Liverpool’s season hits new low amid off-field uncertainty

Tokyo, 17 January, /AJMEDIA/ All Jurgen Klopp could do was ask for forgiveness. The final whistle had just been blown on what the Liverpool manager would later describe as the… Read more

Scientists use laser to guide lightning bolt for first time

Tokyo, 17 January, /AJMEDIA/ Scientists said Monday they have used a laser beam to guide lightning for the first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts —… Read more

Today, Azerbaijan not only satisfies its own energy needs, but also exports crude, gas, electricity -President Ilham Aliyev

Tokyo, 16 January, /AJMEDIA/ Today, Azerbaijan not only satisfies its all needs with energy, but also is exporting crude oil, oil products, natural gas, petrochemicals and electricity, President of Azerbaijan… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Jan. 16, 2023

Tokyo, 16 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan, S. Korea discuss Seoul’s proposal to solve wartime labor row TOKYO – Senior Japanese and South Korean diplomats discussed Monday a recent suggestion by Seoul… Read more

ANA to offer flight attendants 2-day workweek after COVID

Tokyo, 16 January, /AJMEDIA/ All Nippon Airways Co. plans to offer its flight attendants the option of working two days a week, starting fiscal 2023, enabling them to pursue second… Read more

Japan’s opposition parties unite to take on Kishida over tax hike plan

Tokyo, 16 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s opposition parties on Monday banded together against Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s plan to raise taxes to cover an increase in defense spending, hoping to leverage… Read more

Ex-Japan defense chief Kishi to quit soon; by-election eyed in April

Tokyo, 16 January, /AJMEDIA/ Former Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi is set to resign as a lawmaker soon, sources close to the matter said, likely setting up a by-election in April… Read more

Righting shoddy nuclear waste storage site to cost Japan 36 bil. yen

Tokyo, 16 January, /AJMEDIA/ The Japan Atomic Energy Agency estimates that it will cost taxpayers 36.1 billion yen ($280 million) to rectify the shoddy storage of radioactive waste in a… Read more

Asahi tops as 3 of 4 major Japanese brewers post increased sales in 2022

Tokyo, 16 January, /AJMEDIA/ Three of four major Japanese brewers posted a rise in sales of beer and beer-like drinks in 2022 from a year earlier, with Asahi Breweries Ltd… Read more

Rescue hopes fade after Russian attack in Ukraine’s Dnipro; dozens feared dead

Tokyo, 16 January, /AJMEDIA/ Ukraine saw little hope of pulling any more survivors from the rubble of an apartment block in the city of Dnipro on Sunday, a day after… Read more