AJMEDIA News Digest: Sept. 3, 2022

Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/ G-7 agree on Russian oil price cap to deplete Moscow’s war chest TOKYO/WASHINGTON – Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven advanced economies agreed Friday to… Read more

Japan eager to hold foreign ministerial talks with China in Sept.

Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed his willingness Friday to meet bilaterally with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the fringes of U.N. General Assembly meetings… Read more

South Korea foreign minister meets Japan wartime labor plaintiffs

Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/ South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin met with Korean plaintiffs in Japanese wartime labor cases on Friday as the government of President Yoon Seok Yeol works… Read more

Nissan to end sales of March compact car in Japan as popularity wanes

Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/ Nissan Motor Co. is set to end sales of its iconic March compact car in Japan, sources familiar with the matter said, as the popularity of… Read more

Japan has low incidence of tuberculosis for 1st time

Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japan has joined countries with a “low incidence of tuberculosis” for the first time with less than 10 TB patients per 100,000 people diagnosed in 2021,… Read more

Google expands app billing options in Japan, Europe, among others

Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/ Google LLC has started allowing smartphone app developers to use payment options other than its own as part of a reduced-fee pilot program in Japan, some… Read more

Biden says not consider Trump supporters as threat

Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that he does not consider supporters of former President Donald Trump to be a “threat.”, Trend reports citing Xinhua Biden… Read more

Indian warship INS Satpura arrives in Fiji

Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/ In the first-ever visit by any Indian warship in four years, INS Satpura arrived in Suva, Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean as part of its… Read more

UN chief appoints Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan as special representative for Afghanistan

Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday announced the appointment of Roza Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan as his new special representative for Afghanistan, AJMEDIA reports citing Xinhua. Otunbayeva… Read more

Pakistani PM meets with Turkish ministers to discuss flood disaster

Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/ Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif met with Türkiye’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu and Environment, Urban Planning and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum, AJMEDIA reports citing Daily… Read more