Tokyo, 23 May, /AJMEDIA/ British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set July 4 as the date for a national election that will determine who governs the UK, as his… Read more
Tokyo, 23 May, /AJMEDIA/ Russia said Wednesday that its forces had retaken Klishchiivka, one of a handful of villages on the eastern front that Ukraine took control of in a… Read more
Tokyo, 23 May, /AJMEDIA/ A senior Chinese Communist Party official plans to visit Tokyo this month to meet with leaders from Japan’s ruling parties and discuss resuming regular talks between… Read more
Tokyo, 23 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan has lodged a protest against the Chinese ambassador’s “extremely inappropriate” comments relating to Taiwan, chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday. Wu Jianghao, the… Read more
Tokyo, 23 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s trade deficit in April grew nearly 8% from a year earlier as the weak yen boosted the value of imports, offsetting gains from a jump… Read more
Tokyo, 23 May, /AJMEDIA/ Asian markets were mostly lower in cautious trading on Wednesday after U.S. stocks hit new record highs. U.S. futures and oil prices slipped. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225… Read more
Tokyo, 23 May, /AJMEDIA/ British actor Gary Oldman, who plays a washed-up alcoholic writer in new Cannes film “Parthenope”, said Wednesday he is celebrating 27 years sober. The Oscar winner… Read more
Tokyo, 23 May, /AJMEDIA/ International flight passengers at Tokyo’s Haneda airport totaled a record high of 19.1 million in fiscal 2023, government data showed Wednesday, with an increase in inbound… Read more