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(Adnkronos) – Three explosions were heard in Tel Aviv after an Iranian missile alert. The Israeli army had announced shortly before that it had “identified missiles launched from Iran towards the territory of the State of Israel” and added that the anti-aircraft

(Adnkronos) – The United Nations World Food Programme is keeping up crucial aid to the neediest of over a million people left homeless in Lebanon during the Eid-al Fitr holiday by Israel’s escalating strikes against Hezbollah in retaliation for attacks by the

Tokyo, March 19 (Jiji Press)–The government approved Thursday a bill aimed at creating a new scheme to provide financial support to Japanese companies’ overseas projects deemed critical to Japan’s economic security. The bill to revise the economic security promotion law is intended

Tokyo, March 19 (Jiji Press)–Jun Matsumoto, a former Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan’s parliament, who served as chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, died on Thursday at the age of 75. He

Tokyo, March 19 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday that its sample cherry tree at Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo has begun blooming this season. The announcement came five days earlier than average and than last year. Earlier this week, the

Tokyo, March 19 (Jiji Press)–Four major Japanese mobile phone carriers have announced a plan to launch a new service called “Japan Roaming” that will allow users to connect to available lines of other companies if communication failures occur due to large-scale disasters

Tokyo, March 19 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that the central bank will examine how higher crude oil prices would put downward pressure on the domestic economy. The governor made the comment in a press conference held after

Tokyo/Berlin, March 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told a press conference Thursday that he will hold a meeting with his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Sunday. They are expected to

Washington, March 18 (Jiji Press)–Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty has welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark that her country will do everything possible under its Constitution to ensure safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, which is currently under