AJMEDIA News Digest: Aug. 16, 2022

Tokyo, 16 August, /AJMEDIA/ Germany sends fighter jets to Indo-Pacific for 1st time BERLIN – The German air force sent a fleet including fighters to the Indo-Pacific for the first… Read more

Japan PM orders crafting of inflation-relief package by early Sept.

Tokyo, 16 August, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed officials Monday to draw up an additional package of steps by early September to alleviate the pain on consumers from rising… Read more

Fukushima chemical waste moved to Hokkaido for detoxification

Tokyo, 16 August, /AJMEDIA/ Highly toxic chemical waste stored near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant was transferred Tuesday to a city in Hokkaido in northern Japan for detoxification, stirring… Read more

Asteroids may have brought water, organic matter to Earth

Tokyo, 16 August, /AJMEDIA/ Asteroids that traveled from the fringes of the solar system more than 4.5 billion kilometers away may have brought water and organic matter to the primordial… Read more

Kishida makes donation to Yasukuni shrine; cabinet members visit

Tokyo, 16 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent an offering to a controversial Tokyo shrine for war dead visited by members of his cabinet on Monday, the 77th… Read more

China’s factory output, retail sales up in July but weaker than expected

Tokyo, 16 August, /AJMEDIA/ Factory output and retail sales in China edged up in July but were weaker than analysts’ expectations, official data showed Monday, as a COVID-19 resurgence and… Read more

Türkiye fearlessly defends own interests on all grounds

Tokyo, 16 August, /AJMEDIA/ Türkiye today fearlessly defends its national interests on all grounds with its effective diplomacy, President and Chair of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party)… Read more

Norway, Germany to enhance cooperation on security, green transition

Tokyo, 16 August, /AJMEDIA/ Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store met visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Norway’s capital Oslo to discuss the major challenges facing Europe, including security, climate… Read more

Czech Republic launches new COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Tokyo, 16 August, /AJMEDIA/ The Czech Health Ministry on Monday announced a new campaign to promote COVID-19 vaccination amid concerns for an autumn wave of the pandemic and launched registrations… Read more

British government express its regret over incident at Azerbaijani embassy in London

Tokyo, 16 August, /AJMEDIA/ The UK government expressed its regret over the attack by radical religious groups on the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United Kingdom of… Read more