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(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonion Tajani has welcomed the choice of Rome as the next venue for US-facilitated direct peace negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, calling the Italian capital “a crossroads of peace and dialogue”.   “Rome, a meeting place for peace

Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police last month sent to prosecutors papers on Fujipassc Co. and three men linked to the Japanese construction company for allegedly bribing a Cambodian government employee. The three are two Fujipassc executives and a former adviser to

Singapore, July 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan and Singapore have signed a memorandum on cooperation to promote the peaceful use of space. The move came after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Singaporean counterpart, Lawrence Wong, at a meeting in Tokyo in March

(Adnkronos) – Tensions are high between Beijing and Tokyo after the Chinese coast guard announced it had driven away a Japanese ship from the waters near the disputed islands (the Senkaku Islands, known as Diaoyu in China, located between Taiwan and Okinawa,

Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)–KDDI Corp. said Friday that it will launch a feasibility study to explore the deployment of digital solutions using artificial intelligence-powered drones in Vietnam and the Philippines. The project will receive subsidies under a Japanese industry ministry program

Mito, Ibaraki Pref., July 7 (Jiji Press)–A local court on Tuesday sentenced a former worker at an elderly care home in the city of Koga, Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, to 20 years in prison for murdering a resident of the facility

Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s composite index of coincident economic indicators rose 0.4 point from the previous month in May, marking the third consecutive month of growth, according to preliminary data released by the Cabinet Office on Tuesday. The coincident index, which

Wajima, Ishikawa Pref., July 7 (Jiji Press)–A celebration ceremony for an airport named after blockbuster Japanese animation series Pocket Monster, or Pokemon, was held in the city of Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Tuesday. Noto Airport in the

Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)–The yield on the most recent issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds, regarded as the country’s benchmark long-term interest rate, briefly rose to a fresh 29-year high of 2.85 pct in Tokyo trading Tuesday. Investors are increasingly selling

Shizuoka, July 7 (Jiji Press)–Yasutomo Suzuki, governor of the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka, on Tuesday approved construction of the Shizuoka section of the Chuo Shinkansen high-speed magnetic levitation train line, effectively ending a nearly nine-year impasse that had delayed the project.