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(Adnkronos) – Vaccine revolution in the United States, with a clear cut. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announce a revision of the childhood vaccination program, which will lead to fewer recommended shield injections for all children. With this change,

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump’s United States is changing its menu. In a reversal of previous nutritional guidelines, the president’s administration publishes new dietary guidelines for Americans, which overturn the food pyramid: now red meat, cheese, and whole milk are at the top.

(Adnkronos) – Diplomat Giuliana Del Papa has been appointed Italy’s new envoy to Denmark, the foreign ministry announced on X (formerly Twitter).  “Congratulations to @DelPapaGiuliana, Italy’s new ambassador to Denmark,” read the tweet.  In a message, Del Papa vowed to bolster bilateral

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Consumer sentiment in Japan in December worsened for the first time in five months, a survey by the Cabinet Office showed Thursday. The seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index, which measures sentiment among households with two or more members,

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan in a quarterly report released Thursday kept its economic views unchanged from October for all nine regions in the country. The January regional economic report was adopted at a BOJ branch manager meeting held

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co.’s N-Box minivehicle topped Japan’s new vehicle sales rankings in 2025 for a fourth straight year, followed by Toyota Motor Corp.’s Yaris compact car and Suzuki Motor Corp.’s Spacia minivehicle, industry data showed Thursday. The N-Box,

Kagoshima, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Lawyers for a 98-year-old woman who served a prison term for the 1979 murder of a man in the town of Osaki in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, filed the fifth request for her retrial on Thursday. The retrial

Otsu, Shiga Pref., Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Local residents in the western Japan prefectures of Shiga and Osaka on Thursday filed an appeal against a district court’s rejection of their plea to shut down nuclear reactors at three Kansai Electric Power Co. plants

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese industries are on high alert over China’s ban on exports of dual-use goods to Japan, amid Chinese media reports that rare earths crucial for the high technology sector could be among items subject to the measure. This

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested four suspects, including a Chinese national, for allegedly exchanging counterfeit commemorative 10,000-yen silver coins at financial institutions in at least seven of Japan’s 47 prefectures. The Metropolitan Police Department did not disclose whether the