(Adnkronos) – Italy wants to use its presence as guest of honour at the Guadalajara international book fair later this year to “further strengthen our strategic partnership with Mexico, a major political, commercial, and cultural partner”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Friday

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Shingo Haketa, the 84-year-old former grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency, has called for prompt efforts to ensure a stable succession to the throne. Haketa, who served in the position from 2005 to 2012, made the remark

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan, the United States, Australia and India have started making arrangements for a foreign ministers’ meeting under their Quad cooperation framework, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related meetings next week, informed sources said Friday.

(Adnkronos) – Iranian forces will continue to conduct raids ”until calm returns in southern Iran and around the Strait of Hormuz”. This is the warning from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the Pasdaran. “The entire Iranian territory, from Tehran to the south, is

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s attendance as guest of honour at the Mexico’s Guadalajara international book fair from 28 November to 6 December offers an opportunity to strengthen the Italian publishing industry’s presence in the Spanish-speaking countries of central and South America, foreign ministry

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to revise the Imperial House Law as part of efforts to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members, marking the first substantive change to the law since its establishment

(Adnkronos) – Seven people were killed in overnight US attacks against some bridges in Bandar Khamir, a port city in southern Iran, according to IRNA, citing Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.  Iranian state media reported last night that US attacks hit an

Kyoto, July 17 (Jiji Press)–A procession of “yamahoko” floats, the highlight of Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri summer festival, took place on Friday, with 23 floats adorned with elaborate textiles, embroidery and other decorations parading through the streets of the western Japan city to

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, on Friday approved an eight-day extension of the current session until July 25. During the extension, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Japan Innovation Party coalition aims to enact a

(Adnkronos) – The foreign ministry has inaugurated a new entrance to a health clinic accessible to all those who work at the ministry, which it is hoped will become “increasingly efficient” and will open to members of the public as well, foreign

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Nikon Corp. plans to focus its growth investment on semiconductor lithography equipment, President and CEO Yasuhiro Omura said in an interview. “Semiconductor lithography equipment will have a large volume,” Omura said, referring to the Japanese precision machinery maker’s

(Adnkronos) – The dramatic double earthquake that struck Venezuela on June 24 continues to worsen, approaching five thousand deaths.   According to the president of the Venezuelan Parliament, the confirmed victims have risen to 4,930. 

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese frozen food maker Nichirei Corp. said Friday that it is preparing to fully resume operations as early as next week following a cyberattack earlier this week. The company on Friday partially restarted operations at refrigerated warehouses and

New York/Silicon Valley, July 16 (Jiji Press)–A jury at a U.S. federal district court in Texas on Thursday ruled that companies under Japanese semiconductor memory maker Kioxia Holdings Corp. violated patent claims by U.S. satellite communications company Viasat Inc. The jury awarded

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Prices of newly harvested rice in Japan are increasingly likely to fall this year after rising for two straight years. This month, the Kagoshima Prefectural Economic Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives notified local agricultural cooperatives of suggested purchase prices

Osaka, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Twenty-three people, mainly students, were injured after an unknown substance was sprayed at a municipal junior high school in the city of Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Friday morning. According to the city’s board of education, 15

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament Friday passed into law a bill designed to prevent the birth of genetically edited “designer babies” whose appearance and other characteristics would be altered according to their parents’ preferences. The law prohibits the implantation of genome-edited

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Seven & i Holdings Co. is considering spending several hundred billion yen to acquire a stake in Zabka Group SA, Poland’s largest convenience store operator, people familiar with the matter said Friday. Through the investment, the Japanese convenience

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average on Friday marked the fifth-biggest one-day point loss on record, hurt by heavy selling of semiconductor- and artificial intelligence-related issues. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The use of biomass plastic, derived from renewable resources such as plants, to make garbage bags is spreading in Japan in response to supply disruptions of naphtha due to the Middle East conflict. The “naphtha shock” exposed the

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to revise the Imperial House Law as part of efforts to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members, marking the first substantive change to the law since its establishment

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average on Friday marked the fifth-biggest one-day point loss on record, hurt by heavy selling of semiconductor- and artificial intelligence-related issues. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s

Tottori, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Prefectural governors from across Japan on Friday expressed opposition to a proposal that their authority be transferred to ordinance-designated major cities on the second day Friday of their two-day annual meeting in Tottori, a city in western Japan.

(The second paragraph should have read, “…its junior coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party,…” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to revise the Imperial House Law as part

Kashiwa, Chiba Pref., July 17 (Jiji Press)–A former nurse arrested for allegedly killing a patient at a hospital in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, by mixing feces into his intravenous drip had been seen entering the patient’s room several times shortly before the

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average temporarily plunged over 4,100 points Friday afternoon due to selling of issues related to semiconductors and artificial intelligence following overnight falls in their U.S. counterparts. At 1:41 p.m., the index of 225

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament on Friday enacted a bill to prevent the unauthorized sales of domestically developed agricultural products overseas. Aiming to better protect the rights related to Japan-developed fruits that are popular overseas and prevent a loss of profit,

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Friday enacted a bill to revise the retrial system for the first time since the Code of Criminal Procedure was established in 1948. The bill to amend the code was approved by a

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to criminalize acts of damaging the Japanese national flag, despite concerns that it could infringe on freedom of thought and expression guaranteed by the Constitution. At a plenary meeting, the