(Adnkronos) – Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has gained an insurmountable lead in the presidential runoff in Peru against left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez, thus putting herself on the sure path to the presidency. Keiko, who is running for president for the fourth time,

(Adnkronos) – Schools closed and recommendations for the population to avoid travel in much of Great Britain due to red-level weather alerts for heat. Today and tomorrow, temperatures could reach 40° in some areas of England and Wales, due to a “heat

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump suddenly canceled today’s scheduled signing of a construction bill, stating that he will not do so until Congress approves the Save America Act, the law aimed at imposing greater controls and limitations on the electoral process, which the

(Adnkronos) – Keir Starmer will remain in the House of Commons as an MP even after resigning as prime minister. His spokesperson announced this to journalists, denying speculation that Starmer might also resign from his parliamentary seat.  Starmer wants the next Labour

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling coalition submitted a bill on Wednesday to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives by 10 pct, which is included in the coalition agreement between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Canadian counterpart, David McGuinty, reaffirmed Wednesday that their countries will strengthen bilateral security cooperation. During their meeting in Tokyo, the two ministers welcomed the elevation of the Japan-Canada relationship to a

Dallas, Texas, June 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese men’s national soccer team, nicknamed Samurai Blue, arrived in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday night local time, just before its final group stage match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup against Sweden. The team trained in

(Adnkronos) – In the Netherlands, euthanasia has been performed on a child under 12 years old. This is the first case since the Dutch government expanded, in February 2024, the legislation authorizing euthanasia for minors aged between one and twelve years suffering

(Adnkronos) – Two more deaths by drowning in France, ravaged by record heat. The victims, Bfmtv reports, are a child and an adolescent, who died yesterday. In Bègles, a six-year-old child died after wandering away from his parents and was later found

(Adnkronos) – A camel struggling to stand on its feet, exhausted, to the point of ‘crying’. From China, the sad story of a camel that seems to be forced to ‘work’ among tourists until exhaustion is making its way around the world.

(Adnkronos) – A 34-year-old woman has woken from a pharmacological coma more than a week after she was attacked by a shark while swimming near the shore of a well-known Sydney beach. The family of Leah Stewart, who was attacked by a

(Adnkronos) – Over 500 women and children have died or suffered potentially avoidable harm at Nottingham’s “toxic” university hospital trust due to “deep-rooted systemic failures.” This is revealed by what is considered the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the British

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said Wednesday he will continue to lead the company for the next 10 or 15 years. Son, 68, had previously indicated his intention to pass the torch to the next

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–A teacher has said she was drying laundry in the music preparation room where a fire started last week in an elementary school in Tokyo’s Kita Ward, police sources said Wednesday. Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Wednesday projected that public-private investments in 17 strategic fields under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s “responsible and proactive” fiscal policy will exceed 370 trillion yen by fiscal 2040. The projection was presented at the day’s

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Japan Innovation Party coalition on Wednesday submitted a second capital establishment bill to the House of Representatives. The bill had initially included a provision enabling a prefecture-wide referendum on the JIP’s so-called Osaka metropolis

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Six Japanese ruling and opposition parties jointly submitted bills on Wednesday to regulate the use of social media during elections, including obliging social media operators to take measures to reduce disinformation and other negative implications. The parties include

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Wednesday decided to put a prosecutor on criminal trial for alleged inappropriate interrogation methods used against a company president. Hiroshi Horiki, a prosecutor formerly with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s special investigation squad,

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Chinese authorities took two Japanese nationals into custody in May on suspicion of violating the country’s law against the smuggling of banned items, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday. One of them was detained on May

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police arrested a career official of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Wednesday for allegedly sending defamatory messages about a female acquaintance via online dating sites, investigative sources said. Masao Ito, the 53-year-old suspect from

Shizuoka, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki plans to approve the construction of a local section of the planned Chuo Shinkansen high-speed magnetic levitation train line, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Suzuki plans to announce the approval at a

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, each submitted proposals Wednesday on a revision of the government’s three key national security documents planned for this year. Both parties proposed increases in the

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to allow the Imperial Family to adopt male, paternal-line descendants of former Imperial Family branches as an exception to Article 9 of the Imperial House Law, which bans the Emperor and other Imperial Family

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Many Bank of Japan policymakers cited the need for the central bank to continue increasing interest rates, at its latest policy meeting in which the first rate hike since last December was decided, according to a summary of

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Five major Japanese opposition parties reiterated their demands on Wednesday that parliament thoroughly discuss allegations that a secretary to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had been involved in creating defamatory videos targeting rivals in elections. The opposition parties requested

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Substantive discussions started on a bill to criminalize the act of damaging the national flag, at Japan’s House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Cabinet Committee of the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, heard an explanation

Nashville, Tennessee, June 23 (Jiji Press)–A 16-year-old Japanese girl living in Nashville, Tennessee, which hosts the training base of the Japanese men’s national soccer team for the ongoing FIFA World Cup, aspires to join the women’s national team, dubbed Nadeshiko Japan. “I

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan protested to China over Beijing’s gas-field drilling activity near the median line in the East China Sea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday. Kihara said at a press conference that Japan found a mobile drilling vessel

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Chinese authorities took two Japanese nationals into custody in May on suspicion of violating the country’s law for cracking down on the smuggling of banned items, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday. One of them was

Japan Chain Stores Association June 24 Yr/Yr Change Total 1,098,656 M. Yen Up 2.9 pct Foodstuffs 784,616 Up 3.3 Clothing 52,082 Down 0.2 Sundries 106,593 Up 8.2 Furniture and Interior Goods 60,522 Down 0.2 Home Electric Appliances 3,772 Up 8.6 Note: Year-on-year