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(Adnkronos) – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s popularity has dropped by almost ten percentage points in the last month, settling at around 67%, just two weeks before the snap elections she herself called to consolidate parliamentary support. According to a Nikkei newspaper

(Adnkronos) – Almost half of Americans, 48%, consider the killing of Alex Pretti by Ice agents unjustified, a percentage that rises to 63% among people who have seen the videos of the brutal killing that occurred last Saturday in Minneapolis. This emerges

(Adnkronos) – Chris Madel, a Minneapolis lawyer who ran as a Republican for Minnesota governor, has withdrawn, denouncing what he calls the party’s “revenge” against his state, referring to the “uncontrolled disaster” of ICE operations. “I cannot support the national Republican revenge

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–There was no large-scale yen-buying intervention by the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan on Friday, estimates by market sources suggested on Monday. On Friday, the dollar suddenly plunged from above 159 yen to near 157 yen

(Adnkronos) – Rishiri Island, perched at Japan’s northern edge, has long been defined by its remoteness. That isolation is precisely what now places it at the heart of a shift: as travellers increasingly seek quieter, low-impact destinations, small communities like Rishiri are

Beijing, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Chinese government on Monday issued a notice urging its citizens to refrain from visiting Japan during the Lunar New Year holiday period between Feb. 15 and 23. In the notice, the Chinese Foreign Ministry claimed that Japan’s

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s head of state Sergio Mattarella held talks at the Quirinal presidential palace in Rome on Monday with the United Nations’ new refugee chief, Iraq’s former president Barham Salih, the Quirinal said in a statement.  Iraq-Kurdish politician Salih is the

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–The average price of newly supplied condominiums in Tokyo’s densely populated 23 wards rose 21.8 pct from the previous year to 136.13 million yen in 2025, hitting a new record high and staying above 100 million yen for

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani was set to hold talks in Rome on Monday with Italy’s ambassador to Switzerland, Lorenzo Cornado after the owner of a Swiss bar where a deadly fire killed 40 people including six young Italians on New

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered the North Korean government to pay 88 million yen in compensation to a total of four North Korean defectors and bereaved relatives in Japan over its alleged human rights abuses linked to