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Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Stacy Smith, executive chairman of Kioxia Holdings Corp., received 4,431 million yen in annual pay for fiscal 2026, up about 15-fold from the previous year thanks to the firms’ soaring stock price, a securities report by the semiconductor

(Adnkronos) – Italy never joined “any military initiative” during the US-Israel war against Iran – which ended last week with an interim peace deal – and strongly supports freedom of navigation in the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. Furthermore, the re-opening of

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are considering using shared core parts for their next-generation software-defined vehicles to reduce development and procurement costs, it was learned Thursday. The Japanese automakers plan to launch vehicles using the commonized

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is in talks with five candidates to form a capital tie-up, it was learned Thursday. The five include major Japanese telecommunications carrier SoftBank Corp. and investment fund Japan Industrial Partners Inc., as

Sapporo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Sapporo District Court on Thursday sentenced three youths over a robbery resulting in death, in which then 20-year-old college student was beaten to death by six people at a park in Ebetsu in the northernmost Japan prefecture of

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s ambassador to Iraq, Niccolo Fontana, and its Consul General in the semi-autonomous northern Kurdistan region, Tommaso Sansone, held talks in Halabja on Thursday with Kurdistan’ governor, Nuxha Nasih, which centred on bolstering bilateral political dialogue and opportunities for Italian

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–The Special Committee on Political Reform of Japan’s House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously approved bills to regulate the use of social media during elections. The bills are likely to be enacted during the current Diet session and

(Adnkronos) – ”Extremely liberal”, so much so that ”he probably won’t open the North Sea” to oil exploration. These are the first words American President Donald Trump chose to describe Andy Burnham, a candidate to succeed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as

(Adnkronos) – The European Commission has signed the declaration of accession to Pax Silica, the strategic initiative led by the United States aimed at building secure and resilient supply chains for semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and critical minerals necessary for chip production. This

(Adnkronos) – Foreign, defence and civil protection ministers Antonio Tajani, Guido Crosetto and Nello Musumeci are coordinating an initial humanitarian air lift to Venezuela, where two powerful earthquakes struck late on Wednesday, less than a minute apart, with up to 10,000 people