Foreign employees at Lawson claim unfair treatment such as forced sushi and Christmas cake purchases

Tokyo, 7 August, /AJMEDIA/ For quite some time now the number of foreign-born employees at places such as convenience stores has been steadily rising. I kind of like it, because… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Aug. 7, 2022

Tokyo, 7 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japan defense chief Kishi may be replaced in Cabinet reshuffle TOKYO – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may replace Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, who had received help… Read more

Japanese backing for military build-up likely to rise after China’s missiles

Tokyo, 7 August, /AJMEDIA/ China’s firing of missiles into waters less than 160 km from Japan in a display of might after Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan will likely bolster public… Read more

Japan foreign minister promises Cambodia PM to help ASEAN on Myanmar

Tokyo, 7 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday pledged to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that Japan will support efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations… Read more

Husband who helped wife leave Unification Church now supports others

Tokyo, 7 August, /AJMEDIA/ Groups working to persuade individuals to leave the Unification Church say they face a daunting task as “they must beat God.” The fatal shooting of former… Read more

China’s foreign trade of goods up 10.4 pct in first 7 months

Tokyo, 7 August, /AJMEDIA/ China’s foreign trade of goods jumped 10.4 percent year on year to 23.6 trillion yuan (about 3.5 trillion U.S. dollars) during the first seven months of… Read more

Erdoğan: Turkey to contribute to regional peace in Black Sea

Tokyo, 7 August, /AJMEDIA/ President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey will contribute to regional peace in the Black Sea region, AJMEDIA reports citing Daily Sabah. Erdoğan delivered the remarks… Read more

US, Australia have shown interest in Tejas: MoD

Tokyo, 7 August, /AJMEDIA/ Among the countries that have evinced interest in Tejas, the light combat aircraft (LCA), are the US, Australia, Malaysia, Egypt, Indonesia, Argentina and the Philippines, the… Read more

Turkish FM calls Azerbaijani FM over attack on Azerbaijani embassy in UK

Tokyo, 7 August, /AJMEDIA/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye Mevlut Cavusoglu made a phone call to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov due to the attack on… Read more

Azerbaijanis in UK appeal to country’s Parliament regarding attack on Azerbaijani embassy

Tokyo, 7 August, /AJMEDIA/ The Coordination Council of Azerbaijanis in the UK appealed to the Parliament and Home Secretary Priti Patel regarding the religious extremists’ attack on the embassy of… Read more