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Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Ocean cargo shipping prices in Japan rose to another record in April as the war in Iran drove up fuel costs, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday. Crude tanker rates soared as the de facto closure of the

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament Wednesday enacted legislation featuring a measure to allow local governments to issue debt securities in digital format. At a plenary meeting, the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, passed the legislation to revise

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–A welcoming ceremony for Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife was held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday morning, attended by Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko. The

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–The recent oil price shock was “broad and persistent,” Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday. The shock was “broad and persistent enough to help move Japan away from the old deflationary norm, though not into an

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average staged a rebound to briefly top 66,000 for the first time on Wednesday morning, buoyed by overnight gains in U.S. technology stocks. At 9:06 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed

Naha, Okinawa Pref., May 27 (Jiji Press)–Two Chinese coast guard ships that had entered Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Monday left the area on the following day. According to the Japan Coast Guard’s

(Adnkronos) – Italy earmarks approximately 10 billion euros annually to for overseas development cooperation and ranks eighth in the world in terms of international aid for populations suffering hunger, disease, war and poverty, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday.  “This is

Tokyo, May 26 (Jiji Press)–The Chinese navy aircraft carrier Liaoning has conducted landing and takeoff drills for fighter jets and helicopters in Pacific waters off a remote Tokyo island, the Japanese Defense Ministry’s Joint Staff said Tuesday. A destroyer from the Japanese

(Adnkronos) – Overseas development aid delivered through equitable partnerships and technology transfer burnishes Italy’s image in the world, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a conference in Rome on Friday.  “Development aid represents Italy’s image in the world. We do not have a

Tokyo, May 26 (Jiji Press)–Naumann’s elephant in the Japanese archipelago went extinct about 10,000 years earlier than previously believed, with climate change highly likely playing a significant role, a Japanese research team has said. The findings by the team were published in