AJMEDIA News Digest: Oct. 1, 2022

Tokyo, 1 October, /AJMEDIA/ Putin declares annexation of 4 Ukraine regions, prompts new sanctions TOKYO/WASHINGTON – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday declared the annexation of four occupied Ukrainian regions… Read more

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief eyes visit to Japan next week: source

Tokyo, 1 October, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino is making arrangements to travel to Japan and South Korea next week to meet with government and military officials,… Read more

PM Kishida vows to check all options for defense buildup at expert panel

Tokyo, 1 October, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Friday to “fundamentally strengthen defense capabilities without excluding any options,” as the government held its first meeting of an expert panel… Read more

Japan sees Russia annexation a violation of int’l law, PM tells Zelenskyy

Tokyo, 1 October, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday that Japan considers Russia’s annexation of parts of southern and eastern Ukraine a… Read more

Japan’s forex intervention hits record ¥2.84 tril to stem yen fall

Tokyo, 1 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s currency intervention last week cost 2.84 trillion yen, the largest-ever amount spent to stem the yen’s sharp slide against the U.S. dollar, Finance Ministry data… Read more

Tokyo Metro adds platform display showing where least crowded parts of the next train will be

Tokyo, 1 October, /AJMEDIA/ At rush hour, you can pretty much expect every subway train in downtown Tokyo to be crowded. Even on a crowded train, though, not every car… Read more

N.Korea fires ballistic missile, marking fourth in a week

Tokyo, 1 October, /AJMEDIA/ North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the east coast on Saturday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, marking Pyongyang’s fourth launch in a… Read more

Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes northern Sumatra, Indonesia

Tokyo, 1 October, /AJMEDIA/ An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Northern Sumatra province in Indonesia on Saturday, European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, AJMEDIA reports citing Reuters. The quake was at… Read more

Sweden allows military exports to Türkiye after NATO application

Tokyo, 1 October, /AJMEDIA/ The Swedish authority tasked with controlling exports of war materials said on Sept. 30 it had authorized military exports to Türkiye, after blocking them in 2019,… Read more

Qatar, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia become members of IAEA’s BoG

Tokyo, 1 October, /AJMEDIA/ In its annual meeting, the International Atomic Energy Agency cast a positive vote for the membership of Qatar, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia in the Board of… Read more