Beijing, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Tuesday criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s latest remarks on Taiwan, saying that Japan is in no position to meddle with affairs related to Taiwan. During a Japanese television program on

(Adnkronos) – Italy is signalling the need for “clarity” by recalling its envoy to Switzerland following last week’s release from custody on bail of the owner of a bar in the ski resort of Crans Montana where 40 people died in a

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court has instructed courts across Japan to reconsider the use of handcuffs and waist ropes on defendants when entering courtrooms for criminal trials, informed sources said Tuesday. Defendants in detention often wear handcuffs and waist ropes

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is set to open an event in Rome on Wednesday outlining the government’s planned events this year to boost worldwide exports of Italian goods, with a special focus on international trade fairs, the foreign ministry said

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, held a meeting of their leaders on Tuesday, effectively starting this year’s “shunto” spring wage talks. At the meeting in Tokyo, Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu

Seoul/Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched ballistic missiles from an area north of Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japan at around 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to the South Korean military. According to Japanese Defense Ministry sources, two ballistic missiles were fired

Paris, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese physicist Toshiko Yuasa is among the 72 female scientists set to join the currently male-only list of names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower, the city of Paris has said. The landmark of the French capital, built in

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Election authorities across Japan are informing the public that they can cast early votes for the Feb. 8 general election even if their entry tickets to polling stations are yet to be delivered. Many local election boards were

(Adnkronos) – Hungary has summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to Budapest, while the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban accuses Kyiv of ‘interfering’ in the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. “We will not allow anyone to endanger our sovereignty and the integrity

(Adnkronos) – The election campaign for the renewal of the House of Representatives, for a four-year term, has begun in Japan, ahead of the February 8 vote. In the running, local media write, there could be more than 1,270 candidates for the

(Adnkronos) – No more giant pandas in Japan. Farewell, at least for now, to ‘panda diplomacy’. The last two are returning to China, leaving the Land of the Rising Sun without a single specimen for the first time since 1972. All this

(Adnkronos) – North Korea launched what Tokyo’s Defense Ministry identified as a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan. The launch was also confirmed by the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, who spoke of a “projectile”. The North Korean test is

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The 12-day campaign period for the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, began Tuesday. This is the first general election since the formation of the coalition

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are expected to clash in 85 of the 289 single-seat constituencies in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election, according to a Jiji Press survey

(Adnkronos) – Nations must make sure the “horror” of the World War II Holocaust in which over six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis “never returns” and must fight the persistent scourge of anti-Semitism, Italy said on Tuesday – Holocaust Remebrance

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–When to cut the consumption tax on food and how to offset the resultant revenue loss will be the focus of the Feb. 8 election for the House of Representatives, said Yoshihiko Noda, co-leader of the Centrist Reform

Seoul/Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched ballistic missiles from an area north of Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japan around 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to the South Korean military. According to Japanese Defense Ministry sources, two missiles were fired and are

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan will closely monitor the impact of China’s recent notice advising its citizens not to visit Japan during the Lunar New Year holiday period next month, a government official said Tuesday. “People-to-people exchanges and economic activities between Japan

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Most major Japanese political parties have pledged a consumption tax cut in their campaigning for the Feb. 8 election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police referred a “minpaku” private lodging operator in the Japanese capital and two Chinese nationals, including its leader, to public prosecutors Tuesday on suspicion of offering its services on weekdays in violation of a local regulation and

(Adnkronos) – Rare earths in Greenland. 

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched what were possibly two ballistic missiles on Tuesday, according to Japanese Defense Ministry sources. The possible missiles are believed to have fallen into waters outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the sources said. According to the

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, held a meeting of their leaders on Tuesday, effectively marking the start of this year’s “shunto” spring wage talks. At the meeting in Tokyo,

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Consumption tax and rising prices were the most frequently mentioned issues on social media ahead of the upcoming House of Representatives election, an analysis by Jiji Press has found. Posts made on X, formerly Twitter, between Jan. 9–when

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has urged the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, of which he was a member lawmaker, to make sure that its promises with its new coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are implemented without

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, held a meeting of their leaders on Tuesday, effectively marking the start of this year’s “shunto” spring wage talks. At the meeting in Tokyo,

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency plans to inspect Prudential Life Insurance Co. after the company said over 100 current and former employees had scammed some 500 clients out of about 3.1 billion yen, people familiar with the matter said

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The 12-day campaign period for the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, began Tuesday. This is the first general election since the formation of the coalition

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The last remaining giant pandas in Japan, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei of Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, departed for China on Tuesday afternoon in a move that will leave Japan with no giant pandas for the first time in

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested the 40-year-old leader of Natural, one of the largest illegal sex worker scouting groups in Japan, for allegedly making a payment to gangsters in 2023. Hiroaki Obata, arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department on