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November 11, 2026
 

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Alberto Brambilla
A view of Gerola Bridge as the Po River's water level runs low amid high drought severity in Mezzana Bigli, Italy, on Aug. 6
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 10, 2026
Italy’s record-low Po River forces farmers to weigh crop switch
The river’s climate change-fueled violent swings between flood and drought is also forcing industries to compete for a resource they once took for granted.
The Magneti Marelli plant in Corbetta, Italy. Stellantis and Nissan Motor are in talks to take over some of the assets of Marelli Holdings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2026
Stellantis and Nissan in talks to buy assets from troubled Marelli
Marelli is going through a complex and lengthy restructuring process after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy one year ago.
Italian Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin
WORLD / Politics
Mar 15, 2026
Italy explores nuclear return after 40 years as energy costs hit
A pivot to nuclear is central to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to thwart Italy’s rising energy prices, which are among the highest in Europe.
The Sasso 2 Geothermical power plant in Italy
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Aug 28, 2023
Dante’s inferno may have the answer for Europe’s energy bind
One geothermal site in Italy generates more than 5% of the nation’s clean power production.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2022
Italy sought Russian deals just before Putin invaded Ukraine
Senior Italian and Russian officials reportedly met to discuss potential business investments worth hundreds of millions of euros just over a week before Moscow invaded Ukraine.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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