FM Bayramov: Azerbaijan actively working on peace treaty

Tokyo, 8 July, /AJMEDIA/ “Azerbaijan is committed to the peace agenda. We are actively working on the peace treaty. The main condition for signing of the peace treaty is, of… Read more

Japan and Philippines sign defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China

Tokyo, 8 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan and the Philippines signed a key defense pact Monday allowing the deployment of Japanese forces for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills, to the Southeast… Read more

Japan’s ruling LDP reeling from defeat in Tokyo assembly by-elections

Tokyo, 8 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party was reeling in shock on Monday following its defeat in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly by-elections the previous day, with lawmakers worried… Read more

Koike’s reelection unlikely to take pressure off PM Kishida

Tokyo, 8 July, /AJMEDIA/ Incumbent Yuriko Koike’s victory in the Tokyo gubernatorial election Sunday ends a winning streak in recent elections for the main opposition party, which had supported former… Read more

Japan real wages down 1.4% in May, 26th monthly fall despite hikes

Tokyo, 8 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s real wages in May fell 1.4 percent from a year earlier, declining for a record 26th straight month, as the sharpest base wage growth in… Read more

Samsung workers start strike: union chief

Tokyo, 8 July, /AJMEDIA/ Workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung began a three day general strike Monday, the head of a union representing tens of thousands of employees told… Read more

Hezbollah launches drone attack on Mount Hermon in Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights

Tokyo, 8 July, /AJMEDIA/ The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group said on Sunday it launched a drone attack on Mount Hermon in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights where Israel has a… Read more

Bubble bursts for France’s far-right as voters bar it from power

Tokyo, 8 July, /AJMEDIA/ The champagne was on ice at the far-right National Rally’s (RN) headquarters, but the celebratory mood swiftly turned to disbelief when the first projected results from… Read more

House speaker Johnson to meet Zelenskiy on Wednesday

Tokyo, 8 July, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday during the NATO summit in Washington, according to Johnson’s schedule.… Read more

North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong calls South Korean drills a provocation, KCNA says

Tokyo, 8 July, /AJMEDIA/ Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said South Korea’s recent military drills near the border between the two nations… Read more