Myanmar residents lobby Japan to act over conscription law

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ Members of Myanmar’s expatriate community in Japan are lobbying local assemblies to pressure the central government to accept their fleeing compatriots in the wake of the… Read more

Israel vows to intensify operations in Rafah

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ Israel vowed Thursday to “intensify” its ground offensive in Rafah, in defiance of global warnings over the fate of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians sheltering… Read more

Ukraine says it has checked Russia’s offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ Ukrainian units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s forces in a key northeastern Ukraine town have halted the Russian advance, military officials in Kyiv claimed… Read more

U.S. Navy flagship carrier USS Ronald Reagan leaves its Japan home port after nearly 9 years

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ A U.S. Navy strike group’s flagship aircraft carrier left its Japanese home port on Thursday, wrapping up nearly nine years of deployment in the Indo-Pacific, where… Read more

Toshiba to cut 6% of domestic workforce in big revamp after delisting

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ Toshiba Corp said Thursday it will slash up to 6 percent of its workforce in Japan by offering staff early retirement packages and reduce redundant operations… Read more

Honda revs up on EVs, aiming for lucrative U.S., China markets

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese automaker Honda reaffirmed its commitment to electric vehicles Thursday, saying it will invest 10 trillion yen ($65 billion) through fiscal 2031 to deliver EV models… Read more

‘Mad Max’ tears through Cannes with frenetic ‘Furiosa’

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ “Furiosa”, the latest frenetically paced “Mad Max” action movie, zoomed into pole position among this year’s blockbusters with a raucous world premiere at the Cannes Film… Read more

Google’s AI search revamp puts publishers in a quandary

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ Google’s use of artificial intelligence to sum up answers to search queries has publishers wondering if traffic to their websites will wither. The internet titan announced… Read more

Top tennis players say they’re playing too much because the tournaments are too long

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ More competition days, more tickets sold, more TV time, more money. For tennis organizers, the long-sought upgrade of tournaments in Madrid and Rome — expanding them… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: May 16, 2024

Tokyo, 16 May, /AJMEDIA/ Xi, Putin agree on political settlement of Ukraine crisis BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday he and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, agreed that… Read more