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(Adnkronos) – Diplomats are tracking the cases of around a dozen Italians arrested overnight by Israeli forces after they intercepted a second aid flotilla off Gaza’s coast, foreign minister Antonio Tajani wrote Wednesday on X.  “The Italian embassy and Consulate in Tel

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday that they will launch an additional Michibiki positioning satellite aboard an H3 rocket on Dec. 7. The launch is scheduled to take place between

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is in talks to acquire naming rights for Japan’s National Stadium, the main venue for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The acquisition is

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–A hacker group calling itself “Qilin” has claimed to have stolen 27 gigabytes of data from Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., it was learned Wednesday. The holding firm of major beer maker Asahi Breweries Ltd. will carefully analyze the

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Wednesday proposed to opposition peer Democratic Party for the People that the non-government camp back DPFP head Yuichiro Tamaki as a unified candidate to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru

Saga, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency on Wednesday started a special inspection of the Saga prefectural police department over falsified DNA analyses involving a former analyst at its crime laboratory. A team of about 10 investigators, including the NPA’s chief

(1st para should have read “… bid …,” instead of as sent) Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s education ministry Wednesday proposed a system to integrate undergraduate and graduate programs in a bid to increase the number of graduate school students and master’s

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s current account surplus fell 4.8 pct from a year before to 3,775.8 billion yen in August, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. The current account balance, the broadest indicator of a country’s international trade and investment flows, marked

Washington, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. Defense Department nominee reiterated his call for Japan to significantly expand its defense budget in his confirmation testimony to the Senate Committee on Armed Services on Tuesday. John Noh, nominated by President Donald Trump to be

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has shown his intention to release a statement marking 80 years since the end of World War II around Friday, according to Taku Yamasaki, former vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.