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Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency issued on Wednesday afternoon emergency warnings for strong winds and high waves for the remote Tokyo islands of Hachijojima and Aogashima. The warnings were issued at 4:50 p.m., with very strong Typhoon Halong moving

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Wednesday that it has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Japan’s Susumu Kitagawa, 74, professor at Kyoto University, and two other researchers “for the development of metal-organic

(Adnkronos) – A group of press associations, NGOs, and unions have sued the Trump administration for what is described as the “extreme brutality” of federal agents aimed at “intimidating and silencing” journalists and civilians during protests in front of the ICE center

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ministry of Finance on Wednesday disclosed a fourth set of documents related to a scandal involving school operator Moritomo Gakuen. About 25,000 pages of the documents in electronic form were provided to the widow of a MOF

(Adnkronos) – China’s foreign minister Wang Yi is “extremely interested” in the possibility of direct flights from Beijing to Venice to boost tourism, his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.  “With regard to tourism, I have requested that we work together

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–A memorial service was held in Tokyo on Wednesday for Japanese who died in detention in Siberia under the former Soviet Union after World War II. About 130 people, including former detainees and bereaved family members, attended the

(Adnkronos) – After eight years of continuous health assistance to the migrant population in the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is closing its activities in the cities of Reynosa and Matamoros due to a decrease in migratory flows.

(Adnkronos) – The United States reaches its eighth day of shutdown and begins to experience problems and delays in air traffic, due to the lack of security personnel and air traffic controllers. In the last two days, reports the Federal Aviation Administration,

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–House of Representatives lawmaker Takashi Kawamura submitted on Wednesday a letter of resignation from the opposition Conservative Party of Japan to the party’s leader, Naoki Hyakuta. “It was very difficult to close the gap between us over how

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Suzuki Motor Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a prototype of its Vision e-Sky electric minivehicle, for which it aims to begin mass production in fiscal 2026. The Vision e-Sky, with a range of over 270 kilometers per charge, is