What is the Unification Church, and how will Japan’s probe affect it?

Tokyo, 23 November, /AJMEDIA/ Japan has launched a probe of the Unification Church, potentially threatening the group’s position in a country it relies on heavily for followers and financial support,… Read more

Israel announces first step toward free trade pact with Japan

Tokyo, 23 November, /AJMEDIA/ Israel has agreed to open contacts with Japan aimed at reaching a free trade agreement that could lift bilateral trade valued at more than $3.5 billion,… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Nov. 23, 2022

Tokyo, 23 November, /AJMEDIA/ Japan gives emergency approval to Shionogi’s oral COVID-19 drug TOKYO – Japan’s health ministry on Tuesday granted fast-track approval to Shionogi & Co.’s COVID-19 tablet Xocova,… Read more

Mizuho Financial in high gear to appoint female managers

Tokyo, 23 November, /AJMEDIA/ Mizuho Financial Group Inc. recently launched a program to increase the number of women in management positions by connecting female employees with board members, as the… Read more

Nearly 80% of Japanese firms in Europe affected by Ukraine war

Tokyo, 23 November, /AJMEDIA/ Some 77 percent of Japanese companies in Europe see their operations affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine primarily through a rise in energy and food prices… Read more

Traumatized relatives await news of missing in quake-hit Indonesia

Tokyo, 23 November, /AJMEDIA/ Traumatized relatives awaited news on Wednesday of the fate of loved ones missing after an earthquake shattered a town in Indonesia’s West Java on Monday, with… Read more

5.9-magnitude earthquake registered in Marmara Sea near Istanbul

Tokyo, 23 November, /AJMEDIA/ Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that 22 people were injured in the earthquake near Istanbul, AJMEDIA reports citing DHA. “In the city of Duzce, we… Read more

EU proposes gas price cap at 275 euros per MWh

Tokyo, 23 November, /AJMEDIA/ A European gas price cap at 275 euros (283 U.S. dollars) per megawatt hour (MWh) has been proposed, Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson announced in Strasbourg, France,… Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes phone call to President Ilham Aliyev

Tokyo, 23 November, /AJMEDIA/ On November 22, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin made a phone call to President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, AJMEDIA reports. During… Read more

Department under Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Science and Education renamed

Tokyo, 23 November, /AJMEDIA/ The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan has passed a resolution on renaming the Deinstitutionalization and Child Protection Department under the Ministry of Science and Education of… Read more