Sancho sinks Leicester as Man Utd win three in a row

Tokyo, 2 September, /AJMEDIA/ Jadon Sancho fired Manchester United to a 1-0 win at Leicester on Thursday as the England forward showed he still has a role to play despite… Read more

Amazon to unveil its $1bil bet with ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequel launch

Tokyo, 2 September, /AJMEDIA/ Stanley Kubrick once famously said J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy of novels was unfilmable. It is hard to imagine what the great director… Read more

Robot that stocks drinks is newest thing at FamilyMart in Japan

Tokyo, 2 September, /AJMEDIA/ A small robot with a clip-like hand and enough smarts to know which drinks are popular is part of an effort to make convenience stores even… Read more

International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation continues work to promote Turkic values at international level

Tokyo, 2 September, /AJMEDIA/ President of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva has met with Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the State of Qatar Rashad Ismayilov and Ambassador… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Sept. 1, 2022

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ Yen hits fresh 24-year low against U.S. dollar TOKYO – The yen fell to a fresh 24-year low against the U.S. dollar on Thursday amid growing… Read more

Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor brings strong winds to Okinawa

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor brought strong winds to the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Thursday as it regained strength while moving near the island region. The… Read more

Yen falls to fresh 24-year low vs. dollar on Fed official’s comments

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese yen fell Thursday to a fresh 24-year low in the 139 zone against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo after a Federal Reserve official’s hawkish… Read more

Japan gov’t holds disaster drill, scaled back due to COVID-19

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ The government held an annual disaster drill Thursday, though again scaling it back to prevent the spread of COVID-19, based on the scenario that a massive… Read more

Russia OKs Japan firm’s investment in Sakhalin 2 energy project

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ Russia has authorized investments by Japanese trading houses Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. in the Sakhalin 2 oil and gas energy project, a step toward… Read more

Japan firms’ pretax profits hit record high in April-June

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ Pretax profits among nonfinancial Japanese companies jumped 17.6 percent from a year earlier to a record 28.32 trillion yen ($203 billion) in the April-June quarter, government… Read more