Tokyo unwitting host to Chinese “police station”

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Foreign Ministry on Monday shared with lawmakers a rights group’s report claiming that Tokyo is unwittingly hosting a so-called Chinese overseas police station, believed to… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Dec. 20, 2022

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s FY 2023 budget likely to hit another record of 114 tril. yen TOKYO – Japan’s state budget for fiscal 2023 will likely hit another record… Read more

Japan designates chips, batteries strategically critical materials

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan on Tuesday designated 11 key fields including semiconductors, batteries and rare earths as critical materials that need to be secured stably even in times of… Read more

Japan ruling party lawmaker to resign over political funds scandal

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ A lawmaker from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to resign due to a political funds scandal ahead of a spate of local assembly elections… Read more

Announcement of Don Quijote’s beloved mascot being changed has shoppers in shock

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ If you’ve ever traveled in Japan, even if you’ve never stepped foot inside one, you’ve almost certainly had the shining lights and blaring cheerful music of… Read more

Ex-SDF member says misconduct routine in her unit

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ A woman who served in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) and who came forward with her sexual misconduct case said Monday that harassment was as… Read more

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appointed ambassador to U.S

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been appointed Australia’s next ambassador to the United States at a time when both countries are deepening security cooperation in… Read more

Co-op between think tanks of Azerbaijan, Mexico expands

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with the newly appointed Ambassador of Mexico to Azerbaijan Maria Victoria Romero Caballero, AJMEDIA reports citing the press service of… Read more

Azerbaijani MFA responds to statements of Estonian Foreign Ministry

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry considers it unacceptable that the Estonian Foreign Ministry calls the Karabakh region of the country an obsolete Soviet name, AJMEDIA reports, citing… Read more

Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia address co-op between countries

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov met with a delegation led by Minister of Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,… Read more