Japan left to rethink COVID grants as telework facilities empty out

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese municipalities are increasingly being left to rethink the use of coronavirus-era government subsidies as remote work facilities built with the funding are falling into disuse,… Read more

Trains restart at Kyoto Station after report of suspicious items

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Train services in parts of western Japan restarted at around 6 p.m. Sunday after being disrupted earlier in the day due to a report of suspicious… Read more

CEO of American Center for Religious Freedom briefed on tolerance-related projects in Azerbaijan

Tokyo, 5 May, /AJMEDIA/ Ramin Mammadov, Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations has met with Jannah Scott, CEO of the American Center for Religious Freedom, Founding… Read more

Japan child population shrinks for 43rd straight year

Tokyo, 5 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s estimated child population shrank for the 43rd consecutive year to renew its record low, government data showed Saturday, while Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government scrambles… Read more

Japanese beef brand faces marketing mess as kanji creates confusion

Tokyo, 5 May, /AJMEDIA/ The government of Ibaraki Prefecture has hit a marketing snag in the promotion of its local Hitachiwagyu Beef specialty after a survey showed a significant percentage… Read more

Extreme climate hit Japan, elsewhere in Asia hard in 2023: U.N

Tokyo, 5 May, /AJMEDIA/ Asia, including Japan, is warming faster than the global average, as the trend has nearly doubled since the 1961-1990 period and many countries in the region… Read more

US religious figures hail interreligious harmony in Azerbaijan

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ The members of the US delegation consisting of religious figures have hailed the interreligious harmony and tolerant environment in Azerbaijan as they met with Chairman of… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: May 4, 2024

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan, Brazil agree to jointly protect Amazon rainforest BRASILIA – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva agreed Friday to… Read more

ASEAN, Japan, China, S Korea ensure funds for pandemics, disasters

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Japan, China and South Korea on Friday agreed to provide each other funds in times of emergency such as… Read more

Heads of CIS state news agencies invited to Shusha Global Media Forum

Tokyo, 3 May, /AJMEDIA/ Vugar Aliyev, Chairman of the Board of Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC), invited his counterparts from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to participate in the… Read more