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(Adnkronos) – Iran’s capabilities are being degraded by the strikes being made against its military sites by the United States and Israel since Saturday and is unlikely to be able to last for more than a week, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani

Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)–Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp. will design and produce image-processing semiconductors on trial for Japanese imaging devices maker Canon Inc. and a Japanese unit of major U.S. chip design company Synopsys Inc., it has been learned. The New Energy

(Adnkronos) – An Israeli attack hit a four-story residential building in the Lebanese city of Baalbek, killing at least five people and injuring 15 others. State media in the country reported this: rescue teams are working to search for survivors among the

(Adnkronos) – The United States announced that it has “authorized” non-essential personnel to leave Cyprus, where a British military base was hit by an Iranian attack on Sunday night and Monday morning, as part of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. 

Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko will visit Paraguay in mid-August to attend events marking the 90th anniversary of Japanese migration there, the Imperial Household Agency said Wednesday. The state visit follows an invitation from the

New York, March 3 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. federal court sentenced a Japanese executive of an international crime organization to 20 years in prison for attempting to smuggle nuclear materials and drugs in collusion with a Myanmarese rebel group, the U.S. Justice Department

Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host an annual evening meal for ambassadors of Islamic countries to Japan on March 12, sources said Wednesday. Every year, the government holds an “iftar,” the feast after sunset to break the

Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and the Fair Trade Commission searched on Wednesday the offices of East Japan Usami Co. and other companies for evidence of an alleged price-fixing cartel for gas oil sold to businesses. The

Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)–Forty-two of Japan’s 47 prefectures will increase spending in fiscal 2026, as labor cost and price increases are seen offsetting stronger tax revenue, a Jiji Press survey showed Wednesday. Combined draft general-account budgets at all prefectures for the

Chiba, March 4 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese man living in the United States was arrested Wednesday for allegedly splashing an oil-like liquid at a shrine in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, in 2015. According to the Chiba prefectural police, Masahide Kanayama, 63, whose occupation