Li Qiang, Xi confidant, takes reins as China’s premier

Tokyo, 11 March, /AJMEDIA/ BEIJING – Four years before Li Qiang gained notoriety as the force behind the two-month COVID-19 lockdown of Shanghai, the man who became China’s premier on… Read more

Japan baseball manager demands more after thrashing S Korea 13-4

Tokyo, 11 March, /AJMEDIA/ TOKYO – Japan’s World Baseball Classic manager warned that his team can still get better after they thrashed arch-rivals South Korea on Friday for their second… Read more

Converting rice into low-carbon plastic: Bringing hope to a struggling Fukushima town

Tokyo, 11 March, /AJMEDIA/ NAMIE, Fukushima – Jinichi Abe grins as he watches diggers working earth near his rice fields, knowing they are returning still more fields to productivity after… Read more

G7 renews pledge to support Ukraine energy sector, says Japan

Tokyo, 11 March, /AJMEDIA/ TOKYO – The Group of Seven (G7) and other like-minded organizations renewed their pledge to support Ukraine’s energy sector, Japan’s foreign ministry said after the group… Read more

Japan to hold 1st intergovernmental talks with Germany on March 18

Tokyo, 11 March, /AJMEDIA/ TOKYO – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to visit Japan, along with six members of his cabinet, to… Read more

China condemns Japanese plan to release Fukushima water

Tokyo, 11 March, /AJMEDIA/ BEIJING – China on Friday condemned a Japanese plan to release treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, demanding that Tokyo… Read more