AJMEDIA News Digest: Nov. 21, 2022

Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/ Japan PM sacks scandal-hit internal affairs minister amid pressure TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sacked Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Minoru Terada on Sunday,… Read more

3 Chinese diplomats with Japan ties were detained, freed Japanese man says

Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/ Three Chinese diplomats familiar with Japan had been detained by China’s security authorities since 2013, the former head of a Japan-China youth exchange association who was… Read more

PM Kishida taps Takeaki Matsumoto as new internal affairs minister

Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday he has appointed former Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto as the new internal affairs minister, replacing Minoru Terada who stepped down… Read more

Japan PM sacks scandal-hit internal affairs minister amid pressure

Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sacked Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Minoru Terada on Sunday, as pressure built on the premier to fire him over a… Read more

Japanese project encourages men to lead change for gender equality

Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/ A Japanese project that encourages men to take the lead in eliminating gender disparities was launched over the weekend as the world celebrated International Men’s Day… Read more

Honda to begin sales of all-new ZR-V SUV in April 2023

Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/ Honda Motor Co Ltd will begin sales of the all-new SUV, the ZR-V, on April 21, 2023, at dealerships across Japan. Honda said the ZR-V was… Read more

Louis Pasteur’s devotion to truth transformed what we know about health and disease

Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/ Great scientists become immortalized in various ways. Some through names for obscure units of measurement (à la Hertz, Faraday and Curie). Others in elements on the… Read more

Renewed shelling threatens key Ukrainian nuclear plant

Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/ Powerful explosions from shelling shook Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the global nuclear watchdog said Sunday, calling for “urgent measures… Read more

Qatar opens World Cup with a message of inclusion

Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/ Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman extended one yellow-gloved hand to a FIFA World Cup ambassador suffering from a rare spinal disorder in an image meant to represent… Read more

Biden says another community in America “torn apart by gun violence”

Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday that “yet another community in America has been torn apart by gun violence” in the wake of the Colorado… Read more