Endangered ptarmigan airlifted to Japan Alps ahead of 1st-ever release

Tokyo, 10 August, /AJMEDIA/ A helicopter carrying 19 rock ptarmigans left a zoo bound for the Central Alps on Wednesday in the first attempt to return the extinction-threatened alpine bird… Read more

Profiles of Japan PM Kishida’s Cabinet members

Tokyo, 10 August, /AJMEDIA/ Here are the profiles of members of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s new Cabinet: Kishida, a known quantity in diplomacy, a self-claimed good listener Soft-spoken Prime… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Aug. 10, 2022

Tokyo, 10 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japan PM to reshuffle Cabinet, LDP leadership as public support slips TOKYO – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will reshuffle his Cabinet and ruling party executives on… Read more

Japan’s Kishida revamps Cabinet as public support slips

Tokyo, 10 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday reshuffled his Cabinet and party executive lineup, seeking to stem a decline in public support and cut any dubious… Read more

Japan PM to pick ex-defense chief Hamada for defense portfolio

Tokyo, 10 August, /AJMEDIA/ Former Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada will return to the job and Yasutoshi Nishimura, who was in charge of the government’s COVID-19 response, will serve as industry… Read more

2 Japanese universities in merger talks amid rising global competition

Tokyo, 10 August, /AJMEDIA/ The Tokyo Institute of Technology and the Tokyo Medical and Dental University said Tuesday the two schools will begin discussing a merger amid intensifying competition among… Read more

Relocated beavers helped mitigate some effects of climate change

Tokyo, 10 August, /AJMEDIA/ In the upper reaches of the Skykomish River in Washington state, a pioneering team of civil engineers is keeping things cool. Relocated beavers boosted water storage… Read more

Iran nuclear deal is ‘yes or no’, no renegotiations possible, EU stresses

Tokyo, 10 August, /AJMEDIA/ The spokesman for EU diplomatic chief Josep Borrell: “The EU expects Tehran and Washington to take a “quick decision” on the final compromise worked out in… Read more

US plans to continue using ISS until 2030 — NASA chief

Tokyo, 10 August, /AJMEDIA/ The United States plans to continue using the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has told reporters, AJMEDIA reports citing TASS. “The… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold meeting in Konya

Tokyo, 10 August, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a meeting in the city of Konya… Read more