Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), which on Wednesday marked 10 years since its founding, is playing a greater role as the control tower for unified management of defense equipment research and development and exports amid the

(Adnkronos) – A makeshift scaffolding installed at a church in Ethiopia has collapsed, killing at least 36 people and injuring more than 200. State media reported this. The district police chief, Ahmed Gebeyehu, told Fana newspaper that “the death toll has reached

(Adnkronos) – In Iran, a law has been approved that provides for harsher sentences for those found guilty of espionage and collaboration with Israel or the United States. According to local media, the law was presented to Parliament on June 23 –

(Adnkronos) – An internal family dispute, concerning an inheritance matter, is believed to be at the center of what happened today in Munich, where a man allegedly set fire to his parents’ house in the northern part of the city, shot his

(Adnkronos) – Tomahawk missiles for a Japanese warship. The ship, CNN reports, has set sail for the US to be equipped with cruise missiles capable of hitting a target approximately 1,600 kilometers away, in what appears to be the latest move by

(Adnkronos) – A fire broke out at an oil refinery in the Russian city of Yaroslavl, about 300 kilometers northeast of Moscow. The regional governor ruled out the flames being the result of a drone attack. “No drone attack was detected today,”

(Adnkronos) – The unmanned aerial vehicles sighted repeatedly in Germany at the end of last week reportedly deliberately flew over important critical infrastructure to monitor it. German authorities are investigating this, according to what Der Spiegel reveals today. Among the targets were

(Adnkronos) – Fewer adhesions are expected compared to previous ‘block’ days, for the second day of mobilization in France in response to the inter-union appeal against austerity measures and for greater fiscal justice. Including the day of action under the slogan “Let’s

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–The finance ministers of the Group of Seven major democracies held an online meeting Wednesday to discuss further sanctions targeting Russian oil exports. “We discussed measures to reduce Russia’s revenues,” Japan’s Katsunobu Kato told reporters after the meeting.

(Adnkronos) – US president Donald Trump’s peace plan to end Israel’s two-year-old war on Hamas in Gaza, and an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to the devastated Palestinian enclave was the focus of “long” phone talks Wednesday between foreign minister Antonio

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) plans to submit an anti-espionage bill to an upcoming extraordinary session of the Diet, it was learned Wednesday. The bill will call for establishing a foreign intelligence agency based on existing

Kikuchi, Kumamoto Pref., Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi Electric Corp. on Wednesday held a ceremony marking the completion of a new facility for producing power semiconductors at a plant in the city of Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The new facility will start

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government panel on Wednesday reviewed countermeasures for inflation that were included in the government’s fiscal 2024 supplementary budget and fiscal 2025 budget. Referring to progress on measures that were compiled under his administration, Prime Minister Shigeru

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–All Nippon Airways plans to raise its retirement age for employees to 65, effective from April 2027, it was learned Wednesday. The major Japanese airline has proposed the change to its labor union. The new retirement age will

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government panel on Wednesday reviewed countermeasures for inflation that were included in the government’s fiscal 2024 supplementary budget and fiscal 2025 budget. Referring to progress on measures that were compiled under his administration, Prime Minister Shigeru

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign office and its diplomats in Munich are “monitoring the situation” on Wednesday after the Oktoberfest fairgrounds were closed following a threat from the suspected perpetrator of an explosion at a property in which at least one person died. 

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Prolonged inflation in Japan is having a serious impact on many animal shelters, prompting them to seek support from online fans amid declining donations including food and higher costs for essential goods and medical care. Some groups have

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi remains the frontrunner in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race, followed by former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, a Jiji Press survey showed Wednesday. Koizumi is

(Adnkronos) – On the second day of an official visit to Azerbaijan, president Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday praised his countrymen’s “magnificent” relationship with Azeris, embodied by the local Italian community.  “Naturally, Italy is formally represented by its ambassador and by Italy’s institutions,”

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–New automobile sales in Japan in April-September rose 0.5 pct from a year before to 2,180,054 units, marking the first increase for the six-month period in two years, industry data showed Wednesday. The growth reflected a pickup in

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Major household appliance retailer Nojima Corp. has been floated as a potential buyer in Nissan Motor Co.’s possible sale of the Yokohama F. Marinos professional soccer club, it was learned Wednesday. Hiroshi Nojima, president of the retailer headquartered

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming leadership election, has said that expanding the ruling coalition, currently made up of the LDP and Komeito, is the “best option.” Koizumi and four other

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Wednesday sent condolences for the deaths of two crew members of an Italian airforce plane which crashed at Circeo national park near the town of Sabaudia, south of Rome.  “I am deeply saddened by the

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–The dollar fell to two-week lows near 147 yen in Tokyo on Wednesday, following the partial shutdown of the U.S. government. At 5 p.m., the greenback stood at 147.11-13 yen, down from 148.06-06 yen at the same time

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–While Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the privatization of four Japanese public expressway corporations, the realization of free expressways in the country is still 90 years away. The privatization was a key policy of then Prime Minister

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s transport ministry Wednesday notified 111 post offices that their use of mini cargo vehicles for delivery services will be banned for up to 160 days from Oct. 8 as a penalty for their inappropriate practices. By next

London, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese companies have been stepping up real estate development and investment in Britain, particularly in London, in recent years in an effort to expand profits overseas as they face a slowing market in Japan. Office demand in London

(6th para should have read “… calling …,” instead of as sent) Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Takayuki Kobayashi, Japan’s former economic security minister running in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race, emphasizes his party’s need for a generational change and a

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, on Wednesday demanded that the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun correct a story reporting that his aide had kicked 826 rank-and-file members out of

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s average retail price of regular gasoline fell 0.1 yen from a week earlier to 175.2 yen per liter as of Monday, marking the first decline in four weeks, due to lower crude oil prices, the industry ministry