Samsung union declares ‘indefinite’ strike

Tokyo, 10 July, /AJMEDIA/ A union representing tens of thousands of workers at Samsung Electronics in South Korea said Wednesday it would extend a three-day strike indefinitely in a bid… Read more

Senior defense officials, SDF members to be disciplined over scandals

Tokyo, 10 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Defense Ministry is planning to take disciplinary action later this week against some senior officials and a number of Self-Defense Force members over abuse of… Read more

Japan’s unused defense budget in FY 2023 totals 130 bil. yen

Tokyo, 10 July, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government left unused about 130 billion yen ($807 million) from the over 6.8 trillion yen that was earmarked as the defense budget for fiscal… Read more

10 Japan, U.S. firms join forces to develop chip tech for AI

Tokyo, 10 July, /AJMEDIA/ Leading Japanese chip material maker Resonac Holdings Corp. said Monday it will form a consortium with nine other Japanese and U.S. firms to collaborate over the… Read more

Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket blasts off for first time

Tokyo, 10 July, /AJMEDIA/ Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket blasted off for the first time smoothly on Tuesday, carrying with it the continent’s hopes of regaining independent access to space.… Read more

What to stream this week: ‘Descendants,’ Megan Moroney, ‘Sunny’ and new HARDY album

Tokyo, 10 July, /AJMEDIA/ Country sensation HARDY’s new album and a new “Descendants” movie are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.… Read more

Medvedev beats Sinner at Wimbledon to set up clash with Alcaraz

Tokyo, 10 July, /AJMEDIA/ Top-seeded Jannik Sinner was treated by a trainer and left the court during the third set, seemingly surged in the fourth and then faltered again in… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: July 9, 2024

Tokyo, 9 July, /AJMEDIA/ Crew failure to keep lookout behind midair SDF chopper collision: ministry TOKYO – Japan’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday crew failing to keep a lookout was among… Read more

Stock market today: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index logs record close, as markets track rally on Wall St

Tokyo, 9 July, /AJMEDIA/ Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday, with Tokyo’s benchmark hitting another record, after Wall Street benchmarks reached more milestones. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2.0% to… Read more

50 years ago, scientists were gearing up to hurl a probe at the sun

Tokyo, 9 July, /AJMEDIA/ Helios, a space probe scheduled to go closer to the sun than any other manmade object ever launched, has successfully survived a ground test that exposed… Read more