AJMEDIA News Digest: Aug. 18, 2022

Tokyo, 18 August, /AJMEDIA/ Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec Takahashi arrested on bribery suspicion TOKYO – A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive, who had wielded huge influence in sports circles, was… Read more

Tokyo venture recreates voices via AI for cancer patients

Tokyo, 18 August, /AJMEDIA/ A Tokyo-based venture company is drawing attention in Japan for its unique service of recreating voices via artificial intelligence for people who lose theirs due to… Read more

Japan, China vow to continue dialogue despite Taiwan tensions

Tokyo, 18 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s top national security adviser and his Chinese counterpart have agreed in talks that the countries will continue dialogue toward building constructive and stable bilateral ties,… Read more

LDP policy chief visited Unification Church-linked facility

Tokyo, 18 August, /AJMEDIA/ Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Koichi Hagiuda visited a facility linked to the controversial Unification Church in June, accompanying ruling party candidate Akiko Ikuina ahead of… Read more

New Russian operator offers Japan firms same contracts for Sakhalin 2

Tokyo, 18 August, /AJMEDIA/ The new Russian operator for the Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project in the Russian Far East has offered Japanese power companies and other buyers the… Read more

U.N. chief to meet Zelensky, Erdogan, with focus on grain exports

Tokyo, 18 August, /AJMEDIA/ U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine on Thursday, with grain exports and concerns about… Read more

77 killed in Yemen floods affecting 200,000 people

Tokyo, 18 August, /AJMEDIA/ Local authorities in Yemen have reported 77 people killed, including children, in flooding from mid-July to mid-August that affects more than 200,000 people, UN humanitarians said,… Read more

Azerbaijan presents periodic reports on international convention in Geneva

Tokyo, 18 August, /AJMEDIA/ The periodic report on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was presented in Geneva as part of the 107th session… Read more

UK to expand cooperation with Azerbaijan in mine clearance in Karabakh – ambassador

Tokyo, 18 August, /AJMEDIA/ The UK will continue to work on expanding cooperation with Azerbaijan in the field of demining in Karabakh, the UK Ambassador James Sharp said on Twitter,… Read more

Azerbaijan confers top military ranks on servicemen of State Border Service – decree

Tokyo, 18 August, /AJMEDIA/ President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on conferring the top military ranks on servicemen of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan, AJMEDIA reports. Read more