AJMEDIA News Digest: Jan. 5, 2022

Tokyo, 5 January, /AJMEDIA/ North Korea fires what could be ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan TOKYO – North Korea fired what appears to be a ballistic missile, the Japanese… Read more

Dollar hits 5-yr high at start of 2022 as Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo, 5 January, /AJMEDIA/ The U.S. dollar briefly hit a five-year high in the upper 115 yen range on Tuesday, while Tokyo stocks surged to bring the Nikkei index to… Read more

Motorcycle shipments in Japan appear to have hit 23-yr high amid pandemic

Tokyo, 5 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s domestic shipments of motorcycles appear to have hit a 23-year high in 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic led to surging demand for the vehicles that… Read more

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

Tokyo, 5 January, /AJMEDIA/ North Korea has launched what appeared to be a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, the Japanese and South Korean governments said Wednesday. The unidentified… Read more

Teenager 1st to use Japan hospital’s “confidential birth” system

Tokyo, 5 January, /AJMEDIA/ A southwestern Japan hospital where women can give birth anonymously said Tuesday that a teenage girl who gave birth in December has become the first person… Read more

UN Secretary-General urges all states to engage in dialogue on nuclear arms

Tokyo, 5 January, /AJMEDIA/ UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls upon all UN member states to engage in dialogue on issues of nuclear arms control, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has… Read more

Azerbaijani MoD visits military unit of Special Forces

Tokyo, 5 January, /AJMEDIA/ The Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the leadership of the ministry visited the military unit of the Special Forces on January 4, AJMEDIA… Read more

South Korean F-35A makes emergency landing

Tokyo, 5 January, /AJMEDIA/ An F-35A fighter operated by the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) reportedly made an emergency landing during a training session Tuesday due to avionic system… Read more

Saudi non-oil private sector growth slows amid concerns over Omicron

Tokyo, 5 January, /AJMEDIA/ Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector grew last month at the slowest pace since March, marking its 16th consecutive month of expansion, amid rising concern over the… Read more

Brent crude price rises on world markets

Tokyo, 5 January, /AJMEDIA/ On London ICE (InterContinental Exchange Futures) cost of the Brent crude oil rose $0,07 to trade at $79,05, while the price of the Light crude oil… Read more