Japan to up response to quasi-legal drugs amid rising health fears

Tokyo, 04 September, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government is planning to bolster its response to technically legal drugs amid a spate of recent cases where young people have experienced serious adverse… Read more

Baseball:Masataka Yoshida spurs Red Sox past Royals with long-awaited homer

Tokyo, 04 September, /AJMEDIA/ Masataka Yoshida ended a 12-game home run drought Sunday as he sparked the Boston Red Sox to a 7-3 win over the Kansas City Royals with… Read more

Baseball star Hotaka Yamakawa suspended indefinitely over alleged rape case

Tokyo, 04 September, /AJMEDIA/ The Seibu Lions baseball club announced an indefinite suspension Monday for infielder Hotaka Yamakawa after Tokyo prosecutors decided not to indict him over an allegation of… Read more

Okinawa loses in legal battle with state over U.S. base landfill

Tokyo, 04 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s top court on Monday turned down an appeal by Okinawa Prefecture against the state’s order to advance landfill work for the relocation of a key… Read more

Mitsubishi Heavy reschedules moon rocket launch for Thursday

Tokyo, 04 September, /AJMEDIA/ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said on Monday it planned to launch its H-IIA rocket carrying a moon lander on Thursday morning, after unfavorable wind conditions led to… Read more

Japanese fishermen, locals seek halt to Fukushima water release

Tokyo, 04 September, /AJMEDIA/ Around 100 fishermen and locals living near Fukushima will file a lawsuit this week seeking to stop the release of wastewater from the stricken Japanese nuclear… Read more

New Delhi got a makeover for G20 summit; the city’s poor say they were simply erased

Tokyo, 04 September, /AJMEDIA/ New Delhi’s crowded streets have been resurfaced. Streetlights are illuminating once dark sidewalks. City buildings and walls are painted with bright murals and graffiti. Planted flowers… Read more

AI project imagines adult faces of children who disappeared during Argentina’s military dictatorship

Tokyo, 04 September, /AJMEDIA/ If a baby was taken from their parents four decades ago during Argentina’s military dictatorship, what would that person look like today? Argentine publicist Santiago Barros… Read more

Japan loans Jordan $100 million for electricity reforms

Tokyo, 04 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japan extended a $100 million loan to help Jordan’s electricity sector reforms as part of Tokyo’s support for the kingdom’s IMF-guided reforms, officials said on Sunday.… Read more

Convoy with 40 tons of flour sent from Baku awaits on Aghdam-Khankendi road for seventh day in a row

Tokyo, 04 September, /AJMEDIA/ The food convoy sent from Baku for the Armenian residents of Karabakh has been on the Aghdam-Khankendi road for the seventh day already, AJMEDIA reports. Two… Read more