AJMEDIA News Digest: Nov. 10, 2022

Tokyo, 10 November, /AJMEDIA/ Control of U.S. Congress still unclear amid tight midterm races WASHINGTON – The results of the U.S. midterm elections were not yet clear enough Wednesday to… Read more

Japan justice minister under fire for gaffe over death penalty

Tokyo, 10 November, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s justice minister has come under fire for remarks widely seen as making light of his role in providing final authorization for executions of death-row inmates.… Read more

Japan, U.S. begin large-scale joint exercise with China in mind

Tokyo, 10 November, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military on Thursday began a large-scale joint exercise mainly in and around Japan’s southwestern islands, in an effort to… Read more

Japan’s 8th COVID wave could surpass previous wave’s peak

Tokyo, 10 November, /AJMEDIA/ With coronavirus cases quickly rebounding throughout Japan, the country’s eighth pandemic wave may match or exceed the previous wave’s peak of more than 260,000 daily cases… Read more

U.N. refugee head hails Japan’s acceptance of Ukrainian evacuees

Tokyo, 10 November, /AJMEDIA/ The U.N. chief for refugee affairs on Wednesday praised Japan for accepting Ukrainian evacuees and requested that Tokyo take in more displaced people from around the… Read more

Nissan’s quarterly profit falls amid computer chip crunch

Tokyo, 10 November, /AJMEDIA/ Nissan Motor Co’s profit fell 68% in the last quarter as a shortage of computer chips hindered the Japanese automaker’s ability to deliver vehicles to its… Read more

Inflation brings end to beloved 114-year-old Japanese candy

Tokyo, 10 November, /AJMEDIA/ A beloved Japanese candy eaten by generations, so iconic it even appeared in a hit anime film, has come to the end of the line, a… Read more

Super skills on show for Guinness World Records Day

Tokyo, 10 November, /AJMEDIA/ Feats ranging from the most alternating single-arm handstands in one minute to solving the most rotating puzzle cubes while skateboarding are being celebrated in this year’s… Read more

Greenland’s frozen hinterlands are bleeding worse than we thought

Tokyo, 10 November, /AJMEDIA/ Sea level rise may proceed faster than expected in the coming decades, as a gargantuan flow of ice slithering out of Greenland’s remote interior both picks… Read more

Biden hails Democrats’ ‘strong night,’ acknowledges concerns

Tokyo, 10 November, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Joe Biden claimed vindication the day after the midterm elections, saying Democrats had “a strong night” and he planned to change nothing about his… Read more