Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)–The parliamentary affairs chiefs of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance have agreed on a deliberation schedule for the government’s draft fiscal 2026 supplementary budget. At a meeting Friday, Hiroshi Kajiyama of

(Adnkronos) – The United Nations has blacklisted Israeli security forces as responsible for sexual violence in armed conflicts, alongside Hamas militants, already accused of abuses in connection with the October 7 massacre. Ynet reports this, citing a UN report anticipated in recent

(Adnkronos) – The British government intends to introduce from next year an artificial intelligence-based facial recognition system to estimate the age of asylum seekers, with the aim of identifying adult migrants who claim to be minors. This was reported by the BBC,

(Adnkronos) – A proposal for an alleged “investment fund” for Iran’s post-conflict reconstruction would also be included in the draft memorandum of understanding on which the United States and Iran have reportedly reached a preliminary agreement, pending the respective approvals of Donald

(Adnkronos) – Romania expels the Russian consul general in Constanta, on the Black Sea, and closes the representation after a drone landed on an apartment building in the city of Galati, injuring two people. This was announced by Romanian President Nicusor Dan

(Adnkronos) – A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion fund linked to the so-called ‘anti-weaponization’. Nbc News reports that the order was issued by Alexandria federal judge Leonie M. Brinkema, following an appeal filed by a former prosecutor

(Adnkronos) – Large seizures of cannabis in France this week. Almost 2.7 tons of narcotics, mainly cannabis resin, were seized in the port of Sète, in the south of the country, and over one ton of cannabis was found in a container

(Adnkronos) – Nigerian public health authorities have identified 21 of the country’s 36 states as being at “high” or “moderate” risk of Ebola importation, amid growing concern over cross-border transmission. In a statement, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC)

(Adnkronos) – A Walt Disney Company manager, Jugal Daterao, has been sentenced by a Moscow region court to two years and six months in prison for drug-related offenses. The Russian news agency Tass reported this, explaining that in January, Daterao, 46, was

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Nagoya, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday that it will cancel the development of a next-generation electric vehicle amid the stagnant global EV market. Toyota will, instead, allocate its management resources to the development of SUVs, which

Okuma, Fukushima Pref., May 29 (Jiji Press)–A ceremony was held Friday to mark the completion of a diamond semiconductor factory in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The new facility is the world’s first to mass-produce diamond semiconductors, according to

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Friday that it will release a new model of its Pajero SUV in fiscal 2026 after domestic production ended in 2019. The automaker will unveil the new model this autumn. It also outlined

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s deputy foreign minister Edmondo Cirielli has called for the rule of international law and for unity among European Union and Nato countries after a Russian drone involved in an attack on Ukraine hit a residential building in Galati, Romania

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese authorities spent 11,734.9 billion yen in foreign exchange market interventions from April 28 to Wednesday, with the amount hitting a record high on a monthly basis, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The dollar plunged against the yen

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s crude oil imports in April plunged 65.7 pct from a year earlier to 4.07 million kiloliters, the lowest level since such data were first released in 1989, the trade ministry said in a preliminary report Friday. The

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese high courts ruled Friday that the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. In the Lower House general election, the maximum vote-value disparity

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Friday enacted a package of bills to support companies, including an industrial competitiveness enhancement law amendment to promote domestic investments through corporate tax cuts. The package was approved with a majority vote at

Singapore, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrived in Singapore on Friday to attend the Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, which will run for three days through Sunday. During his stay here, Koizumi will meet with

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Diet, or parliament, enacted a bill on Friday to oblige power plant operators to draw up and submit plans to dispose of used solar panels. At the day’s plenary meeting, the House of Councillors, the upper Diet

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s government is urging Europe to step up surveillance coordination at its borders to combat the spread of Ebola and is sending a team of experts from Rome’s Spallanzani infectious diseases hospital to the Democratic Republic of the Congo “as

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese authorities spent 11,734.9 billion yen in foreign exchange market interventions from April 28 to Wednesday, with the amount hitting a record high on a monthly basis, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The figure far exceeded 9,788.5 billion

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday found one anesthesiologist guilty and another not guilty over the death of a 2-year-old boy at Tokyo Women’s Medical University Hospital in 2014. Presiding Judge Yasunobu Hosoya sentenced Toru Kotani, 66, to a

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Women accounted for a record 35.7 pct of those who passed Japan’s career-track national public servant examination for the spring of fiscal 2026, the National Personnel Authority said Friday. A total of 2,021 applicants passed the exam to

(Adnkronos) – The overnight Russian drone strike on a residential building in Nato and European Union member Romania’s eastern city of Galati is a threat to European security, Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni stated on Friday, deploring the “extremely serious act”  

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–The share of Japanese households owning smartphones outnumbered that of television-owning households for the first time last year, the communications ministry said Friday. A survey by the ministry found that 91.8 pct of households owned smartphones in 2025,

Manila, May 29 (Jiji Press)–The Philippines is set to strengthen its oil stockpiling system in response to the energy crisis caused by the tense situation in the Middle East, with support from Japan, as agreed by the leaders of the two countries

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref., May 29 (Jiji Press)–Police on Friday placed on a public wanted list a 48-year-old man who allegedly orchestrated a fatal home-invasion robbery in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi and fled the country after the crime. The Tochigi prefectural

(Adnkronos) – Itay has “strongly condemned” a Russian drone involved in an attack on Ukraine which hit an appartment block overight in Nato member Romania, in the eastern city of Galati, sparking a fire and injuring two people amid growing concern over

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bid farewell to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday. Marcos and his wife, who visited Japan as state guests for four days