Water crisis threatening world food production: report

Tokyo, 17 October, /AJMEDIA/ Inaction on the water crisis could put more than half of the world’s food production at risk by 2050, experts warned in a major report published… Read more

N Korea confirms blowing up roads, railways to ‘hostile’ South

Tokyo, 17 October, /AJMEDIA/ North Korea confirmed that it has blown up sections of roads and railways leading to South Korea, calling it a “hostile state”, North Korean state media… Read more

Judge invalidates election rules passed by Trump-backed board in Georgia

Tokyo, 17 October, /AJMEDIA/ A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.” Fulton County Superior Court… Read more

More than 140 killed, dozens injured after gasoline tanker explodes in Nigeria

Tokyo, 17 October, /AJMEDIA/ More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured in Nigeria after an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they were… Read more

Foreign tourist angers locals for doing pull-ups on torii gate at shrine in Japan

Tokyo, 17 October, /AJMEDIA/ As the number of foreign tourists to Japan soars to record highs, so to do the number of overseas travelers caught behaving badly during their visits.… Read more

Japan visitors spent ¥5.86 tril through September, breaking annual record

Tokyo, 17 October, /AJMEDIA/ Visitor spending in Japan broke an annual record in just nine months, official data showed on Wednesday, demonstrating the economic power of a tourism boom fueled… Read more

Japan records ¥294.3 bil trade deficit on weak yen, slowing exports

Tokyo, 17 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan racked up a trade deficit of 294.3 billion yen in September, according to Finance Ministry data released Thursday, as exports fell to key destinations like… Read more

Japan’s largest labor union to aim for 5% or more pay hike next year

Tokyo, 17 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s biggest labor union is set to demand pay hikes of 5 percent or more in next spring’s annual wage negotiations, as it aims to sustain… Read more

Dodgers rout Mets 8-0 for 2-1 lead in the NLCS

Tokyo, 17 October, /AJMEDIA/ Shohei Ohtani launched a three-run homer for the Los Angeles Dodgers that punctuated their 8-0 victory over the New York Mets in Game 3 of the… Read more

Portrait by humanoid robot to sell at auction in art world first

Tokyo, 17 October, /AJMEDIA/ The robot artist Ai-Da, a humanoid powered by artificial intelligence, will be the first of its kind to have a painting sold at a major auction… Read more