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Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–An expert panel under Japan’s Justice Ministry agreed Friday that the voices of individuals should be protected under publicity and portrait rights, amid a rise in the unauthorized use of celebrities’ voices by generative artificial intelligence. The agreement

(Adnkronos) – The European Union’s Christian roots and Christian values are crucial to making the bloc ever stronger and decisive as it moves forward, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani underlined on Friday in a post on X.  “In #Rome with @ManfredWeber, @DolorsMM,

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and ruling parties have begun seriously studying the feasibility of sending Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweepers to the Strait of Hormuz, in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s request for contributions to ensure safe navigation

Manila, April 24 (Jiji Press)–Jiji Press Ltd. and the Manila Bulletin newspaper on Friday signed a memorandum to exchange English news articles. During the day’s signing ceremony at the Philippine newspaper’s headquarters in Manila, Yoshiki Kishida, executive director for international affairs at

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is attending a ceremony at the Ardeatine Caves monument in Rome on Saturday to commemorate the 81st anniversary of Italy’s Liberation Day marking the end of the World War II Nazi German occupation and fascism, the

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered U.S. videoconferencing technology firm Zoom Video Communications Inc. and its sales agent in Japan to pay a total of about 182 million yen in damages for violating the trademark of Japanese electric

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–An expert panel of Japan’s communications ministry Friday presented a draft report deeming the blocking of access to illicit websites an effective measure against online casinos. At the same time, the panel warned that blocking access could infringe

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Finance Ministry has released an estimate finding that a planned extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line to Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, could fall to a level at which the project should be suspended. The

(Adnkronos) – International flights from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport will resume tomorrow, a few days after the reopening of Iranian airspace. This was reported by the Iranian news agency Isna. The first flights to resume will be those to Istanbul and Muscat.

(Adnkronos) – A double epidemic of measles and type C meningitis is affecting eastern Chad, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams, in coordination with the Ministry of Health, operate in a context already marked by the growing influx of refugees fleeing the