AJMEDIA News Digest: March 5, 2022

Tokyo, 5 March, /AJMEDIA G-7 to slap tougher sanctions on Russia if attack on Ukraine goes on TOKYO – The foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations on… Read more

China sets 2022 economic growth target at around 5.5%

Tokyo, 5 March, /AJMEDIA China set a gross domestic product target of around 5.5 percent for 2022 at the opening of an annual session of parliament on Saturday, amid mounting… Read more

North Korea launches what could be ballistic missile: Japan gov’t

Tokyo, 5 March, /AJMEDIA North Korea launched what could be a ballistic missile Saturday, the Japanese government said. North Korea fired a projectile toward the Sea of Japan, the South… Read more

Japan’s top court orders TEPCO to pay damages over Fukushima nuclear crisis

Tokyo, 5 March, /AJMEDIA Japan’s top court has ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay damages of 1.39 billion yen ($12 million) to about 3,600 people whose lives… Read more

G-7 to slap tougher sanctions on Russia if attack on Ukraine goes on

Tokyo, 5 March, /AJMEDIA The foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Friday agreed to impose tougher sanctions on Russia if it does not stop assaulting Ukraine,… Read more

Toyota subsidiary Hino admits use of fraudulent emissions data

Tokyo, 5 March, /AJMEDIA Japan’s Hino Motors Ltd., Toyota Motor Corp.’s truck-making subsidiary, admitted Friday to having submitted fraudulent emissions and fuel economy data to transport authorities, suspending the same… Read more

Japan to provide bullet-proof vests, other goods to Ukraine

Tokyo, 5 March, /AJMEDIA Japan will provide bullet-proof vests and other defense supplies to Ukraine following Russia’s aggression in the Eastern European country, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday, in… Read more

Moon thrusts South Korea deeper into global arms trade

Tokyo, 5 March, /AJMEDIA South Korea is making its mark on the global arms trade, with President Moon Jae In shepherding large deals to export indigenous weapons systems during his… Read more

Finland’s Niinisto says he and Biden agreed to step up defense cooperation

Tokyo, 5 March, /AJMEDIA Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto said after a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday that they agreed to step up their… Read more

Israel to resume all flights to Dubai with new security deal

Tokyo, 5 March, /AJMEDIA Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed a security arrangement that will allow Israeli airlines to resume a full schedule of flights to Dubai, the Shin… Read more