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(Adnkronos) – Training is a key plank of Italy’s multi-billion euro Mattei plan to stabilise Africa and propel its economic development, deputy foreign minister Edmondo Cirielli said at the Med Dialogues conference in Naples on Friday.  “Training is at the heart of

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Members of Japanese ruling and opposition parties expressed their sadness over the death of former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on Friday. As then president of the Liberal Democratic Party, former House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono, 88, made

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) held their second round of policy talks on Friday and agreed to accelerate arrangements to form a new coalition government. “We made

(Adnkronos) – Training is a key plank of Italy’s multi-billion euro Mattei plan to stabilise Africa and propel its economic development, deputy foreign minister Edmondo Cirielli said at the Med Dialogues conference in Naples on Friday.  “Training is at the heart of

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–A total of 78 pct of Japan’s rice farmers said they plan to maintain or increase production of staple rice in five years, a Japanese agriculture ministry survey showed Friday. Those who want to maintain the current level

Beijing/Seoul, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–China and South Korea paid tribute to former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who died on Friday at the age of 101. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press conference that Murayama was a politician

(Adnkronos) – Israel’s rightwing foreign minister Gideon Saar on Friday lauded transport minister Matteo Salvini, leader of the co-ruling anti-immigrant League party as “one of Israel’s greatest friends in Italy and Europe,” and said he hoped to further cement strong bilateral ties. 

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) held their second round of policy talks on Friday to form a new coalition government. “We made great progress,” Nippon Ishin co-leader

Osaka, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The widow of a Ministry of Finance official who committed suicide requested Friday that the ministry give priority to releasing email messages and other records identifying who had made her husband tamper with official documents regarding the dubious

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, made a “tamagushi ” ritual offering to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Friday, the first day of its autumn festival. She is expected to refrain from visiting the