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20 Ottobre 2025

Askul Suspends Order Receipts, Shipments Due to Cyberattack

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese office equipment seller Askul Corp. has suspended order receipts on its “Askul” brand e-commerce website as well as product shipments due to a system glitch caused by a cyberattack. The company said Sunday that it is hurrying
20 Ottobre 2025

LDP, Nippon Ishin to Ink Coalition Agreement on Mon. Evening

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Leaders of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) will sign a coalition agreement at 6 p.m. Monday, Nippon Ishin chief Hirofumi Yoshimura said. The coalition will make it almost certain that LDP
20 Ottobre 2025

Nikkei Surges Over 1,300 Points in Morning

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese stocks rebounded sharply Monday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 average surging more than 1,300 points to hit a new record intraday high. At 10:45 a.m., the Nikkei stood at 48,939.83, up 1,357.68 points, or 2.85 pct,
20 Ottobre 2025

Chinese Pres. Xi Mourns Death of Ex-Japanese PM Murayama

Beijing, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed his mourning for the death of Tomiichi Murayama, who served as Japan’s prime minister for about a year and a half from June 1994. Xi offered his condolences in a message sent
20 Ottobre 2025

Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko Turns 91

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko, wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and mother of Emperor Naruhito, marked her 91st birthday on Monday. The Empress Emerita broke her right thigh bone in October last year, but has recovered to almost the
19 Ottobre 2025

Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko Turns 91

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko, wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and mother of Emperor Naruhito, marked her 91st birthday on Monday. The Empress Emerita broke her right thigh bone in October last year, but has recovered to almost the
19 Ottobre 2025

Takaichi Skips Yasukuni Visit during Autumn Festival

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, did not visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day autumn festival through Sunday. As Takaichi is expected to be nominated as the country’s new prime minister
19 Ottobre 2025

Japanese Culture Festival Held in Moscow

Moscow, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–A privately organized Japanese culture festival called “Hinode” was held in Moscow for two days through Sunday. Although Japan, which imposes sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, has been designated by Moscow as an “unfriendly nation,”
19 Ottobre 2025

JAXA Postpones H3 Rocket Launch Due to Bad Weather

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Sunday it has postponed the launch of the seventh unit of its H3 liquid fuel rocket, which was scheduled for Tuesday, due to a bad weather forecast. The new launch
19 Ottobre 2025

EV Battery Race Heats Up among Japanese Automakers

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–Batteries are taking center stage behind the scenes in Japan’s electric vehicle market, with domestic automakers striving to improve performance of their latest models by adopting lighter and more efficient packs as well as technologies popular among Chinese
19 Ottobre 2025

INTERVIEW: Sumitomo Life to Mull Using AI Tech to Support Sales Agents

Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. will consider using digital technologies including generative artificial intelligence to support its sales agents, Yukinori Takada, president of the Japanese insurer, said in a recent interview with Jiji Press. The comment followed a
18 Ottobre 2025

Nippon Ishin to Mull Options Including Non-Cabinet Cooperation

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) on Saturday advanced final negotiations toward forming a coalition government, with Nippon Ishin considering options including supporting the LDP from outside the cabinet. Even in the
18 Ottobre 2025

Suntory, Sapporo to Halt Gift Beer Sales after Hack on Asahi

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japanese brewers Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Sapporo Breweries Ltd. have announced a partial halt to sales of their beer sets for end-of-year gifts, as they are receiving a flood of orders amid delays in product shipments from cyberattack-hit
18 Ottobre 2025

Japan to Conduct Survey on Online Hate Speech

(The second paragraph from the last should have read, “…have helped…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Japan to Conduct Survey on Online Hate Speech Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese Justice Ministry is considering conducting the first nationwide survey
18 Ottobre 2025

Japan Average Rice Price Falls for 4th Straight Week

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–The average price of rice sold at some 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through Sunday dropped 63 yen from the previous week to 4,142 yen per 5 kilograms, the agriculture ministry has said. The average was
18 Ottobre 2025

Japan’s 3 Megabanks to Jointly Issue Stablecoins

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three megabanks are planning to jointly issue corporate-use stablecoins pegged to legal tender like the yen and the dollar, aiming to promote their use in the country. MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank intend
18 Ottobre 2025

Baseball Legend Oh, 7 Others to Receive Order of Culture

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government decided Friday to award the Order of Culture for fiscal 2025 to eight people, including baseball legend Sadaharu Oh, 85, currently chairman of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks professional baseball team, and Susumu Kitagawa, 74, special
17 Ottobre 2025

Lebanon: De Rosa meets Italian civil society organisations

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s overseas development agency (AICS) in Lebanon and Syria’s new head, Liana De Rosa, on Friday met Italian non-governmental organisations operating in Lebanon to mark the start of her posting.  “Today, meeting w/ Italian civil society organizations active in Lebanon,
17 Ottobre 2025

Afghanistan, ceasefire with Pakistan extended by 48 hours

(Adnkronos) – Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a 48-hour extension of the two-day ceasefire in effect since Wednesday to facilitate negotiations that will begin tomorrow in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The Taliban negotiating team confirmed this to Tolo News broadcaster,
17 Ottobre 2025

AZEC Ministers Affirm Importance of Financing for Decarbonization

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–The 11-country Asia Zero Emission Community held a ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, affirming the importance of financing for decarbonization projects, such as the procurement of liquefied natural gas, which emits relatively low carbon dioxide when