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(Adnkronos) – Italy “is taking the necessary steps” to protect national security after the arrests this week of two former members of the country’s intelligence services for allegedly passing classified information to a Russian agent, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told Nato colleagues

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Terra Drone Corp. plans to set up a system enabling domestic production of up to tens of thousands of interceptor drones a year, the company’s head, Toru Tokushige, has said in an recent interview. As well as

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s House of Representatives is expected to approve a bill to revise the Imperial House Law as early as Friday after opposition parties on Wednesday agreed to return to parliamentary debates in the Lower House following concessions by

Ankara, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, affirmed bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas, including security, during their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. Motegi told Wadephul that Japan is eager to

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Wednesday enacted a bill designed to stabilize rice supply and demand. The bill to revise the staple food law was approved at a plenary session of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday that its consolidated net profit in 2025 fell 36.7 pct from the previous year to 121.5 billion yen, hit by reduced shipments caused by a system failure last September. The Japanese beverage

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese opposition lawmakers submitted a bill to provide relief to surviving civilian victims of the Pacific War to the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, or parliament, on Wednesday. Jointly submitted by seven opposition parties,

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–An international conference to discuss the management of Pacific bluefin tuna stocks started in Nagasaki, a city in southwestern Japan, on Wednesday. Japan is seeking a total 25 pct catch quota increase for large tuna weighing 30 kilograms

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Mexico want to boost “already excellent relations” between Italy and Mexico, foreign under-secretary Massimo Dell’Utri stated on Wednesday after talks in Rome with Mexico’s ambassador Genaro Lozano.  “I had the pleasure of meeting the Ambassador of Mexico to

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Five Japanese mobile phone carriers said Wednesday that they will postpone offering mobile phone numbers with the new prefix of 060, initially slated to be introduced in July or later. NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp., SoftBank Corp., Rakuten