https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy's iconic beer, Peroni, officially became Japanese on Thursday following a year of talks. https://www.thelocal.it/20161012/italian-beer-peroni-officially-turns-japanese Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:35:36 +0200 italian-beer-peroni-officially-turns-japanese Japanese archaeologists said Wednesday they have for the first time unearthed ancient Roman coins at the ruins of an old castle. https://www.thelocal.it/20160928/ancient-roman-coins-unearthed-at-japanese-castle Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:48:26 +0200 ancient-roman-coins-unearthed-at-japanese-castle Italy and Japan want the upcoming summit of Group of Seven leaders to send a "strong signal" of support for using flexible budget policies to stimulate a slowing global economy, the leaders of the two countries said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160502/italy-and-japan-urge-g7-to-spend-for-growth Mon, 02 May 2016 16:42:41 +0200 italy-and-japan-urge-g7-to-spend-for-growth Japan's Asahi Group Holdings has offered €3.1 billion for two top European lager brands from British giant SABMiller, in what would be the biggest-ever overseas acquisition by a Japanese beer company, a report said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160210/japans-asahi-offers-billions-for-italys-peroni Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:08:36 +0100 japans-asahi-offers-billions-for-italys-peroni Japan beat Italy 1-0 on Thursday in their final warm-up game before jetting off to Canada to defend their women's World Cup title. https://www.thelocal.it/20150528/japan-beat-italy-in-world-cup-sendoff Thu, 28 May 2015 17:10:49 +0200 japan-beat-italy-in-world-cup-sendoff An Italian man has been arrested in Japan after trying to kiss a woman on a train, Italian media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150306/italian-tourist-arrested-for-japan-kiss Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:55:37 +0100 italian-tourist-arrested-for-japan-kiss Italian trade unions have urged the government to block a deal by Japan's Hitachi to buy Finmeccanica's rail and traffic signal businesses in order to "save jobs and a strategic sector in the country". https://www.thelocal.it/20150224/italys-unions-oppose-hitachi-rail-deal Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:31:00 +0100 italys-unions-oppose-hitachi-rail-deal Hitachi said on Tuesday it would buy the rail and traffic signal businesses of Italy's Finmeccanica, in a deal that could reach more than $2.0 billion as it looks to take on global rail giants. https://www.thelocal.it/20150224/finmeccanica-to-sell-rail-firm-to-japan-for-21bn-hitachi Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:30:00 +0100 finmeccanica-to-sell-rail-firm-to-japan-for-21bn-hitachi Japanese football officials maintained a stony silence over their search for a new national team coach on Thursday, as former Roma boss Luciano Spalletti was strongly linked to the job. https://www.thelocal.it/20150212/italian-spalletti-eyed-for-japan-job-report Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:00:00 +0100 italian-spalletti-eyed-for-japan-job-report A trove of ancient documents unearthed at the Vatican could shed light on the brutal crackdown on Christianity in isolationist Japan under its samurai rulers, scholars say. https://www.thelocal.it/20140131/vatican-trove-shows-catholic-persecution-in-japan Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:35:00 +0100 vatican-trove-shows-catholic-persecution-in-japan