Japan to smash medal record but Yuzuru Hanyu may miss history

Tokyo, 3 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japan may be set to accumulate a record medal total for a Winter Olympics, but golds could be hard to come by with national icon Yuzuru… Read more

Music industry wakes up to mental health crisis

Tokyo, 3 February, /AJMEDIA/ It was a highly original way to drop a new track: live in the studio on France’s evening news, Belgian star Stromae answered a question by… Read more

Medical center begins cancer treatment with compact proton therapy system

Tokyo, 3 February, /AJMEDIA/ Hitachi Ltd has announced that Shonan Kamakura Advanced Medical Center at Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, where Hitachi’s compact proton therapy system, has been installed, has commenced… Read more

Faith in the metaverse: A VR quest for community, fellowship

Tokyo, 3 February, /AJMEDIA/ Under quarantine for COVID-19 exposure, Garret Bernal and his family missed a recent Sunday church service. So he strapped on a virtual reality headset and explored… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Feb. 2, 2022

Tokyo, 2 February, /AJMEDIA/ U.N. chief condemns N. Korea launch of mid-range ballistic missile NEW YORK – U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday condemned North Korea’s launching of a… Read more

New U.S. envoy Emanuel, Japan foreign minister affirm alliance

Tokyo, 2 February, /AJMEDIA/ The new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday affirmed the two nations’ alliance in coping with the challenges… Read more

Putin says U.S. “ignored” key security concerns amid Ukraine standoff

Tokyo, 2 February, /AJMEDIA/ Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday slammed the United States and its European allies for having “ignored” key security concerns raised by Moscow amid the ongoing… Read more

Japan, U.S. foreign chiefs confirm cooperation on North Korean threat

Tokyo, 2 February, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese and U.S. foreign ministers agreed Wednesday to closely cooperate toward the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, amid repeated North Korean ballistic missile launches… Read more

Japan’s lower house expresses concern over human rights in China

Tokyo, 2 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s House of Representatives adopted Tuesday a rare resolution expressing concern over the human rights situations in China’s Xinjiang region and Hong Kong, underscoring its focus… Read more

New IsDBI book details practical ways of curtailing risk in Islamic finance

Tokyo, 2 February, /AJMEDIA/ The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) has released a new book detailing the application of ‘heavy tails’ distribution techniques to curtail risk in Islamic finance portfolios.… Read more