AJMEDIA News Digest: May 1, 2022

Tokyo, 1 May, /AJMEDIA/ Sunken boat exposes flaw in communications system by tour operator SAPPORO – The mobile phone of the captain of a tour boat that sank off Hokkaido… Read more

U.S., Japan defense chiefs to meet Wednesday to discuss Ukraine war, China

Tokyo, 1 May, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet with his Japanese counterpart Nobuo Kishi on Wednesday in the United States to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine and… Read more

Sunken boat exposes flaw in communications system by tour operator

Tokyo, 1 May, /AJMEDIA/ The mobile phone of the captain of a tour boat that sank off Hokkaido was unreachable during most of its last trip, sources familiar with the… Read more

ANA forecasts return to profit in FY2022 amid recovering demand

Tokyo, 1 May, /AJMEDIA/ ANA Holdings Inc said Thursday it plans to return to the black for the business year ending next March, after posting massive losses the past two… Read more

Japan PM arrives in Hanoi

Tokyo, 1 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio arrived in Hanoi Saturday to begin his two-day official Vietnam visit. The visit comes five months after Kishida became PM. He… Read more

No safety flaws found so far in Fukushima water discharge plan: IAEA

Tokyo, 1 May, /AJMEDIA/ The International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday Japan’s preparations for the planned discharge of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant are proceeding largely… Read more

Zelensky, Johnson discuss defensive support for Ukraine

Tokyo, 1 May, /AJMEDIA/ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson have discussed the situation on the battlefield and in the besieged city of Mariupol, Zelensky… Read more

Saudi Arabia visit heralds new era in bileteral ties, Erdogan says

Tokyo, 1 May, /AJMEDIA/ Turkey and Saudi Arabia have demonstrated a common will to develop bilateral relations on the basis of mutual respect and trust, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said… Read more

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince welcomes Pakistan’s new prime minister

Tokyo, 1 May, /AJMEDIA/ Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the al-Salam palace, AJMEDIA reports citing Al Arabiya. During… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev receives Secretary-General of World Tourism Organization

Tokyo, 1 May, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization Zurab Pololikashvili. The sides hailed the successful cooperation between Azerbaijan… Read more