Alessandro Rapinese issues the prohibition for the historic city centre after an encounter with a cyclist last month.

Mitsubishi Electric said on August 20 that it will acquire U.S.-based PCI Energy Solutions, a developer of software used to manage electricity trading and other energy operations, in a deal worth about 220 billion yen, the largest acquisition in the Japanese company's history. (News On Japan)

A 16-year-old girl who repeatedly insisted she was innocent died months after an 18-day detention and interrogation left her suffering from an eating disorder and severe psychological trauma, while other people have come forward alleging troubling investigative practices by the same police station. (News On Japan)

A Japanese sister school of Britain's prestigious Gordonstoun School, whose alumni include King Charles III and his father Prince Philip, is scheduled to open in Wakayama city in September 2027 as a fully residential international school charging annual tuition of about 8 million to 10 million yen. (News On Japan)

Japan's government is moving toward abolishing the Cool Japan Fund, a public-private investment vehicle created to support the overseas expansion of Japanese anime, food culture and other industries, after its cumulative losses reached 54 billion yen. (News On Japan)

Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani's detention is "unjustified and disproportionate", Reporters Without Borders says.

Four members of an indigenous family are among the dead, witnesses said.

Investigators believe they have identified an arsonist who attacked a Jewish community centre in Munich in 1970, killing seven people.

Lebanon handed over former General Adel Issa, as Syria steps up its pursuit of wanted members of the former regime.

Lebanon handed over former General Adel Issa, as Syria steps up its pursuit of wanted members of the former regime.