Seoul to restart anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts in retaliation against trash balloons

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ South Korea says it will restart anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in response to continuing North Korean campaigns to drop trash on the… Read more

Israel rescues 4 hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct 7 attack; at least 94 Palestinians are killed

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ Israel on Saturday carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began, taking four to safety out of central Gaza amid… Read more

World War II veteran, 100, marries his bride, 96, near Normandy’s D-Day beaches

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that… Read more

Biden vows U.S. ‘standing strong’ with Ukraine on France state visit

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed Washington was “standing strong” with Ukraine as French counterpart Emmanuel Macron hosted him on a state visit overshadowed by… Read more

Japan, U.S. eye ‘two-plus-two’ security talks in Tokyo in late July

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan and the United States are considering holding talks involving their foreign and defense chiefs in Tokyo on July 28, sources familiar with the matter said… Read more

24-year-old becomes youngest Japanese to circumnavigate globe by yacht

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ A 24-year-old completed a solo round-the-world yacht voyage on Saturday, breaking the record for the youngest Japanese to achieve the feat that was set 30 years… Read more

‘Mermaid academy’ helps promote growing aquatic art form in Japan

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ A small business based in Nagoya is offering people of all ages a chance to step into colorful fish tails and learn the graceful art of… Read more

Fuel shortage in Japan hinders flight increases amid tourism surge

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ Critical fuel shortages for commercial flights at airports across Japan have led to difficulties in increasing the number of international flights and adding new routes, industry… Read more

Why is Uniqlo spelled with a Q?

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ Uniqlo might seem like a strange name, unless you know that the Japanese casual clothing chain’s monicker is meant as a mash-up of the words “unique… Read more

Zombies: Ranks of world’s most debt-hobbled companies are soaring – and not all will survive

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ They are called zombies, companies so laden with debt that they are just stumbling by on the brink of survival, barely able to pay even the… Read more