Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average temporarily plunged more than 1,600 points in afternoon trading on Wednesday. At 1:48 p.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section dropped 1,638.86 points,

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament approved Wednesday legislation to allow the use of digital textbooks as official teaching materials in classes. With amendments to the school education law and other relevant laws enacted at a plenary meeting of the House of

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., June 10 (Jiji Press)–East Japan Railway Co. on Wednesday started operating a specially painted Shinkansen bullet train themed on the 25th anniversary of Tokyo DisneySea, a theme park near the Japanese capital. The train, painted with “jubilee blue,” the

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices in May increased 6.3 pct from a year earlier, the biggest rise since March 2023, as crude oil prices remained high due to the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, Bank of Japan data showed

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Wednesday to support companies operating projects overseas that are crucial for the country’s economic security to make international transportation networks more resilient. The revised economic security promotion law calls on the

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has taken the lead for the first time in launching a survey to assess whether a municipality is suitable to host a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste generated by nuclear power plants across

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will extend a soft loan of up to 50 billion yen to Bangladesh to help the South Asian country address soaring energy prices, the Foreign Ministry has said. This is the first yen loan project

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)–Takehiko Nakao, a former senior official at Japan’s Ministry of Finance, has called on the Bank of Japan to continue raising interest rates. In a recent interview with Jiji Press, Nakao, former vice minister of finance for international

(Adnkronos) – The lower house of parliament’s foreign affairs committee will question Cuba’s ambassdor to Italy Jorge Luis Cepero Aguilar at a hearing on Wednesday, the parliament said in a statement.  The hearing, slated for 3.30 pm, will be livestreamed on the

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Poland want to work together on the main crises in Europe and the Middle East, including Ukraine, Iran and Lebanon and urge negotiations currently taking place to move foward resolutely without further warfare and towards peace, foreign minister

(Adnkronos) – Spencer Pratt, the former reality show star who, with a program and a thoroughly Trumpian style, had an exploit in the primaries for the election of mayor of Los Angeles, at the end of the long scrutiny came in third

(Adnkronos) – Primaries today in four American states, including Maine, where all eyes are on Graham Platner, the controversial oyster farmer who has every chance of becoming the Democratic candidate who will try to unseat Susan Collins, the moderate, anti-Trump Republican, who

(Adnkronos) – The Iranian chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, celebrated the “resistance of the great Iranian nation” against attacks by the United States and Israel, on the hundredth day since the beginning of the “national jihad that rose to preserve Iran’s vital

(Adnkronos) – The United Kingdom has ”strongly advised British businesses against conducting economic activities in illegal settlements in the West Bank”. This was stated by the British Foreign Office on its ‘X’ account. In a note, Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper then announced

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump did it again. Or at least so claim his critics, who for years have accused him of a certain tendency to “fall asleep on the job.” This time the office was not the Oval Office, but the private

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday adopted a bill that criminalizes vandalism of the Japanese national flag. The bill, based on the coalition agreement between the party and its partner, the Japan Innovation Party, was approved at

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)–East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, on Tuesday unveiled “Luna Azul” as the name of its new overnight limited express train, set to debut in fiscal 2027. The name, Spanish for “blue moon,” was chosen to convey

(Adnkronos) – Italy on Tuesday reaffirmed its backing for multilateralism, repeating that it will not carry out any solo mission in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz and will only send vessels to patrol the key shipping route under “a European Union or

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Centrist Reform Alliance on Tuesday requested revisions to the government’s bill to reform the country’s retrial system, including allowing the disclosure of evidence lists to the defense. The government bill calls for disclosing evidence lists only

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)–The leaders and vice leaders of both chambers of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, will seek political parties’ approval as early as Wednesday for a draft proposal on measures to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members. If

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is looking at a proposal to automatically reduce the number of proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives if a ruling-opposition panel fails to reach a deal within a year. The proposal,

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is cautious about closer military ties between China and North Korea following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s latest visit to Pyongyang. Tokyo believes that the security environment surrounding Japan would become more severe if North Korea

(Adnkronos) – A student has been arrested by Manchester police on suspicion of stabbing three classmates. Greater Manchester police announced this, while local media report that the arrested child is only 12 years old and one of the victims is 11.  Police

(Adnkronos) – Tehran’s Football Federation has accused the United States of revoking, just days before the start of the World Cup, the quota of tickets allocated to Iranian national team fans for the group stage matches. In a statement, the Football Federation

(Adnkronos) – The French government is called today to decide on new measures for child protection and against sexual violence, in an attempt to respond to the indignation and immense emotion aroused by the murder of Lyhanna, 11 years old. Adding to

(Adnkronos) – At least eight people have died in an Israeli air raid on a residential neighborhood in Tyre, a coastal city in southern Lebanon. Al Jazeera reported this, citing southern Lebanon’s civil defense. The Israeli attack occurred after an evacuation order

(Adnkronos) – A peace deal to end Russia’s four-and-a-half-year-old invasion of Ukraine is a “long way off” but Europe can play a crucial role in reaching that goal, Italy said Tuesday. US mediated negotiations between Moscow and Kiev have remained stalled since

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)–East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, said Tuesday it will discontinue magnetic short-distance tickets sold at all stations on its conventional lines and replace them with QR code tickets in spring 2027. The change will apply to

(Adnkronos) – Western Balkans countries could be driven “into the arms” of Russia if they fail to enter the European Union, making their accession to the 27-member bloc “a priority”, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday.  “The reunification of the

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref., June 9 (Jiji Press)–A bear believed to be the one repeatedly spotted across Utsunomiya, the capital of Tochigi Prefecture, since Saturday was captured on Tuesday, according to city officials. The capture marked the first time a bear has been