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(Adnkronos) – China will suspend imports of Japanese seafood. Japanese media, citing government sources, are reporting the new episode in the diplomatic dispute between the two countries.   China – specifies broadcaster Nhk – states that this measure is necessary to monitor

Niigata, Nov. 19 (Jiji Press)–Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi is considering allowing Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to restart the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan, informed sources said Wednesday. The governor is set to announce

(Adnkronos) – Law-abiding immigrant workers with a good knowledge of Italian are welcome in Italy, foreign minister Antonio Tajani has stated, denying his country is xenophobic.  ”We certainly need foreign workers who study and learn Italian… we want to wipe out illegal

Ito, Shizuoka Pref., Nov. 19 (Jiji Press)–Maki Takubo, a former mayor of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, said Wednesday that she will run in the upcoming mayoral election following her removal from office over a scandal about her academic background. At a press conference

Tokyo, Nov. 19 (Jiji Press)–China will suspend its imports of Japanese fishery products again, in the wake of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remarks about a possible Taiwan contingency, informed sources said Wednesday. China recently resumed imports of some fishery products

Tokyo, Nov. 19 (Jiji Press)–The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan stood at 169.8 yen per liter as of Monday, down 3.7 yen from a week before, falling below 170 yen for the first time since June 2023, industry ministry

Oita, Nov. 19 (Jiji Press)–A fire that started near a fishing port in the southwestern Japan city of Oita on Tuesday evening has burned more than 170 buildings and left one person dead. It has not yet been fully extinguished. The victim,

Niigata, Nov. 19 (Jiji Press)–Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi is considering allowing Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to restart the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan, informed sources said Wednesday. The governor is set to announce

New York, Nov. 18 (Jiji Press)–Fu Cong, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, slammed Japan on Tuesday over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remarks over a possible Taiwan contingency. Takaichi said at a parliamentary meeting earlier this month that a contingency

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Nov. 19 (Jiji Press)–Police in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa have sent papers on a U.S. Navy member in his 20s to prosecutors over an alleged nonconsensual indecent act against a Japanese minor, the police said Wednesday. The