Japan’s shinkansen bullet trains gearing up for automatic driving

Tokyo, 02 July, /AJMEDIA/ Automatically operated shinkansen bullet trains could be right around the bend. Central Japan Railway Co. and East Japan Railway Co. aim to commercialize driverless systems around… Read more

Kyoto offers $2,770 premium seats for famous Gion Festival

Tokyo, 02 July, /AJMEDIA/ A Kyoto tourism association is selling premium tickets worth 400,000 yen ($2,770) each to view the Gion Festival, one of the largest festivals in Japan, held… Read more

Israel’s air force attacks Syria

Tokyo, 02 July, /AJMEDIA/ Israel carried out airstrikes on areas near the central Syrian city of Homs early Sunday causing material damage but no casualties, the Syrian military said in… Read more

Scientists have finally ‘heard’ chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through universe

Tokyo, 02 July, /AJMEDIA/ Scientists have observed for the first time the faint ripples caused by the motion of black holes that are gently stretching and squeezing everything in the… Read more

Japan to appoint Masuda as top bureaucrat at Defense Ministry

Tokyo, 02 July, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government plans to appoint Kazuo Masuda, director general for defense policy, as the Defense Ministry’s top bureaucrat after he played a central role in… Read more

Twitter introduces post viewing cap over ‘data scraping’

Tokyo, 02 July, /AJMEDIA/ Twitter owner Elon Musk announced late on Saturday that the company was temporarily restricting the daily number of tweets users could see over concerns on “data… Read more

Azerbaijani chess players improve their positions in FIDE rating

Tokyo, 02 July, /AJMEDIA/ The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has published the July rating, AJMEDIA reports. Azerbaijani chess player Teymur Rajabov, (2747) moved up one line to 12th place. Shahriyar… Read more

Azerbaijani athletes to compete in three disciplines at III European Games

Tokyo, 02 July, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijani athletes will compete today in three disciplines at the III European Games organized in Poland, AJMEDIA reports. Representatives of Azerbaijan will take part in competitions… Read more

Illegal Armenian armed groups continue transporting weapons to Azerbaijan’s Karabakh

Tokyo, 02 July, /AJMEDIA/ Another video footage showing transportation of weapons by members of illegal Armenian armed groups [which remained in Azerbaijan contrary to the trilateral statement signed on November… Read more

Iranian currency rates for July 2

Tokyo, 02 July, /AJMEDIA/ The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced an official rate of foreign currencies on July 2, AJMEDIA reports. According to the currency exchange rate of the… Read more