(Adnkronos) – Qatar, the mediating country, explained that efforts for a diplomatic solution to the conflict between Iran and the United States continue, but without direct talks planned between the two parties. “We can confirm that efforts are ongoing with all parties,”

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Tuesday presented the People’s Honor Award to retired speed skating star Miho Takagi. After bringing home a total of 10 Olympic medals, including two golds, throughout her speed skating career, the most by any

Kashima, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–One week after a massive earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, exhaustion levels are reaching their peak for many of the 7,500 or so people living in evacuation centers in the southwestern Japan prefecture. In the city of

(Adnkronos) – French and British ships rescued 157 migrants after their boat caught fire during an attempt to cross the Channel. Local authorities told Afp. “A small boat caught fire at the border of French and British waters, forcing its occupants to

(Adnkronos) – Three cancer patients die on average every day in the Strip due to complications of the disease and lack of essential care, as thousands of patients cannot leave the enclave for diagnosis or treatment abroad. This was reported by the

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Planned domestic capital investment by major Japanese companies in fiscal 2026 is up 19.7 pct compared with the previous year’s actual spending, a survey by the Development Bank of Japan showed Tuesday. The increase comes as many businesses

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday revised up its full-year net profit forecast from 3 trillion yen to 3.25 trillion yen, reflecting the yen’s further weakening, as well as progress in securing alternative export routes to the Middle East.

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Tuesday presented the People’s Honor Award to retired speedskating star Miho Takagi. After bringing home a total of 10 Olympic medals throughout her speedskating career, the most by any female Japanese athlete competing in

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda at their meeting in May to buy Japanese government bonds if necessary to curb rising long-term interest rates, informed sources told Jiji Press Tuesday. It is unusual

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Immigration Services Agency released a draft ministerial ordinance Tuesday to introduce a five-year period of stay for holders of Type 2 specified skilled foreign worker status from early January next year after seeking public comments. Holders of

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, last week had affected 53 cultural properties, including those at World Heritage sites, as of Monday, the Cultural Affairs Agency said. The affected assets, located in Kumamoto and neighboring

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Ministry has emphasized the urgent need to prepare for what it calls new ways of warfare leveraging drones and artificial intelligence technology in an annual white paper adopted Tuesday. The 2026 report, submitted by Defense Minister

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japanese internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday sent a letter asking local governments to bolster cybersecurity in response to a series of cyberattacks and the advancement of artificial intelligence. The letter urged prefectural governors and municipal mayors

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref., Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Female umpires are set to take the field for the first time in this year’s national summer high school baseball championship at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, from Wednesday.

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda at their meeting in May to buy Japanese government bonds if necessary to curb rising long-term interest rates, informed sources told Jiji Press Tuesday. It is unusual

(Adnkronos) – Iran was ready to strike three locations in Ukraine in response to what Tehran called a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea last week. This was stated by a senior military advisor to Supreme Leader

(Adnkronos) – A fire, caused by a drone attack, broke out at a Wildberries logistics facility in Krasny Bor, Leningrad region. According to a statement from the company’s press office, there were no casualties. “An attack on the company’s logistics center in

(Adnkronos) – “The capabilities of Iran and the resistance front are greater than in the past. Despite the threats, the enemies do not have the capacity to launch a large-scale attack against Iran.” This was stated by Ibrahim Razaei, a member of

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday revised up its full-year net profit forecast to 3.25 trillion yen from 3 trillion yen. For fiscal 2026, which ends next March, the leading Japanese automaker also upgraded its operating profit projection to

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Cases involving artificial intelligence-generated sexual deepfakes targeting children more than doubled in number in Japan in the first half of 2026, the National Police Agency said Monday. Police handled 123 such cases in the six months, exceeding both

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–A third-party panel of Shogakukan Inc. said Monday that the Japanese publisher has encouraged human rights violations by hiring a male manga artist who had committed sexual misconduct as an author for a new series under a different

Silicon Valley, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. federal district court in Texas has ordered two units of Kioxia Holdings Corp. to pay about 229 million dollars in damages for infringing on a patent held by U.S. satellite communications company Viasat Inc. The

Hikawa, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–More than 8,000 people remain at evacuation shelters in Kumamoto Prefecture as of Tuesday, a week after the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that damaged over 12,000 residential buildings in the southwestern Japan prefecture. Daytime temperatures exceed 35 degrees

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and food items grew 10.9 pct from a year earlier to 897.7 billion yen in January-June, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The export value marked a record high for the

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–A panel of experts at Japan’s land ministry has called on the government to establish nationwide rules to track large-scale groundwater extraction to prevent declines in groundwater levels and land subsidence, the ministry said Tuesday. Specifically, the proposal

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Ukraine’s relations with Japan are still at a level short of its high expectations prompted by major political changes in the Asian country, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Making the remark at a meeting with Ukrainian ambassadors in

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government decided Tuesday to use 24,225 million yen out of the reserve funds under its fiscal 2026 budget to support areas afflicted by a major earthquake that struck the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto a week ago. The

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Immigration Services Agency on Tuesday released a draft revision to its guidelines on permanent residency permits mandating applicants to maintain an income exceeding the average for Japanese households. The revised guidelines would stipulate for the first time

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–People need to doubt social media posts and check primary information from administrative organizations after disasters because false information tends to spread following them, Reo Kimura, professor of disaster psychology at the University of Hyogo in Kobe, said.

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Ministry emphasized the urgent need to prepare for what it calls new ways of warfare leveraging drones and artificial intelligence technology in an annual white paper adopted Tuesday. The 2026 report, submitted by Defense Minister Shinjiro