Brussels, April 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan and the European Union have held the first dialogue designed to reinforce their cooperation for the defense industry. Amid an increasingly severe global security environment, Japan and the EU aim to work closely together to strengthen supply

Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has sent a message to an international meeting expressing her country’s determination to take “all possible measures” to improve the situation in the Strait of Hormuz. In the message sent to the meeting

Nantan, Kyoto, April 18 (Jiji Press)–Police began examining the area around a public restroom in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Saturday, after a missing 11-year-old boy was found dead in a forest area of the city earlier this month, Jiji Press

Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake measuring up to upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, struck northern areas of Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Saturday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the earthquake with an

Melbourne, April 18 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles at a meeting in Melbourne on Saturday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation to ensure security in East Asia. The two ministers confirmed their countries’ cooperation apparently to

Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan faces a dilemma of choosing between reining in inflation and propping up the economy as it considers whether to raise the policy interest rate at its next policy-setting meeting April 27-28. The Japanese central

Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, remain apart over a revision of pacifist Article 9 of the Constitution. On Friday, the two parties kicked off discussions on Article 9, which is

Washington, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Finance ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries on Friday discussed plans to increase financial aid to resource-rich nations through the World Bank and other entities as part of efforts to build supply chains for rare

Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police on Friday arrested the president of Linux Japan, an information technology service provider in the Japanese capital, on suspicion of abandoning a body. The suspect, Katsuya Mizuguchi, 49, has denied the allegations against him, saying, “I

Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police on Friday arrested the president of Linux Japan, an information technology service provider in the Japanese capital, on suspicion of abandoning a body. The suspect, Katsuya Mizuguchi, 49, has denied the allegations against him, saying, “I

(Adnkronos) – Export credit agency Sace and Chinese partners finalised three agreements worth a total 360 million euros including two strategic ones to bolster exports in the industrial and wood-furniture sectors, the foreign minister said in a statement.  The deals were signed

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan and eight other economies agreed Friday to decrease this year’s catch quota for saury in the northern Pacific by 5 pct year-on-year. The agreement was reached at a meeting of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission, held in

(Adnkronos) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly announced from Paris the start of preparations for an international mission aimed at ensuring the security of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, emphasizing the need for a “lasting

(Adnkronos) – NATO is “a paper tiger”, it must “stay away” from the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump wrote this on his Truth social, stating that “the Strait of Hormuz is completely open and ready for transit, but the naval

(Adnkronos) – To cross the Strait of Hormuz, coordination with the Revolutionary Guards, the Iranian Pasdaran, will be required; their approval will be needed. This was stated by a high-ranking Iranian official on Iranian TV, as reported by satellite TV al-Jazeera. All

Beijing, April 17 (Jiji Press)–A spokesperson for the Chinese military’s Eastern Theater Command, which is responsible for areas near Taiwan, said on social media Friday that a Japanese Self-Defense Force vessel had sailed through the Taiwan Strait. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni will hold talks in Rome on Monday with Kenya’s president William Ruto at the prime minister’s office, Palazzo Chigi, according to the government’s website. 

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, held a rally in Tokyo on Friday ahead of a review conference of the signatories to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, scheduled to be held in New

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Friday that it has asked oil distributors to keep the supply of lubricant oil, commonly used as automobile engine oil, as stable as in the previous year. The government also called on the distributors

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Interest payments on Japanese government bonds in fiscal 2034 are projected to be about 8.4 trillion yen higher than previously estimated, the Finance Ministry said Friday. Interest payments are expected to increase at an accelerating pace, as long-term

(Adnkronos) – At least 13 people have died and 35 injured in Tyre, Lebanon, due to an Israeli Idf raid minutes before the truce came into effect, at midnight last night, local sources told Afp. Rescuers are still searching for survivors –

(Adnkronos) – Olly Robbins could be heard next Tuesday by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the Mandelson affair and his appointment as ambassador to the United States despite failing the security vetting procedure. In a letter, published on the

(Adnkronos) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he is “absolutely furious” about the Mandelson case. Speaking to journalists from Paris, where he is for the conference on security in the Strait of Hormuz, the head of the London government called it

(Adnkronos) – Todd Lyons, the acting director of Ice – the controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement to which Donald Trump’s White House entrusted the task of implementing anti-immigration policies and mass deportations with very aggressive methods, which among other things caused the

(Adnkronos) – Myanmar’s former president, Win Myint, detained since the 2021 military coup, has been pardoned, according to a presidential statement, and will not be executed. “The President has granted a pardon to Win Myint,” reads a statement from the office of

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted a garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Friday, with some 1,400 guests in attendance, including figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara. The Imperial

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering skipping a visit to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day spring festival that starts Tuesday, informed sources said Friday. Takaichi had rarely missed visiting the Shinto shrine during its

(Adnkronos) – Culture is “a tool of friendship and dialogue among peoples, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani stated during a two-day visit to China aimed at strenghtening economic, political and cultural ties.  “Culture as a tool of friendship and dialogue among peoples.

Osaka, April 17 (Jiji Press)–A regional lender based in the Kinki western Japan region and the parent of another local bank announced a capital and business alliance Friday. Shiga Bank and Senshu Ikeda Holdings Inc., the parent of Senshu Ikeda Bank, based

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign mininster has hailed China’s demand that merchant vessels be allowed to sail freely through the Strait of Hormuz. The critical waterway was effectively closed by Iran in response to US-Israeli strikes since late February which were halted under