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(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign office and its diplomats in Munich are “monitoring the situation” on Wednesday after the Oktoberfest fairgrounds were closed following a threat from the suspected perpetrator of an explosion at a property in which at least one person died. 

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Prolonged inflation in Japan is having a serious impact on many animal shelters, prompting them to seek support from online fans amid declining donations including food and higher costs for essential goods and medical care. Some groups have

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi remains the frontrunner in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race, followed by former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, a Jiji Press survey showed Wednesday. Koizumi is

(Adnkronos) – On the second day of an official visit to Azerbaijan, president Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday praised his countrymen’s “magnificent” relationship with Azeris, embodied by the local Italian community.  “Naturally, Italy is formally represented by its ambassador and by Italy’s institutions,”

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–New automobile sales in Japan in April-September rose 0.5 pct from a year before to 2,180,054 units, marking the first increase for the six-month period in two years, industry data showed Wednesday. The growth reflected a pickup in

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Major household appliance retailer Nojima Corp. has been floated as a potential buyer in Nissan Motor Co.’s possible sale of the Yokohama F. Marinos professional soccer club, it was learned Wednesday. Hiroshi Nojima, president of the retailer headquartered

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming leadership election, has said that expanding the ruling coalition, currently made up of the LDP and Komeito, is the “best option.” Koizumi and four other

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Wednesday sent condolences for the deaths of two crew members of an Italian airforce plane which crashed at Circeo national park near the town of Sabaudia, south of Rome.  “I am deeply saddened by the

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–The dollar fell to two-week lows near 147 yen in Tokyo on Wednesday, following the partial shutdown of the U.S. government. At 5 p.m., the greenback stood at 147.11-13 yen, down from 148.06-06 yen at the same time

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–While Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the privatization of four Japanese public expressway corporations, the realization of free expressways in the country is still 90 years away. The privatization was a key policy of then Prime Minister