President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva viewed progress of works in a number of newly built facilities in Shusha

Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva have viewed the construction at a new residential complex built in Shusha, in… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Sept. 29, 2022

Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japan to invest 1 tril. yen in talent development over 5 years TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to announce plans to invest… Read more

Defense minister, Okinawa gov. at odds over U.S. base relocation plan

Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki on Wednesday failed to make concessions on a plan to relocate a key U.S. base within the… Read more

Japan PM meets foreign leaders on final day of “condolence diplomacy”

Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Wednesday with a spate of foreign dignitaries in Tokyo on the final of three days of “condolence diplomacy,” a day… Read more

Alzheimer’s drug proves effective in slowing symptoms, says Eisai

Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese drug maker Eisai Co. said Wednesday that its Alzheimer’s disease drug, under development with U.S. firm Biogen Inc., has succeeded in slowing the aggravation of… Read more

New exhibition at Stonehenge probes Japan’s prehistoric cultures

Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ An exhibition will open at Stonehenge on Friday, showing the remarkable similarities between prehistoric cultures in Britain and Japan. The exhibition will feature over 80 Japanese… Read more

Diet to convene extraordinary session Monday

Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ The Diet will convene an extraordinary session on Monday, lawmakers said, with opposition parties aiming to grill Prime Minister Fumio Kishida over links between his party… Read more

EU vows to protect energy network after ‘sabotage’ of Russian gas pipeline

Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ The European Union on Wednesday promised a “robust” response to any intentional disruption of its energy infrastructure after saying it suspected sabotage was behind gas leaks… Read more

U.S. says it has agreed on Pacific Islands partnership, offering ‘big dollar’ aid

Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ The United States began a first-of-its-kind summit with Pacific island leaders on Wednesday, saying they had agreed on a partnership for the future and holding out… Read more

IGB pipeline receives Operation Permit for territory of Greece

Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ The Operation Permit for the Greek section of the interconnector Greece-Bulgaria was signed, allowing the start of the commercial operation of the pipeline on October 1st,… Read more