Australia begins clean-up after floods kill 5, damage 10,000 properties

Tokyo, 24 May, /AJMEDIA/ Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday the clean-up had begun in the country’s southeast after floods killed five people and inundated more than 10,000… Read more

Kyiv comes under large-scale Russian drone and missile attack

Tokyo, 24 May, /AJMEDIA/ Ukraine’s capital came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack early Saturday with explosions and machine gun fire heard throughout the city, forcing many Kyiv… Read more

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smartphones as his trade war intensifies

Tokyo, 24 May, /AJMEDIA/ President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well a 25% tariff on smartphones unless those products… Read more

U.S. increasingly aware of Japan’s economic importance: Akazawa

Tokyo, 24 May, /AJMEDIA/ The United States is increasingly recognizing the importance of Japan for its economy, the Asian country’s chief tariff negotiator said Friday, after holding another round of… Read more

Trump greenlights Nippon Steel ‘partnership’ with U.S. Steel

Tokyo, 24 May, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threw his support behind a new “partnership” between U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel, sending the American firm’s share price… Read more

Gov’t considers reusing Fukushima cleanup soil at PM’s office grounds

Tokyo, 24 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government is considering reusing soil, removed from areas around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on the premises of the prime minister’s office… Read more

Djokovic advances to Geneva Open final seeking 100th career singles title

Tokyo, 24 May, /AJMEDIA/ Novak Djokovic is one win from a 100th career singles title on the ATP tour after advancing to the final at the Geneva Open on Friday.… Read more

Japan core inflation hits two-year high in April

Tokyo, 24 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese inflation spiked at a two-year high in April, data showed Friday, as rice prices almost doubled, turning focus on the central bank as it mulls… Read more

Emergency reserves, high prices, rationing. How did Japan’s rice crisis get this far?

Tokyo, 24 May, /AJMEDIA/ Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total… Read more

Japan to launch offshore ‘blue carbon’ study for CO2 capture, storage

Tokyo, 24 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government will launch offshore “blue carbon” research aimed at capturing carbon dioxide through cultivated sea plants and storing it in the deep sea to… Read more