(Adnkronos) – Two 17-year-olds have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of carrying out espionage activities on behalf of Russian secret services. This was reported by De Telegraaf, citing officials who called the arrests a “unique case” in the Netherlands. According

(Adnkronos) – China is censoring pessimism on the web. It is forbidden to spread anxiety or foment fear. A two-month ‘offensive’ by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) aims to limit posts on social media, apps, and platforms that “excessively amplify negative

(Adnkronos) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly at 9 a.m. this morning (New York time, 3 p.m. in Italy), where just a few days ago numerous countries announced their decision to recognize the Palestinian state.

Nagoya, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–The five candidates in the Oct. 4 leadership election for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party presented their views on wages, regional revitalization and support for the auto industry in a debate in the central city of Nagoya on

(Adnkronos) – Tension remains high between South Korea and North Korea. The South Korean military fired warning shots after a North Korean merchant ship briefly crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea, a de facto maritime border that Pyongyang

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will meet in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday, the Japanese and South Korean governments said Friday. Ishiba’s trip to Busan, set for Tuesday and Wednesday, will mark

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Seven Bank said Friday that its automated teller machines will be installed at outlets of convenience store chain FamilyMart Co., a subsidiary of major trading house Itochu Corp. FamilyMart will replace some 16,000 existing ATMs with high-performance machines

Osaka, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Hirofumi Yoshimura, leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), said Friday that the opposition party will enter talks on joining the ruling coalition if the next leader of the governing Liberal Democratic Party requests such talks.

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that last October’s House of Representatives election was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. The ruling came after 14 high courts and high court branches across the country all acknowledged the constitutionality

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government panel said Friday it now thinks that a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60 pct to 94.5 pct or higher within the next 30 years. In its report

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–The combined number of people newly found to be infected with HIV and new AIDS patients in Japan in 2024 rose by 34 from the previous year to 994, up for the second straight year, the health ministry

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that last October’s House of Representatives election was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. The ruling came after 14 high courts and high court branches across the country all acknowledged the constitutionality

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–The foreign ministers of Japan, Britain, France and nine other countries said Thursday that they have launched a coalition to support the Palestinian Authority financially. Stabilizing the Palestinian Authority’s finances is “indispensable to regional stability and to preserving

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Princess Hisako of Takamado will make an unofficial visit to Iceland for a week from Oct. 13, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday. Princess Hisako, the widow of the late Prince Takamado, a cousin of Emperor Emeritus

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s internal affairs ministry said Friday that it will bar four municipalities from taking part in the country’s “furusato nozei” hometown donation program for two years from Monday due to their excessive spending on the program. They are

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese retail rice prices fell on average for the first time in four weeks last week, agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Friday. The average price of rice sold at some 1,000 supermarkets nationwide in the week through

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who is running to become the next leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologized Friday after admitting that a member of his election campaign team had asked supporters to post favorable comments

Seoul, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has appointed former Ambassador to Vietnam Lee Hyuk as his first ambassador to Japan, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said Friday. Lee Hyuk, 67, is known as a Japan expert, having served as

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Hakubun Shimomura, former policy chief of the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party, asked to resume the practice of kicking back part of fundraising party revenues to faction members, a former chief accountant of a now-defunct LDP faction has

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index in July has been revised down to a year-on-year drop of 0.2 pct from the rise of 0.5 pct marked in a preliminary report, the labor ministry said Friday. The new data showed

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. on Friday reopened its Apple Ginza store at its original location in the posh Ginza district of Tokyo’s Chuo Ward after a break of three years. The store initially opened in November 2003

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–There is a strong need for creating a backup capital in Japan that can take over Tokyo’s functions in an emergency, Yoshimasa Hayashi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election, said in a recent interview. Chief

London, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for a large office complex to be built along the River Thames in London. The complex, named 72 Upper Ground, is scheduled to be completed in 2029 at

Chiba, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese regional lenders Chiba Bank and Chiba Kogyo Bank are planning to reach a basic agreement on their business integration by the end of this month at the earliest, people familiar with the matter have said. The two

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–The core consumer price index for Tokyo’s densely populated 23 special wards climbed 2.5 pct in September from a year earlier, marking the 49th consecutive month of increase, government data showed Friday. The pace of increase, which had

Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–The 15 member states of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade bloc have agreed to consider expanding its membership. The agreement was reached at the fourth RCEP ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday. The

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. on Friday reopened its Apple Ginza store at its original location in the posh Ginza district of Tokyo’s Chuo Ward after three years. The store initially opened in November 2003 as Apple’s first

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government debt has reached a critical level after years of rising expenditures, while efforts to restore fiscal discipline are facing growing headwinds. The combined balance of outstanding national and local government debt now exceeds 200 percent of

Osaka, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Kansai Electric Power Co. is preparing to decommission the No. 1 and No. 2 units at its Gobo oil-fired thermal power station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, informed sources have said. The two units, which have a combined

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese upstart political party Sanseito is seeking to shore up its organizational structure ahead of an extraordinary session of the Diet, or parliament, expected to be convened next month. But power remains concentrated in its leader, Sohei