AJMEDIA News Digest: Aug. 20, 2022

Tokyo, 20 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japan to keep interest in Russia’s Sakhalin 2 gas project TOKYO – Japan plans to retain its interest in the Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project… Read more

Police to revise rules for VIP protection after Abe shooting

Tokyo, 20 August, /AJMEDIA/ The National Police Agency will revise its general rules for VIP protection for the first time in around 30 years, after flaws in protecting former Prime… Read more

Japan posts fresh record of over 260,000 daily COVID-19 cases

Tokyo, 20 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japan posted more than 260,000 daily coronavirus infections on Friday, setting a new record high for a second straight day. The figure apparently reflected increased movements… Read more

Japan to keep interest in Russia’s Sakhalin 2 gas project

Tokyo, 20 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japan plans to retain its interest in the Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project and will notify Russia of its intention by the early September deadline,… Read more

Japan to look into summit meeting with China: Nikkei

Tokyo, 20 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japan will look into holding a summit meeting between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Nikkei business daily quoted Japanese Foreign Minister… Read more

Japan grounds Ospreys after U.S. Air Force safety concerns

Tokyo, 20 August, /AJMEDIA/ The Ground Self-Defense Force has temporarily grounded its V-22 Osprey fleet based at a camp east of Tokyo after the U.S. Air Force halted flights of… Read more

China launches new remote sensing satellite group

Tokyo, 20 August, /AJMEDIA/ China on Saturday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket to place a remote sensing satellite group in space, AJMEDIA reports citing Xinhua. As the fourth batch… Read more

Biden signs decree allocating $775M as new military aid to Ukraine

Tokyo, 20 August, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Joe Biden has signed a decree instructing the Secretary of State to send $775 million from the budget of the U.S. Department of Defense… Read more

Turkish builders say ready to play role in reconstruction of Ukraine

Tokyo, 20 August, /AJMEDIA/ Türkiye’s contractors on Friday expressed readiness to play a role in the rebuilding of Ukraine, a day after the country’s president pledged to support the war-torn… Read more

ECHR refuses Armenia’s request against Azerbaijan

Tokyo, 20 August, /AJMEDIA/ The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) refused the request of Armenia against Azerbaijan, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan Republic Chingiz Asgarov wrote… Read more