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Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka-dot motifs and pumpkin sculptures, died of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 14, it was learned Thursday. She was 97. Born in 1929 in Matsumoto, Nagano

(Adnkronos) – The toll from the car hitting pedestrians in Caen, northern France, has risen to two dead and about ten injured. Police sources report that a 26-year-old Russian citizen was arrested, who allegedly committed the act voluntarily after a brawl. Therefore,

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government highlighted the need to closely monitor the impact of recent natural disasters in a monthly report released on Thursday, while keeping its basic economic assessment unchanged. “The Japanese economy is recovering at a moderate pace,

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka-dot motifs and pumpkin sculptures, died on Aug. 14, it was learned Thursday. She was 97. Born in 1929 in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, Kusama began drawing polka dots

New Delhi, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–More than 800 people, including five Japanese tourists, are unaccounted for following large-scale flooding in the Rasuwa district of Nepal on Wednesday, according to authorities of the Himalayan country. The number of people who cannot be reached

(Adnkronos) – Over 1,300 people are missing and at least 165 have been confirmed dead following floods and landslides on the border between Nepal and Tibet. The Nepalese emergency management agency reported this, specifying that the toll is still provisional and that

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The official campaign period began on Thursday for the Sept. 13 gubernatorial election for Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. The focus is whether the Liberal Democratic Party will be able to retake the helm of the

Narashino, Chiba Pref., Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–A consortium of Japanese companies has launched a data center to train physical artificial intelligence on human tasks for deploying humanoid robots in factories and logistics operations. The facility in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo,

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Imperial Household Agency is considering a plan for Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit in late September the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, which was struck by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake a month ago, informed sources said Thursday.

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency issued Level 5 emergency heavy rain warnings to some municipalities in the central prefectures of Toyama and Ishikawa on Thursday morning. Torrential rain started pummeling the Noto Peninsula area in central Japan early Thursday.