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1 Ottobre 2025

Tanaka Becomes 4th Pitcher to Hit 200 Wins in Japan, U.S. Career

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has hit combined 200 career wins in the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB) and U.S. Major League Baseball, becoming the fourth Japanese professional baseball player to achieve this feat. With this achievement, the 36-year-old
1 Ottobre 2025

INTERVIEW: Koizumi Calls Bigger Ruling Bloc “Best Option”

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming leadership election, has said that expanding the ruling coalition, currently made up of the LDP and Komeito, is the “best option.” Koizumi and four other
1 Ottobre 2025

Japan Big Makers’ Sentiment Improves Further: BOJ Tankan

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan improved for two consecutive quarters, the Bank of Japan’s “Tankan” survey for September showed Wednesday. The headline diffusion index for large manufacturers’ current business conditions rose to plus 14 from plus
1 Ottobre 2025

U.S. Air Force Joins Japan-Australia Drill for 1st Time

Misawa, Aomori Pref., Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force kicked off their “Bushido Guardian” joint exercise in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Tuesday. The Japan-Australia exercise is joined by the U.S. Air Force for the
1 Ottobre 2025

New Products Created to Save Wakayama “Ume” from Hail Damage

Minabe, Wakayama Pref., Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Undeterred by major setbacks that recently befell the famed “Kishu ume,” or plums grown in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, “umeboshi” pickled plum makers are working on developing new products using hail-damaged ume. Wakayama has
1 Ottobre 2025

Elderly Woman Stabbed to Death in Tokyo’s Machida

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–An elderly woman was stabbed at an apartment in Machida, Tokyo, on Tuesday evening and died shortly after being transported to hospital. Officers from Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department rushed to the scene after a relative of the woman
30 Settembre 2025

Philippines, 6.9 magnitude earthquake

(Adnkronos) – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of the Philippines. The epicenter, according to the USGS (US Geological Survey), was recorded approximately 11 kilometers east-southeast of the Calape area, in Bohol province, with a population of approximately 33,000
30 Settembre 2025

Pakistan, 8 dead and several injured in car bomb explosion

(Adnkronos) – Eight people were killed and several others were injured in a car bomb explosion outside the headquarters of the Pakistani security forces in the southwestern city of Quetta. Local authorities reported that before the vehicle exploded, four armed men on
30 Settembre 2025

Moldova, opposition protests, 31 arrests

(Adnkronos) – At least 31 people have been arrested in Moldova during opposition protests, following the defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections won by the pro-European ruling party Pas. This was announced by the Chisinau police, the day after the demonstrations in front
30 Settembre 2025

LDP Leader Candidate Koizumi Calls for Curbs on Foreign Labor

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who is running for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership, on Tuesday called for restricting the number of foreign workers the country accepts. “I’m not thinking of accepting them without limit,” Koizumi said
30 Settembre 2025

Ishiba, Lee Affirm Continuation of Shuttle Diplomacy

Busan, South Korea, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung met in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday and agreed that the two countries will continue “shuttle diplomacy,” or reciprocal visits by their leaders, to
30 Settembre 2025

INTERVIEW: Mizuho Securities to Focus on Wealthy Clients, Firms

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Mizuho Securities Co. plans to reorganize and expand its workforce to strengthen sales efforts aimed at wealthy individuals and corporate clients, President Yoshiro Hamamoto has said. The brokerage’s retail and business banking division posted net operating revenue of
30 Settembre 2025

Ex-Lawmaker Ishii Charged with Secretary Pay Fraud

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Tuesday indicted without arrest former lawmaker Akira Ishii and a former staffer at his office, Kaaru Okawa, 60, for alleged fraud involving state-paid salaries of a secretary. The prosecutors did not
30 Settembre 2025

Niinami Resigns as Keizai Doyukai Chief

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, said Tuesday that it has accepted the resignation of its chairman, Takeshi Niinami. Until Niinami’s successor is appointed, the activities of the association’s chief will be undertaken by Senior
30 Settembre 2025

Jera Decommissions 5 Aging Thermal Power Units

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese power generation company Jera Co. said Tuesday that it has decommissioned five aging units at its thermal power plants in three prefectures. Their equipment had deteriorated as all of the plants have been in operation for more
30 Settembre 2025

Ishiba, Lee Affirm Continuation of Shuttle Diplomacy

Busan, South Korea, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung met in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday and agreed that their countries will continue “shuttle diplomacy,” or reciprocal visits by leaders, to foster stable
30 Settembre 2025

Niinami Resigns as Keizai Doyukai Chief

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, said Tuesday that it has accepted the resignation of its chairman, Takeshi Niinami. Until Niinami’s successor is appointed, the activities of the association’s chief will be undertaken by Senior
30 Settembre 2025

Ex-Minister Calls for Study to Launch External Intelligence Body

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi called for studying the launch of an external intelligence organization, at a two-day event from Tuesday co-hosted by Jiji Press. “It’s time to start studying the establishment of an external intelligence
30 Settembre 2025

83 Pct of Public Hospitals in Japan in Red in FY 2024

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Public hospitals across Japan ran a combined deficit of 395.2 billion yen in fiscal 2024, with 83.3 pct operating in the red, the internal affairs ministry said Tuesday. Both the deficit and the proportion of loss-making hospitals, 703
30 Settembre 2025

South Korea, cyberattack alert level raised

(Adnkronos) – In South Korea, the national cybersecurity center, operating under the intelligence service, has raised the alert level from “attention” to “caution” amid fears that hackers could exploit vulnerabilities in the chaos generated by a data center fire that paralyzed government
30 Settembre 2025

Opposition Parties Not to Cooperate in Vote to Select PM

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Three major Japanese opposition parties on Tuesday found it difficult to cooperate in a parliamentary vote to select the country’s new prime minister, following the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election scheduled for Saturday. This view was shared
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