AJMEDIA News Digest: Sept. 4, 2022

Tokyo, 4 September, /AJMEDIA/ At least 146 LDP lawmakers had dealings with Unification Church TOKYO – At least 146 lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party have had dealings with the… Read more

Japan, South Korea stress need for better ties before key court decision

Tokyo, 4 September, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers on Saturday underscored the need for improving bilateral relations strained over wartime issues, as South Korea’s top court is… Read more

At least 146 LDP lawmakers had dealings with Unification Church

Tokyo, 4 September, /AJMEDIA/ At least 146 lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party have had dealings with the Unification Church or affiliated organizations, a Kyodo News survey and interviews revealed… Read more

IPEF ministers to declare start of economic rules-making talks

Tokyo, 4 September, /AJMEDIA/ Ministers from 14 member states of the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific economic framework are expected to declare the start of formal negotiations this week in Los Angeles, informed… Read more

Japan’s super tight jobs market fails to deliver egalitarian promise

Tokyo, 4 September, /AJMEDIA/ When Riku Omori’s pay at his regular job was slashed by a third, he found temporary work delivering fried chicken and Thai food on his bike… Read more

Hino Motors cancels plan to produce trucks in Russia

Tokyo, 4 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Hino Motors Ltd has canceled its planned production of trucks in Russia, with an assembly plant under construction in the country to be sold after… Read more

Ukraine’s nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting

Tokyo, 4 September, /AJMEDIA/ The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected to its last external power line but… Read more

China raises emergency response as Typhoon Hinnamnor nears

Tokyo, 4 September, /AJMEDIA/ China on Saturday raised its emergency response for flood and typhoon control to level III, as Typhoon Hinnamnor approaches the country’s eastern coastal areas and heads… Read more

Explosions rock U.S. base in eastern Syria

Tokyo, 4 September, /AJMEDIA/ Several explosions rocked a U.S. military base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Saturday night, the country’s state news agency SANA reported, AJMEDIA reports… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev receives President of World Karate Federation Antonio Espinós

Tokyo, 4 September, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received President of the World Karate Federation and the European Karate Federation Antonio Espinós, AJMEDIA reports. During… Read more