AJMEDIA News Digest: Oct. 9, 2022

Tokyo, 9 October, /AJMEDIA/ N. Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles TOKYO – North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early Sunday, the Japanese and South Korean governments said, days after Pyongyang… Read more

North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan

Tokyo, 9 October, /AJMEDIA/ North Korea test-fired two ballistic missiles early Sunday, the Japanese and South Korean governments said, a day after denouncing a military exercise near the Korean Peninsula… Read more

Woman pays for “Russian astronaut” to return to Earth in alleged scam

Tokyo, 9 October, /AJMEDIA/ Police are investigating whether a woman in central Japan was scammed into sending around 4.4 million yen ($30,000) to a person who claimed to be a… Read more

Japan says Britain may join trans-Pacific free trade pact this year

Tokyo, 9 October, /AJMEDIA/ Members of a trans-Pacific free trade pact could agree in principle to allow Britain to join as a new member this year, using the European country’s… Read more

Alcohol price hikes add to bars’ woes as they adapt to reopening Japan

Tokyo, 9 October, /AJMEDIA/ For Kazuo Tachibana, a liquor store owner in Yokohama, the recent widespread price hike on alcohol looks like delivering another blow to a business already taking… Read more

Japan finance chief to attend G20 meeting on energy, food security

Tokyo, 9 October, /AJMEDIA/ Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki plans to visit Washington this week to attend a meeting with other Group of 20 finance chiefs amid energy and food insecurity… Read more

Azerbaijan administers 837 COVID-19 jabs in 24 hours

Tokyo, 9 October, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan administered a total of 837 COVID-19 jabs on Saturday, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told AJMEDIA. Azerbaijan has administered nearly 13.9 million… Read more

Why traumatic brain injuries raise the risk of a second, worse hit

Tokyo, 9 October, /AJMEDIA/ In a football game on September 25, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa got the pass off but he got knocked down. Fans watched him shake his… Read more

Latest in string of strikes brings most UK trains to a halt

Tokyo, 9 October, /AJMEDIA/ Most train services across the UK were canceled Saturday as thousands of rail workers staged the latest in a string of strikes over jobs, pay and… Read more

Planting of mines by Armenia in Azerbaijan’s territories must be condemned – Azerbaijani FM

Tokyo, 9 October, /AJMEDIA/ Planting of mines by Armenia on the territory of Azerbaijan must be condemned, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov tweeted, AJMEDIA reports. “Two more Azerbaijani civilians severely… Read more