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Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. said Tuesday that it will transfer its television business to a joint venture to be set up with China’s TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd. The two companies signed a basic agreement on the deal

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings sentencing a 34-year-old man to 18 years in prison for a high-profile fatal expressway road rage incident near Tokyo in 2017, it was learned Tuesday. The top court’s five-member First

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police on Tuesday sent papers on a former official of Russia’s trade representation in Japan and a former worker of a machine tool manufacturer to public prosecutors over trade secrets held by the company based in the

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Centrist Reform Alliance, a new political party of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, a former ruling coalition member, will be launched with over 160 House of Representatives lawmakers. The CDP said Tuesday

(Adnkronos) – Critical raw materials and agro-industry were at the centre of talks between Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni and Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent – the final leg of Meloni’s three-nation Asian tour, her office said in a statement on Tuesday. 

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Armenia want to bolster bilateral trade, development aid and cultural and infrastructure cooperation especially in the rail sector, deputy foreign minister Edmondo Cirielli and counterpart Vahan Kostanyan agreed on Tuesday.  During Italy-Armenia political consultations at the foreign ministry

Kumamoto, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–A sightseeing helicopter with three people on board for flight over Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, went missing Tuesday. Around 11:50 a.m., police received a report from an agency for Takumi Enterprise, the operator of the

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan failed in the launch of an H3 rocket last month due to damage to a section mounting a satellite and to fuel tubing, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Tuesday. After liftoff, the No. 8

(Adnkronos) – “Huge scope” exists to strengthen Italy’s business ties with Saudi Arabia’s largest Eastern Province – a major platform for most of the kingdom’s oil output and exports – the embassy wrote Tuesday on X.  “During his visit to #Dammam, Ambassador

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government revised its ministerial code Tuesday, urging cabinet ministers, state ministers and parliamentary vice ministers to refrain from holding political fundraising events while in office. The revision was approved at a cabinet meeting days before the