Climate lawsuits against companies on the rise: report

Tokyo, 29 June, /AJMEDIA/ Companies worldwide have faced mounting legal pressure to reduce their impact on global warming as activists use litigation to fight climate change, according to a new… Read more

Toyota global output falls in May for 4th month on price war in China

Tokyo, 29 June, /AJMEDIA/ Toyota Motor Corp says its global production for May fell 4.1 percent from a year earlier to 812,191 units, marking the fourth straight month of decline… Read more

In race to regain rare earth glory, Europe falls short on mineral goals

Tokyo, 29 June, /AJMEDIA/ Four decades ago, a rare earth processing plant on France’s Atlantic coast was one of the largest in the world, churning out materials used to make… Read more

Kobayashi Pharma probing 76 more deaths linked to supplement

Tokyo, 29 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese health supplement maker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said Friday it was probing 76 more deaths possibly linked to its tablets containing red yeast rice, meant to lower… Read more

ANA, JAL team up to tackle abusive customers under joint guidelines

Tokyo, 29 June, /AJMEDIA/ ANA Holdings Inc and Japan Airlines Co say they will respond to customer harassment under their jointly drawn-up guidelines as part of efforts to prevent their… Read more

Trip down memory lane for Japan’s emperor and wife on final day of UK visit

Tokyo, 29 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his wife took a trip down memory lane on Friday, the final day of their week-long stay in Britain, with a visit… Read more

EU further scrutinises Microsoft, OpenAI tie-up

Tokyo, 29 June, /AJMEDIA/ The EU will examine the impact of Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar partnership with ChatGPT developer OpenAI on competition in the fast-growing AI market, the bloc’s antitrust chief said… Read more

Japan’s space agency delays launch of upgraded observation satellite on new H3 rocket due to weather

Tokyo, 29 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s space agency said Friday its planned launch this weekend of a satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket will be postponed until Monday due to… Read more

More Minion mayhem in ‘Despicable Me 4’

Tokyo, 29 June, /AJMEDIA/ Should a review of a “Despicable Me” movie be a thoughtful analysis or just a list of the funny stuff the Minions do in it? As… Read more

Murray, Djokovic cleared for Wimbledon duty

Tokyo, 29 June, /AJMEDIA/ Former champions Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic shrugged off lingering injury concerns on Friday to take their places in the draw for Wimbledon. Murray, the 2013… Read more