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(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign Minister Antonio Tajani had a “very friendly” meeting with strategic partner India’s prime minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday, Tajani wrote on X (formerly Twitter).  “Italy and India are countries linked by a growing and solid

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Wednesday that although China notified Japan that it would begin military flight training, it failed to provide “sufficient information” to avoid a potential danger. The minister made the comment at an extraordinary

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the ruling parties are considering increasing the so-called departure tax from the current 1,000 yen per person to 3,000 yen starting in fiscal 2026, informed sources said Wednesday. The additional revenue will be used

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Four Chinese coast guard ships entered Japan’s territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday. Chinese official ships sailed in the Japanese waters around the East China Sea islands for

Sapporo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki on Wednesday announced his approval for the restart of the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari nuclear power plant in the northernmost Japan prefecture. Suzuki made the announcement at a meeting

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government’s fiscal 2025 draft supplementary budget is now certain to be enacted during the ongoing extraordinary session of the Diet, or parliament, which ends Dec. 17, as two opposition parties are set to support it. “We’ll

Okayama, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nippon Foundation said Wednesday that a regular passenger ferry using autonomous navigation technology will begin commercial operations by the end of next March at the earliest. According to the foundation, it will be the first time in

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday that she hopes to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump “as soon as possible” amid growing pressure from China. She made the remark at a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Upholding lower court rulings, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered advertising giant Dentsu Group Inc. to pay a fine of 300 million yen over bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021. The top court also backed

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Wednesday hailed the addition of Italian cooking to a Unesco heritage list as “a truly great success for Italy” and “recognition of the whole of Mediterranean cuisine”.  “This is a truly a great success for