Japan should double foreign aid in 10 years, panel proposes

Tokyo, 9 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan should double the budget for its official development assistance over the next decade to help it protect its national interests and contribute more to building… Read more

Japan, Britain, Italy to develop next-generation fighter jet by 2035

Tokyo, 9 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan, Britain and Italy said Friday they will jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet by 2035 in Tokyo’s first such defense cooperation with countries other than… Read more

Japan’s fiscal restoration goal won’t change with more defense spending

Tokyo, 9 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan will retain its goal of restoring its fiscal health by fiscal 2025 despite a substantial increase in defense spending in the coming years to respond… Read more

Japan carrier Rakuten Mobile warned over widespread network outage

Tokyo, 9 December, /AJMEDIA/ Rakuten Mobile Inc. was instructed by the Japanese government on Friday not to repeat the massive disruptions of its mobile phone services and data transmission seen… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Dec. 9, 2022

Tokyo, 9 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan, Britain, Italy to develop next-generation fighter jet by 2035 TOKYO – Japan, Britain and Italy said Friday they will jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet… Read more

Japan’s Empress Masako turns 59, reflects on half a lifetime as royal

Tokyo, 9 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Empress Masako, on the occasion of her 59th birthday Friday, reflected on having spent exactly half of her life in the imperial family since marrying… Read more

Israel’s Netanyahu asks president to extend mandate to form gov’t

Tokyo, 9 December, /AJMEDIA/ Israeli former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday asked President Isaac Herzog for an extension of the mandate to form a new coalition government, his Likud… Read more

OSCE makes announcement regarding ‘assessment mission’ sent to Armenia

Tokyo, 9 December, /AJMEDIA/ The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) made an announcement two months after the “OSCE Needs Assessment Mission” was sent to Armenia on October… Read more

Azerbaijani FM updates US Assistant Secretary of State on recent illegal activity on Lachin corridor

Tokyo, 9 December, /AJMEDIA/ Phone talks between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen… Read more

Azerbaijan makes changes to Law ‘On Prosecutor’s Office’

Tokyo, 9 December, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a Law amending the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On the Prosecutor’s Office”, AJMEDIA reports.… Read more