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20 Febbraio 2026

5 Killed in Temple Fire in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–A fire at a Buddhist temple and two nearby buildings in the city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, in the small hours of Friday resulted in the deaths of five people, according to local police and
20 Febbraio 2026

Germany: Tajani in talks with Wadephul during CDU Congress

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani was on Friday set to hold talks in Stuttgart with counterpart Johann Wadephul during their attendance at Germany’s ruling conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU)’s party congress, foreign ministry said in a statement.  “The presence of
20 Febbraio 2026

Japanese Listed Firms Post Record Net Profits in April-Dec.

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–Combined net profits at Japanese listed companies in April-December 2025 rose 3.9 pct from a year earlier to a record 44,528.1 billion yen, according to SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. The increase, which marked the third straight year of
20 Febbraio 2026

Kansai Electric’s Mori Selected Head of Power Utility Group

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan said Friday that it has selected Kansai Electric Power Co. President Nozomu Mori as its new chairman. Mori, 63, assumed the position at the industry group, which comprises the country’s
20 Febbraio 2026

Japan to Send Parliamentary Vice Minister to Takeshima Day Ceremony

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will send Parliamentary Vice Minister for the Cabinet Office Naoki Furukawa to this year’s annual ceremony for the Takeshima Islands, minister for territorial issues Jiro Akama said Friday. Furukawa will attend the “Takeshima Day” ceremony
20 Febbraio 2026

North Korea: Kim, ‘worst difficulties behind us’

(Adnkronos) – Words full of optimism from Kim Jong-un at the Workers’ Party Congress in Pyongyang. The Kcna agency reported this the day after the start of the event, which normally takes place every five years. For Kim, North Korea, under sanctions
20 Febbraio 2026

Nuclear Power Eyed for Japan’s 2nd-Round Investment in U.S.

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan and the United States are considering next-generation nuclear power reactor construction as a strong candidate for the second round of Japan’s investments in and loans to the United States totaling 550 billion dollars as part of the
20 Febbraio 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Sompo Japan to Launch Drone-Based Forest Research

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. group will start a forest inventory service using drones in collaboration with Hitachi Systems Ltd., Jiji Press learned Friday. In Japan, forests, which cover about 70 pct of the archipelago, have increasingly been
20 Febbraio 2026

Regenerative Medicine Clinic in Tokyo Gets Biz Improvement Order

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry ordered a clinic in Tokyo to improve its operations Friday over its violations of the law on safety in regenerative medicine. An on-site inspection of Ginza Phoenix Clinic found violations, including administrations of cultured cells
20 Febbraio 2026

6 Nabbed for Tokyo Arson Possibly Linked to Land Acquisition

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–Police have arrested six men in their 20s to 30s, including an apartment management company employee, for allegedly setting fire to a private house and an adjacent vacant apartment building in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward last year, investigative sources
20 Febbraio 2026

Japan Aims to Spur Growth with Crisis Management Investment

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan will promote economic growth through crisis management investment, economic and fiscal policy minister Minoru Kiuchi said in a parliamentary speech Friday. Kiuchi said that the biggest mission of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is to realize a
20 Febbraio 2026

Japan Finance Chief Vows Fiscal Reform for Strong Economy

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Friday pledged to reform the country’s fiscal structure to realize a strong economy and ensure fiscal sustainability. The country will “shift to a fiscal structure that supports a strong economy” by focusing
20 Febbraio 2026

Japan Govt Submits FY 2026 Draft Budget to Parliament

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government submitted to the Diet, the country’s parliament, on Friday a draft fiscal 2026 budget, which was compiled under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s “responsible and proactive” fiscal policy. General-account spending under the draft budget for the
20 Febbraio 2026

Takaichi Vows to Make Japan Strong through Investment

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi proclaimed before parliament Friday that her administration will promote investment for boosting the country’s overall strength. Delivering her first parliamentary policy address since taking office last October at a plenary meeting of the
20 Febbraio 2026

TEPCO Halts Kashiwazaki-Kariwa N-Reactor for Inspections

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Friday suspended operations at the No. 6 reactor of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, for inspections, part of procedures for restarting a reactor that has been
20 Febbraio 2026

7 Kanagawa Police Officers Referred to Prosecutors

Yokohama, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–Seven officers of the Kanagawa prefectural police department were referred to prosecutors on Friday for allegedly falsifying traffic violation tickets and related investigation reports. The police department of Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, will cancel some 2,700 traffic violation
19 Febbraio 2026

Argentina: general strike today against Milei’s labor reform

(Adnkronos) – A general strike is underway today in Argentina against the labor market reform proposed by ultra-liberal president Javier Milei. This is the fourth time Argentine unions have called a general strike against Milei’s far-right government, and today’s strike coincides with
19 Febbraio 2026

Greenland, von der Leyen to visit region in March

(Adnkronos) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen “will visit the Arctic region” in March, on a trip that “will also include Greenland”. This was confirmed by the EU executive’s chief spokesperson Paula Pinho during the daily press briefing, specifying that
19 Febbraio 2026

France: Tajani deplores far-right activist’s killing

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani has condemned the murder of far-right French activist Quentin Deranque in the French city of Lyon last week by suspected radical left militants, calling the killing “a serious matter than concerns us all”.  “The killing
19 Febbraio 2026

Mideast: Tajani holds talks with Mladenov on Gaza

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani underlined Italy’s ongoing support for the war-shattered Gaza Strip’s reconstruction and its civilians during talks in Washington DC on Thursday with the High Representative of US president Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Nickolay Mladenov.  “Before the
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