SpaceX capsule with world’s first all-civilian orbital crew heads for splashdown

Tokyo, 19 September, /AJMEDIA/ The quartet of citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission began their descent from space en route to a splashdown in the Atlantic on Saturday to… Read more

Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Syrian gas pipeline

Tokyo, 19 September, /AJMEDIA/ Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a gas pipeline at Deir Ali power station in Syria, according to a statement published on Saturday… Read more

Cart-hauling returns to famous festival

Tokyo, 19 September, /AJMEDIA/ The main event of a long-running festival in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, is being held for the first time in two years. The Danjiri festival in… Read more

LDP’s Kono, Kishida call for summit talks with China

Tokyo, 19 September, /AJMEDIA/ Former foreign ministers Taro Kono and Fumio Kishida, candidates to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, affirmed on Saturday the… Read more

Kabuki to collaborate with virtual diva in global streaming

Tokyo, 19 September, /AJMEDIA/ A special Kabuki performance showcasing the collaboration of actor Nakamura Shido and popular virtual diva Hatsune Miku will be streamed online from Monday in 11 countries… Read more

Aid groups in Japan vow to continue support for Afghanistan

Tokyo, 19 September, /AJMEDIA/ Humanitarian organizations in Japan have said they are determined to continue support for Afghanistan despite deteriorating security and logistics issues amid uncertainty in the country following… Read more

First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva makes Instagram post on National Music Day

Tokyo, 19 September, /AJMEDIA/ First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has made a post on the occasion of the National Music Day on her official Instagram page.… Read more

Turkey blasts ‘biased’ declaration of EU’s Med9 countries

Tokyo, 19 September, /AJMEDIA/ A new declaration by a group of southern EU states is one-sided and divorced from reality, Turkey said on Saturday, according to Anadolu Agency. The treatment… Read more

Famous photojournalist Reza Deghati makes Facebook post on defaced bust of Nizami Ganjavi

Tokyo, 19 September, /AJMEDIA/ Famous photojournalist Reza Deghati has made a post on his Facebook account highlighting the bust of great Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami Ganjavi destroyed by Armenians… Read more

Statement on results of fact-finding mission in liberated territories of Azerbaijan adopted

Tokyo, 19 September, /AJMEDIA/ The statement on the results of the fact-finding mission in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan has been adopted following the press conference held by the delegation… Read more