AJMEDIA News Digest: June 3, 2022

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ Court orders TEPCO to pay 73.5 million yen over Fukushima crisis FUKUSHIMA, Japan – A Japanese court on Thursday ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima… Read more

Toshiba gets 8 proposals for privatization from potential partners

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it has received 10 business strategy proposals from potential partners, eight of which recommend that the Japanese conglomerate go private to raise… Read more

Japan prefecture OKs restart of Fukushima-type reactor

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ Shimane Prefecture in western Japan approved Thursday a plan to restart a nuclear reactor of the same type as those that suffered meltdowns at the Fukushima… Read more

Japan-born American files suit against Japan’s dual nationality ban

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ A Japanese-born American said Thursday she has filed a lawsuit with a Japanese court claiming that the country’s nationality law, which bans its citizens from also… Read more

Scandal-hit Nihon Univ. to appoint author Hayashi as chairwoman

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ Tokyo’s Nihon University plans to appoint award-winning author Mariko Hayashi to head its board in an effort to revamp its leadership after a series of scandals… Read more

Japan may need to boost defense costs to ¥10 trillion

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan may need to increase its annual defense costs to as much as 10 trillion yen from the current nearly 6 trillion yen to deal with… Read more

U.S. adds Russian airplane factories to economic blacklist

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ The United States on Thursday added 71 Russian and Belarusian entities to its trade blacklist including several aircraft factories and shipbuilding and research institutes in its… Read more

Biden urges ban on assault-style weapons and gun age limits

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ President Joe Biden has said the US should ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines to tackle the “carnage” of gun violence, AJMEDIA reports citing BBC. In… Read more

NATO members should work in harmony to combat terrorism, Turkey says

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ NATO members should work in harmony to combat terrorism, Turkey’s communications director said, AJMEDIA reports citing Daily Sabah. Turkey wants to see concrete and permanent steps… Read more

White House praises Saudi royals on Yemen truce before expected Biden trip

Tokyo, 3 June, /AJMEDIA/ The White House took the rare step of recognizing the role played by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in extending a ceasefire in Yemen… Read more