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==KyodoRead full story here28.10.2024 10:35 TOKYO - Japan's ruling camp lost its majority in the House of Representatives in Sunday's election, dealing a heavy blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba who must now look for additional support outside the coalition to run a stable government.
Ishiba, however, voiced eagerness to form a new government led by his party. Opposition parties, composed of both liberal and right-leaning forces, are also expected to struggle to cooperate in forming a coalition due to differences in their policy goals.
Read full story here28.10.2024 10:37 Olympus Corp. said Monday that CEO Stefan Kaufmann has stepped down from his post following an allegation that he purchased illegal drugs.
The Japanese company launched an investigation after hearing the allegation and its board unanimously determined that its CEO "likely engaged in behaviors that were inconsistent" with its code of conduct, it said.
Read full story here28.10.2024 11:54 Various measures designed to encourage people to have more children have had limited successThe number of kindergartens in China fell by more than 5% last year, the second year in a row that preschool institutions were in decline, reflecting the country’s falling birthrate.In 2023, there were 274,400 kindergartens across China, down from 289,200 in 2022, according to a Ministry of Education statistical bulletin published last week. Continue reading... ... 28.10.2024 11:56 Residents report a plane destroying the UN building, which collapsed on top of people, calling the raid a 'massacre'.28.10.2024 12:09 The average monthly pay increase at Japanese businesses this year rose 2,524 yen ($16) from 2023 to a record 11,961 yen, a government survey showed Monday, exceeding the 10,000 yen mark for the first time amid rising prices.
The figure, representing a 4.1 percent rise from last year, came as management and labor unions agreed on historic wage hikes in this year's spring wage negotiations. A growth in the minimum wage also contributed to the increase, according to the labor ministry.
Read full story here28.10.2024 12:23 Trump is expected head to Georgia while Harris will try to energise voters in Michigan.28.10.2024 12:25 BREAKING NEWS: China declines to comment on Japan election results, seeks stable ties
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a press conference that the long-term healthy and stable development of Sino-Japanese relations serves "the fundamental interests of the two peoples."
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The suspect is a 50-year-old man, it said. The Japanese Embassy in Beijing said Japanese nationals were not among those injured.
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TOKYO - Japan's ruling camp lost its majority in the House of Representatives in Sunday's election, dealing a heavy blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba who must now look for additional support outside the coalition to run a stable government.
Ishiba, however, voiced eagerness to form a new government led by his party. Opposition parties, composed of both liberal and right-leaning forces, are also expected to struggle to cooperate in forming a coalition due to differences in their policy goals.
Read full story here
Olympus Corp. said Monday that CEO Stefan Kaufmann has stepped down from his post following an allegation that he purchased illegal drugs.
The Japanese company launched an investigation after hearing the allegation and its board unanimously determined that its CEO "likely engaged in behaviors that were inconsistent" with its code of conduct, it said.
Read full story here
Various measures designed to encourage people to have more children have had limited successThe number of kindergartens in China fell by more than 5% last year, the second year in a row that preschool institutions were in decline, reflecting the country’s falling birthrate.In 2023, there were 274,400 kindergartens across China, down from 289,200 in 2022, according to a Ministry of Education statistical bulletin published last week. Continue reading... ... 
The average monthly pay increase at Japanese businesses this year rose 2,524 yen ($16) from 2023 to a record 11,961 yen, a government survey showed Monday, exceeding the 10,000 yen mark for the first time amid rising prices.
The figure, representing a 4.1 percent rise from last year, came as management and labor unions agreed on historic wage hikes in this year's spring wage negotiations. A growth in the minimum wage also contributed to the increase, according to the labor ministry.
Read full story here
China on Monday declined to comment on the results of Japan's general election a day earlier, calling it the neighboring country's internal affairs, but reiterated that it hopes for mutually beneficial and stable bilateral ties.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a press conference that the long-term healthy and stable development of Sino-Japanese relations serves "the fundamental interests of the two peoples."
Read full story here
Commonweal magazine, founded in 1924, wrestles with its mission at a moment of a continuing loss of faith in both the church and liberalism.
The Republican candidate held a rally in the legendary Manhattan venue on Sunday. With his guests, some of whom made overtly racist remarks, he delivered his aggressive rhetoric, escalating his attacks on the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris.
Africans are being trapped by cartels, lured by the promise of lucrative customer service contracts, and forced into laboring in centers devoted to cyberfraud across Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.
State-controlled companies now run an industry once known for its acid pits, radioactive waste and smugglers.
Already the dominant producer of rare minerals, Beijing is using export restrictions and its power over state-owned companies to further control access.
In just over three weeks, the Israeli army has killed hundreds of Palestinians in the enclave's far north, as it seeks to empty the area of its inhabitants. Some 60,000 people were driven from their homes. Those who remain are abandoned to their fate.
Five people including three minors were stabbed by a man in Beijing's Haidian district on Monday, with their injuries not life-threatening and the suspect detained at the scene, the city's public safety authority said.
The suspect is a 50-year-old man, it said. The Japanese Embassy in Beijing said Japanese nationals were not among those injured.
Read full story here
Police in Shanghai are cracking down on Halloween festivities, amid concerns that revelers will once again turn up in costumes considered politically sensitive.
An NBC News team in Gaza met with a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was featured in a viral video carrying her injured little sister along a Gaza street. Qamar Subuh was caught on camera carrying Sumaya, 5, back to the family's makeshift home in the Al Bureij refugee camp.