

Shizuoka, March 30 (Jiji Press)–Public prosecutors on Monday indicted without arrest Maki Takubo, former mayor of the city of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on suspicions including local autonomy law violation over her alleged academic fraud. Following the indictment by the Shizuoka

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Friday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, will begin commercial operations as early as April 16. The date marks a delay

(Adnkronos) – A ceasefire in the month-long United States-Israel war against Iran will be achieved “hopefully in a matter of weeks” and before a truce in Russia’s more-than-four-year-old invasion of Ukraine, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.  “In my opinion,

Beijing, March 30 (Jiji Press)–The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday that the country will impose sanctions on Keiji Furuya, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party who heads a suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers seeking closer ties with Taiwan, effective immediately.

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)–A Jiji Press survey of 100 major Japanese companies has found that some of them are increasing opportunities for students seeking jobs to interact with employees, in a bid to prevent job offer rejections and early turnover. The

(Adnkronos) – Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, will have “full and immediate access” Church of the Holy Sepulchre after his entry was barred by police on Sunday, sparking criticism from Italy and several other western

(Adnkronos) – Cheng Li-wun, the leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party Kuomintang (KMT), will visit China from April 7 to 12 after “happily” accepting the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. This was reported by her party and the Xinhua news agency.

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Naruhito held a meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and had lunch together at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday. After seeing Prabowo off at a palace entrance, the Emperor told reporters, “I have recovered”