Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix: key facts, stats and trivia ahead of 2024 Baku race

Tokyo, 12 September, /AJMEDIA/ As the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is gearing up for another spectacular showdown on the streets of the capital city of Baku this weekend, we… Read more

North Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles after Kim vowed to bolster war readiness

Tokyo, 12 September, /AJMEDIA/ North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to… Read more

Alberto Fujimori, former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86

Tokyo, 12 September, /AJMEDIA/ Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that… Read more

9/11 anniversary brings Biden, Harris and Trump together at ground zero

Tokyo, 12 September, /AJMEDIA/ With presidential candidates looking on, some 9/11 victims’ relatives appealed to them Wednesday for accountability as the U.S. marked an anniversary laced with election-season politics. In… Read more

Israeli airstrikes hit U.N. school and homes in Gaza, killing at least 34 people, hospitals say

Tokyo, 12 September, /AJMEDIA/ Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including… Read more

Japan ruling party leadership race begins with record 9 candidates

Tokyo, 12 September, /AJMEDIA/ A record nine candidates on Thursday kicked off a 15-day election campaign to become the next leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and succeed Fumio… Read more

Japan PM candidate Koizumi vows to respect BOJ’s independence

Tokyo, 12 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s former Environment Minister and leading prime ministerial candidate Shinjiro Koizumi said he would respect the central bank’s independence in setting monetary policy if he is… Read more

Honda halts 3 plants in China to cut output amid declining sales

Tokyo, 12 September, /AJMEDIA/ Honda Motor Co has temporarily halted production at all three factories operated in a joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Corp in the central Chinese city of… Read more

Indonesia kicks off Japan-funded expansion of capital’s train network

Tokyo, 12 September, /AJMEDIA/ Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched construction on Wednesday for a new line on Jakarta’s mass rapid transit (MRT) system, funded by a loan of nearly $1… Read more

Campbell wants to say goodbye to the ‘soup’ in its name. It isn’t the first to make such a change

Tokyo, 12 September, /AJMEDIA/ Campbell is ready to drop the soup — at least from its official name. Campbell Soup Co announced its intention to change its name at an… Read more