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[ad_1] Negotiations are advancing for an agreement to pause the Israel-Hamas war and free civilian hostages captured by the Palestinian militant group, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that those involved believe could be a crucial step toward ending the four-month conflict.The people, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations, said conversations were still in the early stages and a breakthrough wasn’t expected in the […]

[ad_1] MONTREAL/DUBLIN – The second-hand market for airplanes is booming due to a chronic shortage that has persisted since the pandemic — and fears are growing that Boeing's latest crisis could tighten the squeeze in the coming months.The industry is already some 3,000 planes short of what it planned pre-COVID due to pandemic disruption and other bottlenecks at Boeing and Airbus, leasing firm Avolon says.Now, curbs on Boeing production in […]

[ad_1] On a spring day in 1975, Yukiko Mishima was walking to a friend’s house in her native Osaka when a man she didn’t know dragged her into a car park and sexually assaulted her. She was 6 years old at the time. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] バレンタイン (Barentain, Valentine’s Day) in Japan is a distinctive celebration that continues to evolve. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Japanese companies’ strategic stance toward the domestic, U.S. and Chinese markets became clearer in 2023 amid growing uncertainty over the U.S.-China rivalry and Japan’s enactment of the Economic Security Promotion Act. Japanese firms have shown a clear “return” of emphasis on bilateral Japan-U.S. relations and a strong desire for stable and predictable political leadership on both sides of the Pacific.This trend became apparent in a survey on economic security […]

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN – Icelanders are working round-the-clock to build dykes the size of three-storey buildings to protect a vital power plant and homes from lava flows, since volcanoes near the capital Reykjavik that were dormant for nearly 800 years became active.The six volcanic systems, which experts forecast will be active for up to three centuries, stretch under Iceland's southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, home to 30,000 people, nearly 8% of the country's […]

[ad_1] Prosecutors on Thursday sought a 23-year jail term for Yoshikazu Okubo, 45, a doctor accused of the consensual killing of a woman with a fatal neurological disease.Okubo is accused of conspiring with former doctor Naoki Yamamoto, 46, in administering a fatal dose of a sedative drug through a gastric feeding tube to Yuri Hayashi, then 51, at her request in her apartment in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2019. The […]

[ad_1] The Liberal Democratic Party's largest political faction formally met Thursday for what was likely to be the final time, as the group, previously headed by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, announced it was bringing down the curtain on its 45-year run.But with questions still swirling about the involvement of Abe faction members, especially faction leaders, in an LDP political slush funds scandal, the decision to dissolve the faction — […]