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Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three megabank groups enjoyed a combined net profit of 2,916.4 billion yen in April-September, up 14.4 pct from a year before, thanks to higher interest rates, their earnings reports showed Friday. Net profit rose 2.8 pct at

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s average retail rice price hit a new record high for the first time in about six months last week, as newly harvested rice fully hit the market, the agriculture ministry said Friday. In the week ended last

Beijing, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong on Thursday summoned Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi and lodged a strong protest over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark regarding a possible contingency over Taiwan, it was announced Friday. Sun said

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Friday hailed Italy’s 10.5% year-on-year increase in exports and a 2.852 billion euro trade surplus in September, saying the figures show the government’s policies “are working”.  “I am extremely satisfied with the export data, which

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida was hospitalized for leukemia treatment on Nov. 7, the central bank said Friday. The 63-year-old is expected to stay in the hospital for several weeks. During this time, he will carry

Nagoya, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–The suspect in the 1999 murder of a Nagoya housewife has told police that she disliked the way the victim’s husband thought about women and child-rearing, investigative sources said Friday. On the same day, the Nagoya District Public

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Nissan Motor Co. will set up a labor-management committee regarding the planned termination of production at its Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, at the end of fiscal 2027, Jiji Press learned Friday. The committee

(Adnkronos) – The government will reinforce Italy’s security personnel at the embassy in Senegal’s capital, Dakar in a concrete sign of its commitment to the rule of law, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a crime-busting event in Rome.  “I recently spoke with

(Adnkronos) – Pakistan today announced four arrests for last Tuesday’s suicide attack in Islamabad, which cost 12 lives. “Four members of the Pakistani Taliban have been arrested – the government said in a statement – The network was managed and guided at

(Adnkronos) – The home in Koil, Jammu and Kashmir, of the family of Umar Nabi, the doctor accused of driving the car that exploded in New Delhi on Monday, has been razed to the ground. Indian media reported this, specifying that the