AJMEDIA News Digest: Sept. 1, 2022

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ Yen hits fresh 24-year low against U.S. dollar TOKYO – The yen fell to a fresh 24-year low against the U.S. dollar on Thursday amid growing… Read more

Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor brings strong winds to Okinawa

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor brought strong winds to the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Thursday as it regained strength while moving near the island region. The… Read more

Yen falls to fresh 24-year low vs. dollar on Fed official’s comments

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese yen fell Thursday to a fresh 24-year low in the 139 zone against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo after a Federal Reserve official’s hawkish… Read more

Japan gov’t holds disaster drill, scaled back due to COVID-19

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ The government held an annual disaster drill Thursday, though again scaling it back to prevent the spread of COVID-19, based on the scenario that a massive… Read more

Russia OKs Japan firm’s investment in Sakhalin 2 energy project

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ Russia has authorized investments by Japanese trading houses Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. in the Sakhalin 2 oil and gas energy project, a step toward… Read more

Japan firms’ pretax profits hit record high in April-June

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ Pretax profits among nonfinancial Japanese companies jumped 17.6 percent from a year earlier to a record 28.32 trillion yen ($203 billion) in the April-June quarter, government… Read more

Oil prices fall despite drop in U.S. inventories

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ Oil prices fell on Wednesday despite a drop in U.S. crude stockpiles, AJMEDIA reports citing Xinhua. The West Texas Intermediate for October delivery lost 2.09 U.S.… Read more

Azerbaijani battles wildfire in Zagatala

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ The hotline 112 of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan received a call about a fire that started in a mountainous and woodland area near… Read more

China’s Shenzhen widens COVID restrictions as cases rise

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ The southern Chinese tech hub Shenzhen tightened COVID curbs as cases continued to mount on Thursday, with large events and indoor entertainment suspended for three days… Read more

Israel launches missile attacks on Syria

Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/ Israel on Wednesday night launched missile attacks on targets in Syria, leaving the international airport in the northern city of Aleppo and military sites near the… Read more