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(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni, her Greek and Maltese counterparts Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Robert Abela and the president of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides looked at possible joint action late on Thursday to avert a 2015-style migrant influx to Europe sparked by the

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Friday that it will launch an H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 10. It will be the first launch attempt since a

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three megabanks and the government-backed Japan Bank for International Cooperation plan to provide 250 billion yen, or about 1.5 billion dollars, in loans for the first round of projects in the United States under the Japan-U.S. tariff

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–A letter written by the late Japanese historical novelist Ryotaro Shiba praising Takeshi Kaiko as one of Japan’s foremost 20th-century writers was recently found, Jiji Press has learned. Kaiko, an Akutagawa literary prize winner known for works such

(Adnkronos) – Foreign undersecretary Maria Tripodi on Friday represented foreign minister Antonio Tajani an international meeting focused on battling terrorism and crime syndicates in the Balkans, as part of the Aqaba Process launched by Jordan’s King Abdullah in 2015.  “Undersecretary @tripodimaria took

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–Japanese financial services minister Satsuki Katayama revealed a plan on Friday to set up a working group jointly with the financial industry to deal with risks from cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, including Claude Mythos. This plan was approved

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health minister Kenichiro Ueno said Friday he will call for nationwide vaccination to prevent measles. In the wake of recent outbreaks of the highly infectious disease in the country, Ueno told a press conference that he will

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–Department store sales in Japan in March rose 3.2 pct from a year earlier on a same-store basis, up for the third consecutive month, the Japan Department Stores Association said Friday. All-store sales totaled 507.1 billion yen. Sales

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average rewrote its record closing high on Friday, reflecting the popularity of artificial intelligence and semiconductor-related issues. The index of 225 issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime top-tier section rose 575.95