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(Adnkronos) – Corridor VIII, the infrastructure axis that will link the Adriatic Sea to the Black Sea, is a “crucial strategic priority” for Italy, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a press conference in Albania’s capital, Tirana on Wednesday.  The rail, road project

Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi launched her second cabinet on Wednesday, maintaining all members from the first cabinet, after being re-elected prime minister earlier in the day. Takaichi’s first cabinet resigned en masse in the morning. She was

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force has decided to cancel the dispatch of a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft to the Iron Fist joint exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa Prefecture, Jiji Press learned Wednesday. The

(Adnkronos) – The Corridor VIII strategic infrastructure project linking the Adriatic to the Black Sea is crucial to propel Italy’s surging exports and also to Nato, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a meeting in Albania’s capital, Tirana on Wednesday.  “We are a

(Adnkronos) – Ten skiers are missing after an avalanche occurred yesterday in California. Local authorities announced this, specifying that the avalanche hit Castle Peak, in the Sierra Nevada, in the northern part of the state.  A group of 16 skiers, including four

Tokyo, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–The estimated number of visitors from mainland China to Japan plunged 60.7 pct from a year earlier to 385,300 in January, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. The January decline accelerated from 45.3 pct in December, as

(Adnkronos) – Nine people in total were arrested yesterday in France as part of the investigation into the beating of young Quentin Deranque on Saturday in Lyon. Of these, six are suspected of having taken part in the assault; the other three,

Tokyo, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–The estimated number of visitors from mainland China to Japan plunged 60.7 pct from a year earlier to 385,300 in January, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. The January decline accelerated from 45.3 pct in December, as

Tokyo, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–The Centrist Reform Alliance launched its new leadership team on Wednesday, as the Japanese opposition party seeks to rebuild unity after suffering a rout in the Feb. 8 general election. Junya Ogawa, who was elected the centrist party’s

Aomori, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–Tohoku Electric Power Co. on Wednesday submitted a set of corrective measures following improper performance tests for antiterror equipment at the Higashidori nuclear plant in northeastern Japan. The testing irregularities at the power station in the village of