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Prime Minister Orders to Accelerate Thermal Power Plant Repairs and Renovation
Ulaanbaatar, July 18, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Prime Minister of Mongolia Zandanshatar Gombojav reviewed the implementation of his previously issued directives at the state-owned company “Thermal Power Plant No. 3." Minister of Energy of Mongolia...

His Majesty the Emperor of Japan Visits Mongol Koosen Technology College
Ulaanbaatar, July 9, 2025 /MONTSAME/. His Majesty Emperor Naruhito of Japan, who is on a State Visit to Mongolia at the invitation of President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, visited Mongol Koosen Technology College, affiliated with the Institute...

Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan Visit General Education School in Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar, July 9, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Their Majesties Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan visited General Education School N149 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, today. Within the framework of Japan’s Official Development Assistance Grant Aid,...

Prime Minister of Mongolia Holds Virtual Meeting with Local Governors
Ulaanbaatar, July 9, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Prime Minister of Mongolia Zandanshatar Gombojav held a virtual meeting with the Governors of aimags, soums, and districts. At the beginning of the meeting, the Prime Minister outlined the country’s current...

Athlete Spotlight: Mongold gave it his all for the Gobblers
BROADWAY — There’s no shying away from the challenges the program faces. Playing in a league with perennial state contenders like Spotswood, Turner Ashby, Harrisonburg, Rocktown and others, Broadway tends to get overlooked on the pitch. But when...

Emperor Naruhito Visits "Kosen" Tech School in Mongolia
Newsfrom Japan Society Jul 9, 2025 19:56 (JST) Ulaanbaatar, July 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Emperor Naruhito on Wednesday visited Mongol Kosen College of Technology, an educational institution modeled after Japanese technical colleges known as...

Emperor and empress mourn Japanese who died in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar – Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Tuesday laid flowers at a cenotaph in Ulaanbaatar for Japanese nationals who died in detention in Mongolia in the aftermath of World War II. It is the first time that a Japanese emperor has...
The best summers of my life were spent at the Grand Canyon Lodge. Now it’s gone.
The lodge on the north rim of the Grand Canyon at twilight, 2013. Photograph by John Burcham, Nat Geo Image CollectionI’m not usually one to get weepy over a hotel, let alone a patio and some rough-hewn wooden furniture. But when Arizona’s famous...

Feasibility Study for Ulaanbaatar Tram Project Approved
Ulaanbaatar, July 9, 2025 /MONTSAME/ The Science and Technology Council of the Ministry of Roads and Transport has approved the feasibility study for Lines I and II of the Ulaanbaatar Tram project. The study had previously been reviewed and...

Imperial couple pays tribute to Japanese detainees in Mongolia
ULAN BATOR—During their official visit to Mongolia, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited a memorial on the outskirts of the capital on July 8 to pay tribute to approximately 1,700 Japanese who died in detention there following World War II....

Japan Emperor honours WWII dead in Mongolia state visit
DAMBADARJAA: Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited a World War II memorial in Mongolia during their landmark state visit, honouring compatriots who perished in Soviet-era labour camps. The eight-day trip marks 80 years since the...

Japan imperial couple visit WWII memorial, hail 'deep friendship' in Mongolia
Japan's imperial couple commemorated compatriots who died in internment camps after the end of World War II during the first state visit to Mongolia by a Japanese emperor. Japan and Mongolia have drawn closer in recent years, with aid from Tokyo...

World AFP Japan imperial couple visit WWII memorial, hail 'deep friendship' in Mongolia
Japan's imperial couple commemorated compatriots who died in internment camps after the end of World War II during the first state visit to Mongolia by a Japanese emperor. Japan and Mongolia have drawn closer in recent years, with aid from Tokyo...

Emperor, Empress Console Internees’ Souls in Mongolia; About 1,700 Japanese Died There After World War II
Pool photo / The Yomiuri Shimbun The Emperor and Empress bow at a cenotaph for Japanese who died during postwar internment in the suburbs of Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday. By Takaya Toda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer 16:14 JST, July 9, 2025 ULAANBAATAR...

Emperor Plays Viola at State Banquet, Celebrates Japan-Mongolia Ties
Ulaanbaatar, Jul 09 (News On Japan) - The Emperor and Empress, currently on an official visit to Mongolia as state guests, attended a banquet hosted by the country’s president and first lady, where the Emperor performed music alongside a...
Charm Unveiled | Inner Mongolia's diversified planting helps to increase income
At the wheat field planting base in Jiamatu Town, Kezuozhong Banner of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a 233-hectare stretch of greenish-gold wheat waves with the wind, and the heavy wheat ears bend the stalks.■

Mongolian Participants Depart for 57th International Chemistry Olympiad in United Arab Emirates
Ulaanbaatar, July 4, 2025 /MONTSAME/. The Mongolian national team has departed to participate in the 57th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) 2025 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. A total of 1,000 participants from over 90 countries will...

Mongolia’s “TOP-100” Businesses of 2024 Recognized
Ulaanbaatar, July 4, 2025 /MONTSAME/. The Government of Mongolia, jointly with the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced the “TOP-100” enterprises for 2024, marking the 24th consecutive year of recognizing the country's...

Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia discuss cooperation in textile industry
AKIPRESS.COM - First Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan Janybek Kerimaliev met with a delegation from Mongolia on July 8, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. The parties discussed a project to...

Mongolia to Cooperate with South Korea in Developing Specialized Social Protection Services
Ulaanbaatar, July 4, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Director of the Special Center for Social Protection under the Governor of the Capital City, Sh. Munkhtsetseg, and President of the “Center for the Movement to Protect the Han River” NGO from the Republic of...