Tokyo, April 28 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government announced Tuesday that 603 individuals and 28 groups will receive medals of honor this spring, including figure skating pair Riku Miura, 24, and Ryuichi Kihara, 33, who won gold at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

Naha, Okinawa Pref., April 27 (Jiji Press)–Two Chinese coast guard ships intruded into Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Monday afternoon. The two Haijing ships crossed into the Japanese waters between around 4:15 p.m. and

(Adnkronos) – Italy wants to strengthen the role of Latin America, a region with which it has “very strong ties”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a business forum taking place in the textile hub of Prato, Tuscany, on Monday.  “We want to

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–Daiwa Securities Group Inc. said Monday that it will acquire Orix Bank, a fully owned unit of major Japanese financial service provider Orix Corp., in a deal worth 370 billion yen. Daiwa Next Bank, which is under the

(Adnkronos) – Coup and insurgency-hit sub-Saharan Africa is “a cause for concern”, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Monday after Mali was left reeling from a string of weekend attack by jihadists and separatist rebels, who seized several towns and military bases

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Gas Co. said Monday that it will raise its basic gas rate for households by 150 yen starting with October use, partly in the face of rising labor costs. Excluding the time of consumption tax increases, the

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s government is “monitoring” the welfare of 60 Italian citizens in Mali after attacks across the country at the weekend launched by militants from Al-Qaeda’s regional affiliate and a Tuareg-dominated rebel group in which the defence minister Sadio Camara was

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday entrusted her letter addressed to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is slated to visit the Southeast Asian nation soon. Amid lingering tensions in the

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Monday launched discussions on the revision of its three key security-related documents scheduled for the end of this year. With Japan facing an increasingly severe security environment, the discussions will likely focus on the

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Libya enjoy “exceptional” ties, Italy’s ambassador Gianluca Alberini and Libya’s presidency council head Mohammed al-Menfi agreed during talks in Tripoli on Monday that also looked at key current issues in the fragile, politically divided oil state.  “Ambassador Alberini

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that its global automobile sales reached a record high in fiscal 2025, thanks to the popularity of hybrid vehicles, especially in North America, despite higher tariffs imposed by the administration of U.S. President

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–Nissan Motor Co. said Monday that it has revised its consolidated operating balance projection for the fiscal year that ended in March to 50 billion yen in profit from 60 billion yen in loss. The major Japanese automaker,

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is on Monday addressing the Italy-Latin America Business Forum, an event at which over 160 representatives will aim to exploit opportunties arising from the historic free trade deal between the European Union and the Mercsur bloc

Sydney, April 27 (Jiji Press)–Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Monday that she will visit Japan, China and South Korea this week to seek cooperation for stable fuel procurement amid supply disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict. While exporting natural gas,

(Adnkronos) – Geopolitics and finance are increasingly interconnected. This is the picture that emerges from a Financial Times article after the ‘sudden’ return to the United Arab Emirates by Pakistan, which is attempting difficult mediation between the US and Iran, of a

(Adnkronos) – Russia and North Korea have agreed to make their military cooperation “stable and long-term”, with an understanding covering the period 2027-2031, as announced by Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, after a meeting with his North Korean counterpart in Pyongyang, on

Taipei, April 27 (Jiji Press)–A Taiwanese court on Monday sentenced a former employee of Tokyo Electron Ltd.’s Taiwan unit to 10 years in prison for stealing secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest chip foundry. The court also imposed a

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–South Korea’s Ambassador to Japan Lee Hyuk on Monday emphasized the need for stable security cooperation between the two East Asian neighbors. At an event hosted by the Research Institute of Japan, a Jiji Press affiliate, in Tokyo,

Seoul, April 27 (Jiji Press)–Foreign medical tourists to South Korea, including for esthetic treatment, surged 71.9 pct in 2025 from the previous year to some 2.01 million, an all-time high, with Japanese ranking second after Chinese, the South Korean government has said.

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(Adnkronos) – A situation of precarious calm in the Malian capital Bamako and in Kati, the ‘stronghold’ of the junta in power since 2020, after two days of intense clashes between military and jihadists allied with Touareg separatists. The Minister of Defense,

(Adnkronos) – A 37-year-old man has been arrested by London’s counter-terrorism police in connection with attacks on Jewish places of worship in the British capital. Sky News reports this, citing the Metropolitan Police. The man was arrested at a property near Barnstaple,

(Adnkronos) – A Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant employee was killed by a Kyiv drone. This was reported by the Russian administration of the site. The Zaporizhzhia plant, the largest in Europe, has been occupied by the Russians since March 2022. It

(Adnkronos) – Approximately 2,400 seafarers remain stranded on over 105 tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, an area closed to maritime traffic. Tim Wilkins, general manager of the tanker transporters’ trade association ‘Intertanko’, told the BBC. On board, Wilkins explained, there is

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–The yen’s real effective exchange rate, an indicator of Japan’s international competitiveness, has plunged to historically low levels, bringing about soaring import prices in the country. The Bank for International Settlements’ REER index for the yen came to

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency and the Cabinet Office on Monday lifted a special advisory on a possible subsequent earthquake off the northern prefecture of Hokkaido or the Sanriku northeastern region following last week’s 7.7-magnitude quake off Sanriku. The

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department on Monday arrested a Vietnamese man for allegedly causing a hit-and-run accident in the Japanese capital in January, investigative sources told Jiji Press. The suspect, a 32-year-old demolition worker living in the city of

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–Experts commissioned by the Japan Tourism Agency met on Monday to launch a review of dual pricing for tourist sites, in which charges for nonresidents, including inbound tourists, are set higher than those for residents. Based on their

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose on Monday to close above 60,000 for the first time ever, led by gains in semiconductor- and artificial intelligence-related stocks. The index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock