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LIFE / Language
Apr 4, 2016
Pizza may get listed on UNESCO's menu
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 11, 2016
Kishida to visit France and Italy ahead of G-7 talks in Japan
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida plans to make a three-day visit to France and Italy from March 19 for talks with his counterparts in the two countries ahead of the Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in April in Hiroshima, a government source said Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2016
Italian Mafia earnings from drugs rival Fiat's from cars: report
Italian mobsters make as much money trafficking narcotics in Italy as Fiat does selling cars, but without having to pay taxes, the anti-Mafia prosecutors office said Wednesday.
WORLD
Feb 23, 2016
Italy agrees to let anti-Islamic State drones depart from Sicily
Italy has agreed to let armed U.S. drones take off from an air base in Sicily on a case-by-case basis for defensive missions against Islamic State militants in North Africa, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Jan 27, 2016
Italy reports single-day rescue of over 1,200 boat migrants off Libya
Italy's coast guard said on Tuesday it had coordinated the rescue of 1,271 migrants from rubber and wooden boats in several operations off the coast of Libya.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 17, 2016
Italy decriminalizes obscene acts, other minor crimes to unburden justice system
Italy decriminalized a long list of minor crimes on Friday, from obscene acts to blunders by cannabis researchers, to ease pressure on an overburdened justice system that ranks among the least efficient in the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 15, 2015
Italian man sets himself on fire near Berlusconi's villa: media
An Italian man with financial difficulties doused his clothes with petrol and set himself on fire on Monday in front of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's home near the city of Milan, Italian media reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 4, 2015
Mediterranean migrant flow resumes; 2,000 rescued en route to Italy
Rescuers pulled almost 2,000 migrants from 11 boats that were attempting to cross the Mediterranean and reach Italy, the Italian coast guard said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 25, 2015
Ban blasts Balkan border curbs, 'profiling' of refugees; Greece arrivals ebb
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned new restrictions on refugees that have left around 1,000 migrants stuck at the main border crossing into Macedonia from Greece, denied entry due to their nationalities in violation of international law.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2015
Surveys suggest 5-Star Movement could win next Italian election
Electoral reforms passed in Italy this year could bring the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement to power, if the picture painted by a survey published on Tuesday holds until the next election, currently due in 2018.
Japan Times
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Sep 13, 2015
Italy beats Japan in straight sets at World Cup
Japan suffered a straight-sets defeat against Italy in the Men's Volleyball World Cup on Sunday, slipping to its second loss in the tournament, which also doubles as a qualifier for next summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 19, 2015
Europe braces for threefold migrant surge; Italy nabs eight alleged traffickers tied to deaths
More than three times as many migrants were tracked entering the European Union by irregular means last month than a year ago, official data showed on Tuesday, many of them landing on Greek islands after fleeing conflict in Syria.
WORLD
Aug 9, 2015
Italian man killed by wild boars in Sicily
A 77-year-old Italian man was killed by a group of wild boars on Saturday as he tried to defend his dogs from the charging animals near his home in Sicily, local police reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 4, 2015
Italy nabs 11 in hunt for Sicilian Mafia don of dons on run since '93
Police in Sicily arrested 11 suspected mobsters they believe were helping Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro evade capture and spread his orders to the rest of the criminal organization.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2015
Abe, Renzi agree to beef up security, economic ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his visiting Italian counterpart, Matteo Renzi, agreed Monday to strengthen bilateral security and economic ties, and cooperate further on a wide range of global issues.
WORLD
Aug 1, 2015
Bin Laden relatives reportedly killed in British plane crash
A private jet crashed in southern England on Friday, killing four people on board, a spokesman for the Hampshire police service said, and Saudi and British media said the passengers were relatives of deceased al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2015
Pot pasta: Italian food fest in London features hemp oil-infused cannabis fare
Any Italian will tell you: pasta is healthy and makes you feel good. But what about spaghetti made from cannabis?
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 8, 2015
Italy holds funeral service for first migrant victims of deadliest shipwreck in recent history
Italy held a funeral service on Tuesday for 13 migrants who died in the worst shipwreck in the Mediterranean in recent history, while the navy continued its search for other victims of the disaster.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 22, 2015
In show of unity, Renzi, Hollande dismiss claims of tensions over migrant crisis
Italy's prime minister and France's president put on a show of unity on Sunday, dismissing suggestions of tensions between their countries over handling the waves of migrants landing on Southern Europe's shores.
WORLD
Jun 11, 2015
Migrants race through Italy to dodge EU asylum rules
Last month, Dejen Asefaw was rescued with hundreds of other migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and brought to Sicily. The 24-year-old graduate from Eritrea, who endured forced military service and prison at home, hopes to be granted asylum in Europe.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals