Japan finance chief to skip G20 meeting to ensure budget enactment

Tokyo, 22 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said Friday he will not attend a meeting of finance chiefs from the Group of 20 major and emerging economies in… Read more

Sasaki reveals he is married before Dodgers debut

Tokyo, 22 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki said Friday he is now married, surprising his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates ahead of his major league debut. “We are both… Read more

Court rules against suspension of nuclear reactors in southwestern Japan

Tokyo, 22 February, /AJMEDIA/ A Japanese court has rejected the request of thousands of residents to suspend operations of two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture in… Read more

Gov’t OKs bill allowing hunters to shoot bears in populated areas

Tokyo, 22 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s cabinet approved a bill Friday allowing hunters to shoot bears in populated areas at their own discretion after human encounters with the wild animals hit… Read more

Just 17% of Japanese citizens hold passport, data shows

Tokyo, 22 February, /AJMEDIA/ Only around one in six Japanese citizens hold valid passports, fresh data has shown, with the number of residents traveling abroad slowly recovering but still below… Read more

China’s Alibaba sees revenue surge on back of artificial intelligence, e-commerce

Tokyo, 22 February, /AJMEDIA/ Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding posted its fastest revenue growth in more than a year, beating analyst expectations as it capitalizes on the artificial intelligence… Read more

New Azerbaijan Party delegation embarks on Türkiye visit

Tokyo, 22 February, /AJMEDIA/ A delegation from the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP), led by Deputy Chairman and Head of the Central Office Tahir Budagov, has arrived in Ankara at the… Read more

Teodora Georgieva: We are considering increasing capacity of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria

Tokyo, 22 February, /AJMEDIA/ The Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB), designed to supply natural gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria, entered commercial operation on October 1, 2022. Its current capacity is 3 billion… Read more

Landmine blast injures one in Khojali district

Tokyo, 22 February, /AJMEDIA/ landmine explosion in Ulubaba village, Khojali district, injured a civilian, according to a joint statement by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the General Prosecutor’s Office, and… Read more

UNESCO celebrates International Mother Language Day

Tokyo, 22 February, /AJMEDIA/ 21 February 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of International Mother Language Day at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to… Read more