Explosion at Taiwan department store kills 4; 26 injured

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ A gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan on Thursday killed four people and injured 26, fire authorities said. The blast occurred at the food… Read more

Trump makes first big foray into Ukraine diplomacy, speaking to Putin, Zelenskyy

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ Donald Trump discussed the war in Ukraine on Wednesday in phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the new U.S. president’s… Read more

Dodgers manager expects Sasaki, Yamamoto to pitch in Tokyo

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are expected to start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in season openers at Tokyo next month, Dodgers manager Dave… Read more

Frosty face-off: Over 120 teams throw down in epic Japanese snowball tournament

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city last Sunday, in what the local weather bureau called… Read more

Apple harvest threatened after heavy snow blankets Aomori

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ Record snowfall in January has severely damaged apple orchards in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori, the country’s largest apple-producing region, with authorities fearing losses could… Read more

YouTube, the online video powerhouse, turns 20

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ YouTube has evolved from a dinner party lark 20 years ago into a modern lifestyle staple poised to overtake U.S. cable television in paid viewership. PayPal… Read more

Baku’s ADA University and partners to host 2025 ICPC World Finals

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ The ICPC Foundation granted a right to ADA University for hosting the 49th Annual ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest World Championship, an exceptionally competitive contest, in… Read more

South Caucasus Pipeline spends $81 million in operating expenditure and $20 million in capital expenditure

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ “The South Caucasus Pipeline Company (SCPC) shareholders are: bp (29.99%), SGC (21.02%), LUKOIL (19.99%), TPAO (19.00%) and NICO (10.00%),” bp Azerbaijan said. “In 2024, the South… Read more

ASCO discloses volume of transferred waste for past year

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ The Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC (ASCO) continuously takes measures to minimize the potential environmental impact of both vessel operations and shore-based facilities, including reducing waste and… Read more

Sangachal terminal exported about 225 million barrels of oil and condensate in 2024

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ In 2024, oil and gas from ACG and Shah Deniz continued to flow via subsea pipelines to the Sangachal terminal, according to bp Azerbaijan’s 2024 full… Read more