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Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among major Japanese companies worsened in January-March, a government survey showed on Thursday. The business sentiment index for companies with capital of 1 billion yen or more stood at plus 4.4, down from plus 4.9 for

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will maintain the goal of decommissioning its disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan in 2051, a senior TEPCO official in charge of the decommissioning project has indicated. “There’s

(Adnkronos) – Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader of Iran, suffered a fractured foot, a hematoma around his left eye, and facial lacerations due to the Israeli-American air raid on February 28 that killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and five other

(Adnkronos) – The Iranian army will not allow ”the passage of a single liter of oil” through the Strait of Hormuz. This was stated by the spokesman for Iran’s central command of military operations, Khatam Al-Anbiya, in a note re-launched by state

(Adnkronos) – The Madrid government has definitively withdrawn the Spanish ambassador to Israel, Ana Salomon, reducing the level of relations with Tel Aviv. This was reported by the El Pais website, specifying that the decision, taken at the last Council of Ministers,

(Adnkronos) – The White House believes it can tolerate an increase in oil prices for weeks longer before it becomes a serious political problem. According to sources close to the administration cited by Politico, President Donald Trump’s team considers a possible rise

(Adnkronos) – At least 570 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon since the war between Israel and the United States against Iran extended to the Land of Cedars on March 2. This was stated by the Ministry of Health

(Adnkronos) – Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has approved Scotland Yard’s request to ban the “particularly controversial” al-Quds march, which was scheduled for Sunday in central London, to “prevent serious public disorder.” According to British police, “extreme tensions” could have occurred during the

(Adnkronos) – Access to water resources and their sustainable management are the “cornerstones” of the government’s aid to Africa and its five-billion euro blueprint to spur the continent’s economic development, Italy’s deputy foreign minister Edmondo Cirielli said on Wednesday.   “Access to

(Adnkronos) – The director of the Italian government’s overseas agency AICS, Marco Rusconi, on Wednesday outlined 58 development projects worth some 57 million euros at an event held at the Senate upper house of parliament, AICS wrote on X.  Rusconi presented the