Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Core consumer prices in central Tokyo rose 1.6 pct in June from a year before, driven higher by surging crude oil prices amid the conflict in the Middle East, the Japanese internal affairs ministry said Friday. The pace

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–The 12 member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership decided Friday to begin preparatory talks with the Philippines, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates, a step toward launching accession negotiations. The decision was made

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average plunged to slip below 70,000 Friday morning as artificial intelligence-linked and other high technology names succumbed to profit-taking after their hefty gains the previous day. The index of 225 major issues on

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday that he will visit Seoul on Saturday and Sunday to meet with his South Korean counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back. The two ministers are expected to discuss establishing regular refueling support from Japan’s

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat improperly handled 9,424 sets of administrative documents containing specially designated secrets last year, a government report showed Friday. The documents were stored inappropriately, such as being left in office drawers, instead of being kept in

Brussels, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bid farewell to Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde at the Castle of Laeken in Brussels on Thursday, concluding their state visit to the European country. The Emperor shook hands firmly with

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–The names of the 11 members of a prosecution inquest panel in the city of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, have been leaked, it was learned. Sources in the Yamaguchi District Public Prosecutors Office said Thursday that

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government, in an effort to realize a strong economy, aims to enhance the country’s growth potential and ensure citizens’ security and safety mainly through planned public-private investments worth over 370 trillion yen, it has been learned.

(Adnkronos) – In Spain, at least 212 deaths recorded between Sunday and Wednesday are attributable to the record heatwave. This emerged from data published by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid. In the same days of 2025, 98 deaths were

(Adnkronos) – At least 17 people were injured overnight in Cabo San Lucas, a renowned tourist destination on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, when a vehicle crashed into a crowd celebrating the Mexican national team’s victory against the Czech Republic in the third

(Adnkronos) – With the favorable votes of the six conservative justices, and the dissenting votes of the three liberal justices, the Supreme Court has affirmed that the American government can legally reject asylum seekers before they set foot on American territory. The

(Adnkronos) – Delegations from Israel and Lebanon are working in Washington for the third day of the ongoing round of talks mediated by the United States. The focus, reports the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, is on understandings for a ceasefire, security coordination, and

(Adnkronos) – A merchant ship was damaged off the coast of Oman, in the Strait of Hormuz, after being hit by an unidentified projectile. This was announced by the British maritime agency UKMTO, specifying that no casualties were reported.  “A merchant ship

(Adnkronos) – Italy remains “at the forefront” of international support for Ukraine, its future recovery and reconstruction, continues to give civilians health and emergency treatment and to help with demining the war-stricken country while remaining commmitted to supporting the energy sector and

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government-drafted outline of a bill to revise the Imperial House Law to secure an adequate number of Imperial Family members is facing objections from both ruling and opposition parties. On Thursday, a panel of representatives from

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Stacy Smith, executive chairman of Kioxia Holdings Corp., received 4,431 million yen in annual pay for fiscal 2026, up about 15-fold from the previous year thanks to the firms’ soaring stock price, a securities report by the semiconductor

(Adnkronos) – Italy never joined “any military initiative” during the US-Israel war against Iran – which ended last week with an interim peace deal – and strongly supports freedom of navigation in the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. Furthermore, the re-opening of

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are considering using shared core parts for their next-generation software-defined vehicles to reduce development and procurement costs, it was learned Thursday. The Japanese automakers plan to launch vehicles using the commonized

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is in talks with five candidates to form a capital tie-up, it was learned Thursday. The five include major Japanese telecommunications carrier SoftBank Corp. and investment fund Japan Industrial Partners Inc., as

Sapporo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Sapporo District Court on Thursday sentenced three youths over a robbery resulting in death, in which then 20-year-old college student was beaten to death by six people at a park in Ebetsu in the northernmost Japan prefecture of

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s ambassador to Iraq, Niccolo Fontana, and its Consul General in the semi-autonomous northern Kurdistan region, Tommaso Sansone, held talks in Halabja on Thursday with Kurdistan’ governor, Nuxha Nasih, which centred on bolstering bilateral political dialogue and opportunities for Italian

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–The Special Committee on Political Reform of Japan’s House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously approved bills to regulate the use of social media during elections. The bills are likely to be enacted during the current Diet session and

(Adnkronos) – ”Extremely liberal”, so much so that ”he probably won’t open the North Sea” to oil exploration. These are the first words American President Donald Trump chose to describe Andy Burnham, a candidate to succeed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as

(Adnkronos) – The European Commission has signed the declaration of accession to Pax Silica, the strategic initiative led by the United States aimed at building secure and resilient supply chains for semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and critical minerals necessary for chip production. This

(Adnkronos) – Foreign, defence and civil protection ministers Antonio Tajani, Guido Crosetto and Nello Musumeci are coordinating an initial humanitarian air lift to Venezuela, where two powerful earthquakes struck late on Wednesday, less than a minute apart, with up to 10,000 people

Manila, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Philippine authorities said Thursday that they detained in Manila on Tuesday a Japanese national suspected of being a senior member of a group involved in a series of robbery cases across Japan. Tokyo Summary Court has issued an

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake measuring up to upper 6, the second-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, hit the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan, including Aomori Prefecture, on Thursday morning, with 11 people confirmed to have suffered injuries.

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Expert witnesses invited by Japanese opposition parties on Thursday took issue with a government bill to reform the country’s retrial system and demanded amendments to it. At the Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government approved a basic policy for women’s empowerment on Thursday, including the goal of doubling the proportion of female engineering students in universities from 18 pct in 2025 to 36 pct in 2040. The government acknowledged

(Adnkronos) – ”Italy and Romania have been explicitly named by the NATO Secretary General as participants in the aggression against Iran. They, along with all other European countries that have supported the American-Israeli aggression against Iran, must explain to their citizens and