(Typo in 3rd para corrected) Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)–Department store sales in Japan in October rose 4.3 pct from a year earlier on a same-store basis thanks to strong inbound travel demand, extending their winning streak to three months, according to

Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly rose over 1,000 points Wednesday morning, as investors bought a variety of names in anticipation of an additional U.S. interest rate cut. The key index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier

Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)–The profit margin at general hospitals in Japan, excluding psychiatric institutions, stood at minus 7.3 pct on average in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, a health ministry survey showed Wednesday. The figure improved by 0.2 percentage point

Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)–Defense ministers of Japan, Britain and Italy have affirmed their close cooperation on the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet. The trilateral cooperation was confirmed in a Tuesday teleconference among Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, British Defense

Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)–In the face of a serious shortage of drivers in the logistics industry, Japan’s government and commercial vehicle makers are accelerating experiments aimed at putting self-driving trucks into practical use. They are aiming to attain so-called Level 4

(Adnkronos) – The majority of Germans are against the idea of Germany taking on a military leadership role in Europe: according to a Forsa public opinion poll commissioned by the Körber Foundation, promoter of a foreign policy forum currently underway in Berlin,

(Adnkronos) – Italy wants to create joint business ventures with strategic partner Saudi Arabia in the Mideast, Africa and elsewhere within the framework of Riyadh’s Vision 2030 economic diversification plan and the major events the Kingdom will host in the coming decade,

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s Senate building, Palazzo Madama will be illuminated in orange from sunset on Tuesday to dawn on Wednesday to mark the start of the United Nations Orange the World campaign to end violence against women, according to the Senate.  The

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese women’s basketball and volleyball teams won gold medals at the Tokyo Deaflympics on Tuesday. Japan narrowly beat the United States 65-64 in the women’s basketball final, and trumped Turkey to win their first women’s volleyball gold

(Adnkronos) – The German investigative journalism platform Correctiv, which works on Russian disinformation and the networks that the Kremlin builds in Europe, has been declared “undesirable” in Russia. “This means that our activities in Russia are prohibited,” the Essen-based group specified. Russian

(Adnkronos) – Japan has launched its own version of the American government efficiency commission, just as news arrives – almost simultaneously – from the United States that the Doge wanted by Donald Trump and Elon Musk would have been dissolved months in

(Adnkronos) – Thousands have demonstrated in Syria, in the Alawite-majority coastal area, after recent attacks against the community. According to AFP correspondents, these are the most significant protests ever recorded in the Alawite-majority region since the end of the Assad era last

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for sufficient wage increases to counter rising prices, at a government-labor-management panel meeting on Tuesday. This was the first meeting of the three-way panel under the Takaichi administration. The panel brings together

Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–Mayor Akira Ogawa of the city of Maebashi, the capital of Gunma Prefecture in eastern Japan, plans to step down following a scandal involving her “love hotel” visits with a married male city employee, it was

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–A second person has died in Monday’s hit-and-run incident involving a stolen car in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward, it was learned Tuesday. According to the Japanese capital’s Metropolitan Police Department, Gladys Grace Rotaquio Testado, a 28-year-old company worker of

Tokyo/Beijing, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government indicated Tuesday that it will not change its conventional position regarding a so-called existential crisis situation under Japan’s national security legislation, following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remark on a possible contingency around Taiwan. The

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan on Tuesday, measuring up to upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the country’s 10-point seismic intensity scale, in Kumamoto Prefecture. The temblor with an estimated magnitude of 5.8 occurred at a depth

Nara, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–Tetsuya Yamagami, on trial for the 2022 murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said in court Tuesday that he felt despair and a sense of crisis over Abe’s video message in 2021 to a group affiliated

(Adnkronos) – In Australia, the far-right senator Pauline Hanson, who entered the chamber yesterday wearing a burqa, has been sanctioned. Seven days of suspension, local media report, for the leader of the One Nation party, who is not Muslim and advocates for

(Adnkronos) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today appealed to the Nigerian authorities, urging them “to take all necessary legal measures” to end mass kidnappings in the country. “We urge the Nigerian authorities at all levels to take all

(Adnkronos) – The Moldovan government reported that six drones entered its airspace today during Russian attacks against Ukraine. The first drone to violate Moldova’s airspace was detected near Vulcanesti, close to the borders with Ukraine and Romania, as explained by Chisinau authorities.

(Adnkronos) – Saudi Arabia “is a key partner for Italy in the Gulf” and the two countries are working together to boost regional security and economic growth, the foreign ministry wrote Tuesday on X.  “Together, Rome and Riyadh are working to promote

Sapporo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki will announce his intention at a prefectural assembly meeting on Friday to accept the restart of the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari nuclear plant in the northern Japan prefecture, it

Seoul, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok is hoping to visit Japan in January or February next year, South Korean government officials said Tuesday. Kim conveyed his wish to visit Japan in a meeting in Seoul on Monday with

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Saudi Arabia are working for peace, stability, trade and economic development in the Middle East through their “comprehensive, long-lasting and forward-looking” strategic partnership, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday.  “Our strategic partnership is comprehensive, long-lasting and forward-looking,”

Los Angeles, Nov. 24 (Jiji Press)–Shohei Ohtani announced Monday that he will participate in the 2026 World Baseball Classic as a member of Japan’s national team, nicknamed Samurai Japan. The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar wrote on Instagram in Japanese that he

(Adnkronos) – Iran has publicly hanged a man after finding him guilty of raping two women in the northern province of Semnan. Tehran’s judiciary stated that the execution took place in the city of Bastam after the Supreme Court upheld the sentence.

(Adnkronos) – At least nine children and one woman were killed in a raid conducted by Pakistani armed forces against the home of a local resident in Afghanistan’s Khost province. This was stated by the spokesman for the Afghan Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid,

(Adnkronos) – The Prime Minister of Taiwan, Cho Jung-tai, has stated that for the 23 million citizens of his country, a “return” to China is not an option. His statements follow those of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who told US President Donald

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan on Tuesday, measuring up to upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the country’s 10-point seismic intensity scale, in Kumamoto Prefecture. The temblor with an estimated magnitude of 5.7 struck around 6:01 p.m.,