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(Adnkronos) – Neither a clear heir nor a roadmap to indicate one. How long will Xi Jinping remain in power in China? The New York Times asks this on the day the fourth Plenum of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–A signing ceremony for the Japan-U.S. tariff agreement will be held soon, U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass said at an event hosted by the Research Institute of Japan, a Jiji Press affiliate, on Monday. According to diplomatic

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will resign en masse at a cabinet meeting scheduled to begin at 8:50 a.m. on Tuesday. Ishiba’s tenure will end on the 386th day, making him the 24th longest-serving of

(Adnkronos) – Only Kiev can decide the fate of Ukrainian territory, Italy’s foreign minister said Monday, after US president Donald Trump denied media reports he pressured Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky at a tense meeting on Friday to give up the entire eastern

(Adnkronos) – Italy is ready to send more paramilitary Carabinieri police officers to the war-devastated Gaza Strip in a bid to shore up the shaky ceasefire and create “real peace” between Israel and the enclave’s Islamist Palestinian ruling group Hamas, foreign minister

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese office and household goods seller Askul Corp. has stopped accepting online orders as well as product shipments due to a cyberattack. A ransomware attack caused system failures, forcing the company to suspend order receipts and product shipments

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) signed an agreement Monday to form a coalition government between the two parties. The pact, inked by LDP President Sanae Takaichi and

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani is taking part in the MED9 summit in Slovenia on Monday, where the latest events in war-shattered Gaza and the issue of European Union competitiveness are high on the agenda, said a foreign ministry statement. 

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. and retailer Aeon Co. have said they will jointly issue a new Waon e-money card that allows users to donate to food banks through shopping. The food bank support Waon card will

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average on Monday ended above 49,000 for the first time ever, reflecting waning concerns over Japan’s political situation. The Nikkei average closed at 49,185.50, up 1,603.35 points, or 3.36 pct, from Friday, hitting