Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will form a panel of experts as early as this spring to start full-scale discussions on a review of the country’s three key national security-related documents, government officials said Thursday. The main agenda items are

(Adnkronos) – The White House has announced President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from 66 international organizations, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the agreement that has formed the basis of all major international climate

(Adnkronos) – The city of Palio woke up covered in white. An extraordinary and unexpected snowfall has fallen on Siena. Municipal workers are busy clearing the streets. Palazzo Pubblico advises limiting car use and driving cautiously, traveling with supplementary grip devices (chains

(Adnkronos) – More than a million families in the Dnipropetrovsk region, in central Ukraine, were left without water and electricity after Russian night attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure. Oleksy Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, stated this on

(Adnkronos) – The United States could control Venezuela for years. This is the prospect that President Donald Trump outlines in a long interview with the New York Times, after the operation with which Washington captured leader Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. The president

(Adnkronos) – In last Saturday’s American raid in Caracas to capture Nicolas Maduro and his wife, about a hundred people were killed and as many were injured. The new toll was provided by Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, who described the American

(Adnkronos) – Vaccine revolution in the United States, with a clear cut. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announce a revision of the childhood vaccination program, which will lead to fewer recommended shield injections for all children. With this change,

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump’s United States is changing its menu. In a reversal of previous nutritional guidelines, the president’s administration publishes new dietary guidelines for Americans, which overturn the food pyramid: now red meat, cheese, and whole milk are at the top.

(Adnkronos) – Diplomat Giuliana Del Papa has been appointed Italy’s new envoy to Denmark, the foreign ministry announced on X (formerly Twitter).  “Congratulations to @DelPapaGiuliana, Italy’s new ambassador to Denmark,” read the tweet.  In a message, Del Papa vowed to bolster bilateral

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Consumer sentiment in Japan in December worsened for the first time in five months, a survey by the Cabinet Office showed Thursday. The seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index, which measures sentiment among households with two or more members,

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan in a quarterly report released Thursday kept its economic views unchanged from October for all nine regions in the country. The January regional economic report was adopted at a BOJ branch manager meeting held

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co.’s N-Box minivehicle topped Japan’s new vehicle sales rankings in 2025 for a fourth straight year, followed by Toyota Motor Corp.’s Yaris compact car and Suzuki Motor Corp.’s Spacia minivehicle, industry data showed Thursday. The N-Box,

Kagoshima, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Lawyers for a 98-year-old woman who served a prison term for the 1979 murder of a man in the town of Osaki in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, filed the fifth request for her retrial on Thursday. The retrial

Otsu, Shiga Pref., Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Local residents in the western Japan prefectures of Shiga and Osaka on Thursday filed an appeal against a district court’s rejection of their plea to shut down nuclear reactors at three Kansai Electric Power Co. plants

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese industries are on high alert over China’s ban on exports of dual-use goods to Japan, amid Chinese media reports that rare earths crucial for the high technology sector could be among items subject to the measure. This

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested four suspects, including a Chinese national, for allegedly exchanging counterfeit commemorative 10,000-yen silver coins at financial institutions in at least seven of Japan’s 47 prefectures. The Metropolitan Police Department did not disclose whether the

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–An advisory panel to Japan’s prime minister will launch discussions as early as Jan. 19 on the roles of municipal governments and large cities, people familiar with the matter told Jiji Press. In June last year, a study

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday emphasized the importance of the United States’ role in the international community, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the country’s withdrawal from 66 international organizations including the U.N. Framework Convention

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Mizuho Bank said Thursday it will set its long-term prime lending rate for January at 2.75 pct, up from 2.60 pct at present and the highest level since 2.90 pct for February 1999. The new rate will take

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes to enhance ties with partner countries amid China’s coercive behavior, as she is set to receive South Korean and Italian leaders next week. Her summit diplomacy for 2026 will go into full

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–New gas field development activity by China has been confirmed near the median line between Japan and China in the East China Sea, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said at a press conference Thursday. Tokyo lodged a

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese supermarket operator Aeon Co. is set to make drugstore chain Tsuruha Holdings Inc. a subsidiary next week following a tender offer that ended Tuesday. Aeon said Wednesday that it received sell offers for 50.11 pct of

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police plan to strengthen penalties for illegal transfers of bank accounts and regulate so-called remittance side jobs as part of their efforts to beef up crackdowns on money laundering involving scam proceeds. The measures were included in

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Koichi Hagiuda, executive acting secretary-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has said that his party should prioritize expanding its coalition framework over dissolving the House of Representatives for a snap election. In an online show recorded Tuesday

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to November 2025 totaled 47,038, marking the highest figure since comparable data became available in fiscal 2009, according to the Environment Ministry. The eight-month figure nearly doubled from the previous

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index fell 2.8 pct year on year in November 2025, marking the 11th straight month of decline as wage growth failed to outpace rising prices, government data showed Thursday. Nominal wages per worker, including

Kashiwara, Osaka Pref., Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–A horse park in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka is protecting and raising “Dosanko” Japanese horses, with only some 1,000 of the breed to be found in Japan. Masashi Yokoyama, 71, operates a park where

Tokyo, Jan. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will set up a Japanese version of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, to conduct a cross-ministerial review of foreign investments in Japanese companies. The plan to establish a Japanese

(Adnkronos) – “Russia and China have zero fear of a NATO without the United States, and I doubt that (the Alliance, editor’s note) would be there for us if we really needed it.” The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated

(Adnkronos) – A group of 46 Italian tourists were set to arrive in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Wednesday after they were stranded on Yemen’s remote island of Socotra when the United Arab Emirates withdrew its troops from Yemen last week