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Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not visit Tokyo’s war-related Yasukuni Shrine during its three-day spring festival, which ended Thursday. Economic growth strategy Minoru Kiuchi was the only cabinet member confirmed to have visited the Shinto shrine during

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–The operation rate of ethylene production facilities in Japan fell 7.1 percentage points from the previous month to a record low of 68.6 pct in March, the Japan Petrochemical Industry Association said Thursday. The decline came as many

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Daito Trust Construction Co. is considering entering the accommodation-type postpartum care business by utilizing condominiums managed by its group, Jiji Press learned Thursday. Daito Trust will begin a trial in May, in collaboration with With Midwife Inc., which

(Adnkronos) – The first revenues derived from transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz have been deposited with the Iranian Central Bank. This was stated, without further details, by the second vice-speaker of the Tehran Parliament, Hamid Reza Haji Babaei. The news,

(Adnkronos) – Slovakia announced today that it has resumed receiving Russian oil following repairs guaranteed by Kyiv to the Druzhba pipeline, which was damaged by a Russian attack in January in a section of the infrastructure in western Ukraine. “The flow of

(Adnkronos) – Outrage and condemnation in Lebanon for the killing of journalist Amal Khalil in Tiri, southern Lebanon. The Lebanese head of state, Joseph Aoun, “expressed his sorrow” and, as reported by the presidency on X, accused Israel of “deliberately and systematically

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–There is a wide gender gap in perceptions of workplace equality among male and female workers at newspapers and press agencies, a survey by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association showed Thursday. The survey “highlights challenges facing

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have found an oil leak in the hydraulic system of an attraction of an amusement park in the Japanese capital where a fatal accident occurred on Tuesday, investigative sources said Thursday. A 24-year-old female employee died

Otsuchi, Iwate Pref., April 23 (Jiji Press)–Wildfires that broke out on Wednesday in two locations in the northeastern Japan town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, continued into Thursday, burning a total of about 200 hectares, according to the town government. The town government