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20 Ottobre 2025

Mideast: Boost Carabinieri presence to aid Gaza peace – Italy

(Adnkronos) – Italy is ready to send more paramilitary Carabinieri police officers to the war-devastated Gaza Strip in a bid to shore up the shaky ceasefire and create “real peace” between Israel and the enclave’s Islamist Palestinian ruling group Hamas, foreign minister
20 Ottobre 2025

Askul Suspends Online Sales Due to Ransomware Attack

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese office and household goods seller Askul Corp. has stopped accepting online orders as well as product shipments due to a cyberattack. A ransomware attack caused system failures, forcing the company to suspend order receipts and product shipments
20 Ottobre 2025

Japan’s LDP, Nippon Ishin Agree to Form Coalition Govt

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) signed an agreement Monday to form a coalition government between the two parties. The pact, inked by LDP President Sanae Takaichi and
20 Ottobre 2025

Meiji Yasuda, Aeon to Launch E-Money to Aid Food Banks

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. and retailer Aeon Co. have said they will jointly issue a new Waon e-money card that allows users to donate to food banks through shopping. The food bank support Waon card will
20 Ottobre 2025

Nikkei Average Ends above 49,000 for 1st Time

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average on Monday ended above 49,000 for the first time ever, reflecting waning concerns over Japan’s political situation. The Nikkei average closed at 49,185.50, up 1,603.35 points, or 3.36 pct, from Friday, hitting
20 Ottobre 2025

Emergency Contraceptive Pill Approved for OTC Sales in Japan

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry has approved the over-the-counter sale of emergency contraceptive pill Norlevo by Aska Pharmaceutical Co., the company said Monday. It is the first time for an emergency contraceptive pill to be approved for sale without a
20 Ottobre 2025

Former NHK President Katsuji Ebisawa Dies at 91

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Katsuji Ebisawa, former president of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Sunday. He was 91. Ebisawa joined NHK as a reporter in 1957. He promoted high-definition television and
20 Ottobre 2025

Nikkei Average Ends above 49,000 for 1st Time

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average on Monday ended above 49,000 for the first time, reflecting waning concerns over Japan’s political situation. The Nikkei average closed at 49,185.50, up 1,603.35 points, or 3.36 pct, from Friday, hitting an
20 Ottobre 2025

LDP, Nippon Ishin Reach Substantive Deal on Coalition

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) in phone talks Monday morning effectively agreed to form a coalition government between the two parties. LDP President Sanae Takaichi and
20 Ottobre 2025

Russia Gives Names to Uninhabited Northwestern Pacific Islands

(An earlier version of this article improperly described islands in the northwestern Pacific) Russia Gives Names to Uninhabited Northwestern Pacific Islands Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Russian government has given names to two uninhabited islands, part of northwestern Pacific islands controlled by
20 Ottobre 2025

Chinese Victims of Forced Labor Remembered in Hiroshima

Akiota, Hiroshima Pref., Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–A memorial service has taken place in Hiroshima Prefecture for Chinese workers who died after being forcibly brought to the western Japan prefecture during World War II, including victims of the 1945 atomic bombing. The ceremony
20 Ottobre 2025

Japan’s Nikkei Average Tops 49,000 for 1st Time

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average exceeded 49,000 for the first time temporarily Monday afternoon. At 12:35 p.m., the key index of major names on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section, stood at 49,014.88, up 1,432.73 points,
20 Ottobre 2025

Askul Suspends Order Receipts, Shipments Due to Cyberattack

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese office equipment seller Askul Corp. has suspended order receipts on its “Askul” brand e-commerce website as well as product shipments due to a system glitch caused by a cyberattack. The company said Sunday that it is hurrying
20 Ottobre 2025

LDP, Nippon Ishin to Ink Coalition Agreement on Mon. Evening

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Leaders of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) will sign a coalition agreement at 6 p.m. Monday, Nippon Ishin chief Hirofumi Yoshimura said. The coalition will make it almost certain that LDP
20 Ottobre 2025

Nikkei Surges Over 1,300 Points in Morning

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese stocks rebounded sharply Monday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 average surging more than 1,300 points to hit a new record intraday high. At 10:45 a.m., the Nikkei stood at 48,939.83, up 1,357.68 points, or 2.85 pct,
20 Ottobre 2025

Chinese Pres. Xi Mourns Death of Ex-Japanese PM Murayama

Beijing, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed his mourning for the death of Tomiichi Murayama, who served as Japan’s prime minister for about a year and a half from June 1994. Xi offered his condolences in a message sent
20 Ottobre 2025

Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko Turns 91

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko, wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and mother of Emperor Naruhito, marked her 91st birthday on Monday. The Empress Emerita broke her right thigh bone in October last year, but has recovered to almost the
19 Ottobre 2025

Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko Turns 91

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko, wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and mother of Emperor Naruhito, marked her 91st birthday on Monday. The Empress Emerita broke her right thigh bone in October last year, but has recovered to almost the
19 Ottobre 2025

Takaichi Skips Yasukuni Visit during Autumn Festival

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, did not visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day autumn festival through Sunday. As Takaichi is expected to be nominated as the country’s new prime minister
19 Ottobre 2025

Japanese Culture Festival Held in Moscow

Moscow, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–A privately organized Japanese culture festival called “Hinode” was held in Moscow for two days through Sunday. Although Japan, which imposes sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, has been designated by Moscow as an “unfriendly nation,”
19 Ottobre 2025

JAXA Postpones H3 Rocket Launch Due to Bad Weather

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Sunday it has postponed the launch of the seventh unit of its H3 liquid fuel rocket, which was scheduled for Tuesday, due to a bad weather forecast. The new launch
19 Ottobre 2025

EV Battery Race Heats Up among Japanese Automakers

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–Batteries are taking center stage behind the scenes in Japan’s electric vehicle market, with domestic automakers striving to improve performance of their latest models by adopting lighter and more efficient packs as well as technologies popular among Chinese
19 Ottobre 2025

INTERVIEW: Sumitomo Life to Mull Using AI Tech to Support Sales Agents

Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. will consider using digital technologies including generative artificial intelligence to support its sales agents, Yukinori Takada, president of the Japanese insurer, said in a recent interview with Jiji Press. The comment followed a
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