Australian PM visits Indonesia seeking deeper economic and defense ties

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ Australia’s newly reelected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Thursday in a visit aiming to strengthen his country’s economic and defense… Read more

APEC warns of tariff impact on trade as China, U.S. trade reps meet

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping warned on Thursday that exports in the region will barely grow this year amid the onset of U.S. tariffs, as… Read more

Asian semiconductor giants fear looming tariffs

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ Inside one of South Korea’s oldest semiconductor research institutes, the cleanrooms and workshops are calm and immaculate, but outside the Seoul National University campus, a chip… Read more

Japan to seek 3rd round of U.S. trade talks next week

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s top trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, could travel to Washington as soon as next week for a third round of trade talks with the U.S., two… Read more

Search continues for 2 missing crew of crashed ASDF training jet

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Self-Defense Forces on Thursday continued searching for the two missing crew members of an Air Self-Defense Force training jet that crashed into a large reservoir… Read more

Japanese kids’ mental health ranks 32nd among developed nations: UNICEF

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ Children in Japan continue to suffer poor mental health, with the country ranking 32nd among 43 developed and emerging nations due to high suicide rates and… Read more

Japan set to fully cover childbirth costs possibly from April 2026

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s health ministry is set to eliminate out-of-pocket payments associated with child delivery, possibly from April next year, to address the country’s declining birthrate. One proposed… Read more

BTC pipeline transports over 12 million tons of oil in January-April 2025

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan’s main oil pipelines transported a total of 12.233 million tons of crude oil in the first four months of 2025, according to the State Statistical… Read more

Azerbaijan`s Central Bank, Qatar Financial Markets Authority explore prospects for cooperation

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Azerbaijani delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Ali Ahmadov participated in the 50th Annual Meeting of the International Organization of Securities Commissions… Read more

Azerbaijan, Universal Postal Union discuss prospects for expanding cooperation

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ Rashad Nabiyev, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Digital Development and Transport, met with Marjan Osvald, Deputy Director General of the Universal Postal Union(UPU). “We have met with the… Read more