Some companies try 4-day workweek to offer flexibility to employees

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ A growing list of Japanese companies have opened the door for employees to work four days a week, instead of five, offering them more flexibility so… Read more

Foreign minister, not Kishida, to attend S Korean president’s inauguration

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan plans to send Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol’s inauguration ceremony next week, deciding not to consent to Seoul’s wish… Read more

Putin tells Macron Russia is ready to continue dialogue with Kiev

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday that despite Kiev’s unpreparedness for serious work Russia remained… Read more

Turkey to launch new project for return of 1 million Syrians

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ Turkey is working on a new major construction project in Idlib province of Syria for the return of 1 million Syrians, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has… Read more

Al-Shabaab attacks African Union camp in Somalia, three killed

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ Somalia’s al-Shabaab group attacked an African Union mission troop camp in the Shabelle region in the center of the country, a local elder and the group… Read more

Azerbaijani FM, French Foreign ministry official discuss situation in S.Caucasus

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov met with Brice Roquefeuil, Ambassador of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic for the… Read more

Turkish, Armenian special representatives hold meeting in Vienna

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ The meeting of the special representatives for the normalization process between Turkey and Armenia, respectively, Ambassador Serdar Kilic and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev congratulates Israel’s President

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to President of Israel Isaac Herzog, AJMEDIA reports. “Dear Mr. President, It is with the best… Read more

Average time for freight traffic between Azerbaijan and Georgia to be reduced

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ The average time of freight traffic between the border of Azerbaijan and Georgia’s Batumi Port will be reduced by 4 hours under Asian Development Bank’s (ADB)… Read more

Australian Baseball League eyes adding team with Japanese players

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Australian Baseball League is looking to add a team comprised mainly of Japanese players as early as the season starting in November 2023, a source… Read more