Hamaguchi’s ‘Drive My Car’ wins Golden Globe award

Tokyo, 10 January, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese feature film “Drive My Car” has won the Golden Globe award for Best Picture in the non-English language category. The movie, directed by Hamaguchi… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Jan. 10, 2022

Tokyo, 10 January, /AJMEDIA/ Okinawa, Hiroshima report high COVID cases as quasi-emergency starts TOKYO – Three Japanese prefectures hosting or neighboring U.S. military bases continued to see high coronavirus cases… Read more

World gets taste for Japanese gin as exports hit record high in 2021

Tokyo, 10 January, /AJMEDIA/ Gin produced in Japan, especially craft gin, has gained popularity overseas in recent years for its distinct flavor, with exports of the distilled alcoholic beverage hitting… Read more

Chen wins 6th straight U.S. figure skating championship

Tokyo, 10 January, /AJMEDIA/ Nathan Chen blazed through an entertaining free skate Sunday to win his sixth consecutive title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, solidifying his status as one… Read more

U.S., Japan agree to keep troops on base to curb COVID spread

Tokyo, 10 January, /AJMEDIA/ The U.S. and Japan on Sunday agreed to keep American troops within their bases as worries grew about a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the… Read more

19 dead, including 9 children, in New York apartment fire

Tokyo, 10 January, /AJMEDIA/ Nineteen people, including 9 children, have been killed in an apartment fire in New York City, in what the city’s fire commissioner called one of the… Read more

Japan will not seek immigration law amendment before summer election

Tokyo, 10 January, /AJMEDIA/ The government of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is unlikely to submit a bill to amend rules on how to accommodate foreigners facing deportation to a… Read more

McDonald’s Japan’s French fry rationing extended for about another month

Tokyo, 10 January, /AJMEDIA/ As we approached the end of last year, fast food fans were hit by the news of a French fry shortage in Japan which has most… Read more

Cavushoglu, Qatari FM discuss Kazakhstan, Afghanistan

Tokyo, 10 January, /AJMEDIA/ Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavushoglu discussed developments in Afghanistan and Kazakhstan with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in a phone call on… Read more

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan transporting cargo along TRACECA corridor as usually

Tokyo, 10 January, /AJMEDIA/ The cargo is transported and transited between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan along the Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) transport corridor as usually, Rufat Bayramov, Permanent Representative (National Secretary) of the… Read more