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Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. on Friday lowered its full-year consolidated net profit forecast for the fiscal year ending in March 2026 to 300 billion yen from the previous projection of 420 billion yen. The impact of high tariff measures

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday apologized after the Supreme Court ruled the government reductions of welfare benefits to be unlawful. At a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting, Takaichi said, “I’d like to deeply reflect (on

(Adnkronos) – “Great friendship” binds Italy and the Palestine, and the Palestinian Authority is still a key interlocutor, also on the international stage, president Sergio Mattarella told PA president Mahmoud Abbas during talks at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on Friday.  “It

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry said Friday it will gradually increase subsidies to oil wholesalers to prevent turmoil and radical fluctuations in gasoline prices after the planned abolition of the provisional gasoline tax surcharge of 25.1 yen per liter. The

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fiscal System Council, which advises the finance minister, proposed at a subcommittee meeting on Friday that the government considers sales of minimum access rice for staple food as long as they do not affect markets. Currently, the

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign undersecretary Giorgio Silli held talks in Rome on Friday with members of Saudi Arabia’s Consultative Assembly’s bilateral friendship commission as the two countries look to bolster their 2025 strategic partnership in a raft of sectors from energy, to

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Russian authorities have issued a navigational warning for planned drills near Shikotan, one of the four Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Tokyo, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told a press conference on Friday. The islands are

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Hussain Al-Shahristani, president of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, expressed concern at a press conference in Tokyo on Friday about U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to resume nuclear tests. Al-Shahristani said Trump’s move could trigger

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that her government plans to withdraw single-fiscal-year targets for turning the primary balance at the central and local governments into a surplus, at a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on Friday.

(Adnkronos) – Explosions were heard near the Sudanese capital Khartoum, controlled by the army. This was reported to AFP by witnesses the day after the paramilitaries announced an agreement for a humanitarian truce. Residents of Omdurman city stated that the explosions occurred