Australian state plans to ban sale of machetes following violent gang fight

Tokyo, 26 May, /AJMEDIA/ An Australian state government is banning the sale of machetes after a violent gang fight in a suburban shopping mall injured a young man. Victoria Premier… Read more

Tens of thousands join rival rallies in Warsaw as Poland’s presidential runoff nears

Tokyo, 26 May, /AJMEDIA/ Tens of thousands of Poles took part in dueling patriotic marches in Warsaw on Sunday, led by the two men vying for the presidency in a… Read more

Russia and Ukraine complete prisoner swap hours after Moscow launches major aerial assault

Tokyo, 26 May, /AJMEDIA/ Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Sunday, the third and last part of a major exchange that reflected a rare moment of cooperation in… Read more

Powell defends Federal Reserve in Princeton speech amid onslaught of attacks from Trump

Tokyo, 26 May, /AJMEDIA/ Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell defended the central bank’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic Sunday in a Princeton University speech in which he also praised government… Read more

Trump says U.S. wants to make tanks, not T-shirts

Tokyo, 26 May, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday his tariff policy was aimed at promoting the domestic manufacturing of tanks and technology products, not sneakers and T-shirts.… Read more

Japan begins selling rice stockpiles via direct contracts

Tokyo, 26 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan began sales of government rice stockpiles via direct contracts on Monday, aiming to slash soaring prices after the newly appointed farm minister pledged to bring… Read more

A survivor of Nagasaki bombing struggles to preserve remains

Tokyo, 26 May, /AJMEDIA/ Decorated with colorful paper cranes and blooming flowers, it doesn’t look the scene of a tragedy. On Aug 9, 1945, U.S. forces detonated an atomic bomb… Read more

Nvidia-backed startup CEO urges Japan to push defense AI development

Tokyo, 26 May, /AJMEDIA/ The top executive of a leading Japanese artificial intelligence startup said the Japanese government should focus more on the development of its own AI technology for… Read more

Azerbaijan tallies Armenian-trapped mines defused in its liberated lands over past week

Tokyo, 26 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) has released its weekly report (19.05.2025 – 25.05.2025) on humanitarian demining operations in the territories liberated from occupation,… Read more

Azerbaijan’s female rower shine with two golds at Regatta Bratislava 2025

Tokyo, 26 May, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijani rower Tatyana Smilovenko delivered an impressive performance at the 38th edition of the International Junior and U23 Regatta in Slovakia, claiming another gold medal. Smilovenko,… Read more