Japan exit from Sakhalin LNG would let China swoop in: ex-minister

Tokyo, 7 March, /AJMEDIA Japan needs to be pragmatic about its energy procurement and think twice about leaving a Russian natural gas project, a senior politician in the ruling Liberal… Read more

North Korea says it conducted test for reconnaissance satellite on March 5

Tokyo, 7 March, /AJMEDIA North Korea’s latest launch was conducted to develop a reconnaissance satellite, state-run media reported Sunday, a day after what was described by neighboring countries as a… Read more

French Foreign Minister underlines need to maintain communication with Putin

Tokyo, 7 March, /AJMEDIA French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian highlighted the need to maintain channels of communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin, AJMEDIA reports citing TASS. “It is indispensable… Read more

Azerbaijan eyes to expand range of financing tools

Tokyo, 7 March, /AJMEDIA Azerbaijan plans to expand the range of financing tools, Vice President of the National Confederation of Employers’ Organizations of the Azerbaijan Republic Vugar Zeynalov told AJMEDIA.… Read more

Turkish FM holds telephone conversations with Russian and Ukrainian counterparts

Tokyo, 7 March, /AJMEDIA Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Sunday held telephone conversations with Russian and Ukrainian counterparts Sergey Lavrov and Dmytro Kuleba, AJMEDIA reports. In the talks, Cavusoglu… Read more

Thirteen Syrian soldiers killed, 18 injured in attack in Palmyra

Tokyo, 7 March, /AJMEDIA Thirteen Syrian army soldiers were killed and 18 others were injured in an attack on their bus in the countryside near Palmyra, AJMEDIA reports citing Reuters.… Read more

Building of Azerbaijani honorary consulate in Kharkiv seriously damaged – MFA

Tokyo, 7 March, /AJMEDIA The building of the honorary consulate of Azerbaijan in Kharkiv was seriously damaged as a result of air strikes on the territory where the consulate building… Read more

Muraoka wins 2nd gold in Beijing; bronze for Morii

Tokyo, 7 March, /AJMEDIA Japan’s Momoka Muraoka went two for two at the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday when she added the women’s sitting super-G Alpine skiing gold to the downhill… Read more

Signaling a shift, ‘Drive My Car’ rides into the Oscars

Tokyo, 7 March, /AJMEDIA Since the flurry of text messages that greeted him when he stepped off a plane in Berlin on Oscar nominations morning, Ryusuke Hamaguchi has had some… Read more

Kyoto-based company develops world’s first audio metaverse platform

Tokyo, 7 March, /AJMEDIA With the majority of the world having been put on hold over the last two years, people have found the drive to pursue a more digital… Read more