Japan

[ad_1] Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday that the government will give preferential administrative treatment to those affected by Monday's powerful earthquake in central Japan. The government will designate the earthquake as a specified emergency, giving preferential treatment such as extending the validity period of driver's licenses and postponing bankruptcy proceedings, Kishida told officials at a meeting of his disaster response headquarters. "It is important to quickly create an environment […]

[ad_1] Japan's agriculture ministry has been promoting the consumption of game meat, especially among younger generations, as part of an effort to increase income in mountainous areas struggling with damage inflicted by wild animals. The amount of game meat used at restaurants in Japan rose by 1.6-fold to 2,085 tons in fiscal 2022 from six years earlier, according to the ministry, which aims to increase the figure to 4,000 tons […]

[ad_1] Stop lights installed at Tokyo's Haneda Airport to prevent aircraft from erroneously entering runways were out of service for maintenance when a deadly aircraft collision occurred Tuesday, a transport ministry officials said Sunday. The stop bar lights are installed at the border between the runway and taxiway. The red light will be on until the air traffic controller approves the approach, and if it is approved, the red light […]

[ad_1] Rafael Nadal will miss the Australian Open this month after the Spaniard suffered a small muscle tear during his comeback from a long injury layoff at the Brisbane International last week, the 22-time Grand Slam champion said on Sunday. Nadal made his long-awaited comeback in Brisbane after spending almost a year on the sidelines with a hip flexor injury sustained during his second round defeat to Mackenzie McDonald in […]

[ad_1] Paris – Iran stands accused by the West of playing a key role in unrest plaguing the Middle East, but twin bombings claimed by Islamic State group jihadis are a keen reminder of its own internal weaknesses, analysts say.Wednesday's double suicide bombing left about 90 dead during a ceremony near the tomb of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, on the fourth anniversary of the death of the revered former commander from […]

[ad_1] HONG KONG – A century ago, prevailing microeconomic theories defined economies as a continuous flow of spot transactions between individual buyers and sellers.But Nobel laureate economist Ronald H. Coase observed in the 1930s that, in practice, market economies are organized into firms, which consist of individuals coming together to conduct economic activities according to plans and priorities set by management. The reason, he concluded, is that market transactions are […]

[ad_1] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) sits next to Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (second from left) and others, while watching a cultural performance at the Tashichhodzong monastery in Thimpu, Bhutan, in August 2019. | AFP-Jiji People line up to vote at a polling station in Thimpu in October 2018. | AFP-Jiji Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (left) walking along with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during […]

[ad_1] Suzu, Ishikawa Pref. – A woman in her 90s trapped for five days under the rubble by a huge earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture was rescued against the odds, but snow and storms were expected to complicate relief efforts Sunday.At least 126 people died in the magnitude-7.5 tremor on New Year's Day and its aftershocks — a toll that is sure to rise, with 222 others reported missing to local […]

[ad_1] Rishi Sunak wanted to show strength last week as he claimed victory on his pledge to clear the backlog of U.K. asylum cases. Instead, the prime minister underscored what allies fear is a growing political weakness.The British prime minister took office in late 2022 promising to govern with "integrity, professionalism and accountability” — an attempt to distance himself from his two predecessors, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. Five targets […]