Toyota shareholders demand vote against chairman Toyoda as automaker embroiled in testing scandal

Tokyo, 17 June, /AJMEDIA/ Toyota’s chairman Akio Toyoda will be facing some disgruntled shareholders this week, as two major proxy groups demand a vote against keeping the grandson of the… Read more

Nikka whisky maker ramps up investment to increase exports

Tokyo, 17 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Nikka Whisky Distilling Co has said it will invest 6 billion yen this year on storage facilities in a bid to boost its production capacity… Read more

China waits anxiously for economic plan as gloom reigns

Tokyo, 17 June, /AJMEDIA/ Rows and rows of partially inhabited high-rises sprawl into the suburbs of the northern Chinese metropolis of Tianjin, their empty balconies emblematic of a slowing economy… Read more

An emotional win for theaters, Hollywood: ‘Inside Out 2’ scores massive $155 million opening

Tokyo, 17 June, /AJMEDIA/ Hollywood’s summer movie anxieties gave way to joy this weekend with the massive debut of Disney and Pixar’s “ Inside Out 2.” The animated sequel earned… Read more

The high-tech art lab hidden underneath Paris

Tokyo, 17 June, /AJMEDIA/ It looks like the lair of a Bond villain: behind armoured doors, buried underground below the Louvre in Paris, lies one of the most high-tech art… Read more

Ohtani has second 2-homer game of season as Dodgers beat Royals 3-0

Tokyo, 17 June, /AJMEDIA/ Shohei Ohtani had his second two-homer game this season, Tyler Glasnow pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Kansas City… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: June 16, 2024

Tokyo, 16 June, /AJMEDIA/ Dozens of leaders gather in Switzerland at critical time for Ukraine BARI, Italy – Dozens of leaders from Europe and other regions, representing developed and developing… Read more

GUAM countries discussed enhancing cooperation in transportation and communication sectors

Tokyo, 16 June, /AJMEDIA/ The 37th online meeting of Steering Committee on the GUAM Trade and Transport Facilitation Project was conducted to discuss customs reforms in GUAM member states for… Read more

Kishida calls for global efforts to achieve lasting peace in Ukraine

Tokyo, 16 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday called for global efforts to achieve a “just and lasting peace” in Ukraine as the world’s major powers, the… Read more

Japan urged to lead G7 efforts to address closer Russia-N Korea ties

Tokyo, 16 June, /AJMEDIA/ The Group of Seven nations are expressing heightened concern against the intensifying cooperation between Russia and North Korea, as Pyongyang has allegedly received military technologies from… Read more