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(Adnkronos) – Italy fully respects international accords and guidelines presented to parliament, while relations with the United States are “solid”, the government stated on Tuesday after a media report that it refused to allow US bombers to land at an airbase in

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)–Japanese telecommunications company KDDI Corp. said in a report Tuesday that two related companies overstated sales by a total of 246.1 billion yen via fictitious transactions through December 2025. The report on an internal probe on the scandal

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday said that the government has set up a working group to discuss measures to secure a stable supply of critical products. The working group will hold concrete discussions on measures to

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese rice farming industry, saddled with an increased burden amid labor shortages and farmland consolidation, is shifting its attention to the water-saving dry field direct seeding method in hopes of securing stable rice production. As this method

(Adnkronos) – Italy denied permission to “some United States bombers” to land at Sigonella airbase in eastern Sicily before flying to the Middle East because the US did not seek authorisation and Italy’s military chiefs were not consulted as required under a

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s private-sector rice inventories totaled 3 million tons at the end of February, up 1.5 times from a year earlier, the agriculture ministry said in a survey report Tuesday. Rice sales have remained sluggish, partly due to high

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and visiting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto agreed Tuesday to cooperate closely in the field of energy security amid escalating tensions in the Middle East following the conflict between the U.S.-Israeli side and Iran.

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)–A nonprofit organization in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka has launched a crowdfunding campaign to continue its “doctor jet” service, which transports critically ill patients to medical facilities by air. Japan Critical Care Jet Network (JCCN), based

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)–A Jiji Press survey has found a gap in social media operators’ transparency on measures to deal with defamation and problems linked to generative artificial intelligence. The survey, conducted through email by mid-March, preceded the first anniversary of

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi Materials Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday with ReElement Technologies Corp. to collaborate on recycling rare earths and rare metals as part of efforts by the Japanese and U.S. governments to ensure a stable supply