“Reviving Ancient Silk Road through Port of Baku”

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan has set out to develop a world-class port as a significant intermodal logistics hub at the heart of Eurasia. The focus of the Port of… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Dec. 6, 2022

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ Football: Japan’s World Cup ends in loss to Croatia on penalties AL WAKRAH, Qatar – Croatia broke Japanese hearts with a 3-1 win on penalties following… Read more

Japan eyes around 43 tril. yen defense spending for next 5 years

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida aims to boost the country’s defense budget to about 43 trillion yen ($318 billion) from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2027, an… Read more

Japan’s Oct. household spending up 1.2% on recovering tourism

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s household spending in October increased a real 1.2 percent from a year earlier, rising for the fifth consecutive month, as people spent more on trips… Read more

Japan lifts ban on automated drone flights over residential areas

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan on Monday lifted its ban on automated drone flights over residential areas to allow aerial parcel deliveries and help address the country’s labor shortages amid… Read more

Drugmaker donates ¥1.9 bil of its shares to Kyoto University

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ JCR Pharmaceuticals Co has donated company shares worth about 1.9 billion yen to Kyoto University in the first share donation by an enterprise to a public… Read more

Asian shares mixed, oil higher after Russia price cap pact

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ Asian shares were mostly higher and oil prices rose Monday after the European Union and the Group of Seven democracies agreed on a boycott of most… Read more

‘Let’s open our eyes’ to rising xenophobia, Macron warns

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ French President Emmanuel Macron visited a camp in France where authorities rounded up Jews before and during World War II, and said Monday it’s time to… Read more

Military munitions found in Azerbaijan’s Khizi district

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ The 112 hotline of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations has received information about the discovery of military munitions near the village of Gilyazi of Khizi… Read more

A natural gene drive could steer invasive rodents on islands to extinction

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ In the battle against the invasive house mouse on islands, scientists are using the rodent’s own genes against it. With the right tweaks, introducing a few… Read more