AJMEDIA News Digest: Aug. 21, 2022

Tokyo, 21 August, /AJMEDIA/ Tokyo Olympic sponsor in bribery case made multiple demands to exec. TOKYO – The former chairman of clothing retailer Aoki Holdings Inc., who has been arrested… Read more

Girl arrested over knife attack in Shibuya wanted “death penalty”

Tokyo, 21 August, /AJMEDIA/ A teenage girl arrested over a random attack with a knife in Tokyo’s Shibuya district has said she stabbed two people she came across because she… Read more

Japan reports over 250,000 new COVID-19 cases for 3rd straight day

Tokyo, 21 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japan reported 253,265 additional coronavirus cases Saturday, marking the third straight day of over 250,000 with no end in sight for the ongoing seventh wave of… Read more

Blinken reaffirms U.S. commitment to defend South Korea and Japan

Tokyo, 21 August, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the United States’ “ironclad commitment” to the defense of South Korea and Japan in a call with South Korean… Read more

California sets new low unemployment record in July

Tokyo, 21 August, /AJMEDIA/ California’s unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in July, the lowest point since 1976 as employers in the the nation’s most populous state continued to defy expectations… Read more

Türkiye, Finland, Sweden to hold 1st trilateral meeting on Aug. 26

Tokyo, 21 August, /AJMEDIA/ The first meeting of the Permanent Joint Mechanism, established within the framework of the Tripartite Memorandum signed by Türkiye, Finland and Sweden at the NATO summit… Read more

Azerbaijan successfully completes performance in “Masters of Artillery Fire” contest

Tokyo, 21 August, /AJMEDIA/ The last stage of the “Masters of Artillery Fire” contest, held with the participation of 9 countries as part of the “International Army Games-2022” in the… Read more

Iranian military delegation visits Alley of Martyrs in Baku

Tokyo, 21 August, /AJMEDIA/ A delegation of specialists from the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran visited the Alley of Martyrs, AJMEDIA reports citing Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. The… Read more

Europe’s drought exposes WWII ships, bombs and prehistoric stones

Tokyo, 21 August, /AJMEDIA/ Weeks of baking heat and drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures –… Read more

EU’s enhanced surveillance on Greek economy ends

Tokyo, 21 August, /AJMEDIA/ Greece on Saturday formally exited so-called “enhanced surveillance” status in the European Union (EU), a move dubbed by Athens as “a return to normalcy”, AJMEDIA reports… Read more