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TOKYO (Reuters) – The number of senior citizens living alone in Japan will likely jump 47% by 2050, a government-affiliated research institute said on Friday, underscoring the heavy burden the country’s demographic change will exert on its social security system. The number of single-person households is expected to reach 23.3 million in 2050, accounting for …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko warned the Japanese ambassador on Friday that “dangerous trends” in Tokyo’s military cooperation with the United States were posing a threat to stability and security in northeast Asia. Moscow weighed in after U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday unveiled plans …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday there is no reason for China to see a U.S. summit this week with Japan and the Philippines as a threat. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby spoke after China complained to Japan and the Philippines about some of the rhetoric emerging from President Joe …

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By Andreas Rinke and Laurie Chen BERLIN/BEIJING (Reuters) -Last year Germany launched a strategy to “de-risk” from China, but on Saturday Chancellor Olaf Scholz starts a high-stakes visit there hoping to shore up ties at a delicate point with the U.S. and EU threatening to hammer Chinese goods in subsidy rows. With the German economy …

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MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s financial crime agency arrested Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of the capital territory of Delhi on Thursday over allegations of graft related to the city’s liquor policy. Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which rules Delhi and the nearby state of Punjab, has dismissed the allegations against him and says it is a …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s defence minister told his Vietnam counterpart that China is willing to bring the strategic mutual trust between the two militaries to a new level, the ministry said in a statement on Friday. The two militaries should make cooperation at sea a new bright spot, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said during …

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