(Adnkronos) – French Olympic judo champion, Teddy Riner, is running for president in France. Riner himself announced it to ‘Le Parisien’. The 37-year-old Olympic champion does not define himself as “neither right nor left” and aspires to become the “president who unites”:

(Adnkronos) – There is still no evidence to suggest a link between the gunman responsible for the shooting in Krakow, Poland’s second-largest city, and any ideology. Prosecutors said so on Monday. “At the moment, we do not have elements that allow us

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that she plans to attend a summit related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in China next week. Takaichi announced

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Vietnamese leader To Lam agreed Monday to accelerate efforts to develop concrete cooperation projects involving critical minerals. In their meeting at the State Guest House in Tokyo’s Motoakasaka district, Takaichi and Lam

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided Monday to reprimand four of its Diet members, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, for abstaining from Friday’s parliamentary vote on a consumption tax cut bill. The four also included former LDP

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Mitsui Chemicals Inc. said Monday that it will acquire major semiconductor materials maker JSR Corp. jointly with the Development Bank of Japan, for about 1.84 trillion yen. The Japanese chemical giant will purchase JSR shares from government-backed Japan

(Adnkronos) – It is possible that the Iranians are betting that time is on their side, while Donald Trump has to make a decision and, faced with complex choices, is discovering that every escalation plan and every negotiation strategy involve inevitable compromises.

(Adnkronos) – Greek authorities have found 12 bodies on a migrant boat adrift south of Crete. No details were provided on the circumstances of death, but according to the Greek Coast Guard, a merchant ship rescued 18 migrants who were still alive. 

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Vietnam aims to deepen cooperation with Japan in sectors such as artificial intelligence and semiconductors, top Vietnamese leader To Lam said in a speech before the Diet, Japan’s parliament, Monday. Lam, general secretary of the Vietnam’s Communist Party

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the ruling bloc are considering a law revision to allow monitoring of communications between parties in Japan, in order to improve the ability to detect cyberattacks targeting the country, it was learned Monday. Currently,

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Monday denied media reports claiming that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi drank alcohol before skipping an online summit of the Group of Seven major nations in October. The reports are “based on

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–All Nippon Airways and Vietnam Airlines signed Monday an agreement to pursue a joint venture as they seek to meet growing travel demand between Japan and Vietnam across business, tourism and work. The unit of Japan’s ANA Holdings

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will provide a coastal radar system to the Philippine navy as part of its grant aid cooperation program aimed at providing defense equipment and supplies to like-minded countries, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. It will

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department has arrested an unemployed Chinese man for allegedly operating an unauthorized mobile phone base station in central Tokyo in violation of Japan’s radio law. The suspect, Yu Hai, 31, a resident of Tokyo’s Kita

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided Monday to reprimand four of its Diet members, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, for abstaining from Friday’s parliamentary vote on a consumption tax cut bill. The four also included former LDP

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s composite index of coincident economic indicators rose 0.7 point from the previous month in September, up for the first time in two months, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report on Monday. The coincident index, which

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Four Chinese coast guard vessels entered Japanese waters on Monday off the Senkaku Islands in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. This was the first entry by a Chinese official ship into Japan’s territorial waters around the

Kumamoto, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–The city government of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday certified a woman who died following a major earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture in July as a disaster-related death, the first such recognition linked to the tremblor.

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese stocks rebounded on Monday as investors bought back a wide range of shares following a significant sell-off late last week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average climbed 1,340.73 points, or 2.33 pct, to 58,775.50, posting the first

Yokohama, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–An exhibition of sculptures made by 18 artists from Japan and Vietnam, named “Dialogues,” is currently being held in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, until Wednesday, in line with top Vietnamese leader To Lam’s visit to Japan.

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese business leaders and Vietnamese leader To Lam discussed deepening relations between the two countries to strengthen supply chains during a meeting in Tokyo on Monday. Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, said, “We

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Mitsui Chemicals Inc. said Monday that it will acquire major semiconductor material maker JSR Corp. The Japanese chemical giant will purchase JSR shares from government-backed Japan Investment Corp., the parent of the target company. The Development Bank of

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan bought 7,975.6 billion yen for dollars in foreign exchange market intervention on July 30, the Ministry of Finance said Monday. This was the largest single-day yen-buying intervention conducted by Japanese

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rebounded sharply on Monday morning, after plunging last week amid a sell-off that mainly hit semiconductor-related issues. The index of 225 major stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section rose

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rebounded sharply on Monday morning, after plunging last week amid a sell-off that mainly hit semiconductor-related issues. At 11:06 a.m., the index of 225 major stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Tetsuya Higa, former mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, who accepted construction related to the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air base, died at his home in the city Friday. He was 99. A Nago native, Higa

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan bought 7,975.6 billion yen for dollars in foreign exchange market intervention on July 30, the Ministry of Finance said Monday. This was the largest single-day yen-buying intervention conducted by Japanese

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–The body of a woman has been found in a forest in central Japan, based on a statement by an unemployed man who was arrested for allegedly confining her. The police department of the central prefecture

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government-backed shift from savings to investment is gaining steady momentum. Fueled by the expansion of the Nippon Individual Savings Account, or NISA, a tax-exemption program for small-lot investments, stocks and investment trusts make up a growing share

Tokyo, Nov. 8 (Jiji Press)–The leadership of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has sent letters to four party lawmakers, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, asking them to explain their abstention from a vote on a consumption tax cut bill on Friday,