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(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian special forces recently struck a unit of the Russian Baltic Sea Fleet, the Grad, a new type of corvette armed with Buyan M missiles, while it was a thousand kilometers from the front line, on Lake Onega. The ship

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–A train collision on Tokyu Railways Co.’s Denentoshi Line in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, late Sunday was caused by a signal setting error, the railway operator said Tuesday. Due to the setting error, the automatic train

Rokkasho, Aomori Pref., Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. received natural uranium at its enrichment plant in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for the first time in 11 years on Tuesday. The company resumed accepting natural uranium to

Tsu, Mie Pref., Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Mie prefectural government plans to create what it says will be Japan’s first ordinance with a penalty aimed at deterring customers from behaving abusively to workers. The ordinance would define customer abuse as excessive nuisances

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Tetsuo Saito, chief of its Komeito ally, failed to reach an agreement Tuesday on maintaining the two parties’ coalition and decided to continue discussions on the matter.

Sydney, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Australian resources minister Madeleine King has called for further Japanese investment in supply chains for critical minerals. At a Japan-Australia economic conference in Perth on Monday, King mentioned the increasing number of cases in which critical minerals and

Suita, Osaka Pref., Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Shimon Sakaguchi, 74, who has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared joy with his wife in a press conference at the University of Osaka in western Japan on Tuesday. “I’m really glad

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s composite index of coincident economic indicators fell 0.7 point in August from the previous month, down for two months in a row, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report Tuesday. The coincident index, which reflects current

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese and U.S. governments are preparing to hold a summit between their leaders on Oct. 28, during President Donald Trump’s anticipated visit to Japan late this month, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. If Sanae Takaichi, who was elected

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average hit an all-time closing high for the third consecutive trading day Tuesday, backed mainly by purchases of semiconductor and artificial intelligence names. The key index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime