AJMEDIA News Digest: Dec. 1, 2022

Tokyo, 1 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan starts power saving period amid fear of supply crunch TOKYO – An electricity-saving period began in Japan on Thursday, with the government asking people to… Read more

Japan gov’t to OK bill to help people impacted by religious donations

Tokyo, 1 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s government is set to approve a bill Thursday aimed at helping people who suffer financial hardship as the result of donations solicited by controversial religious… Read more

Japan considers buying up to 500 U.S. Tomahawk missiles until FY2027

Tokyo, 1 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan is considering buying up to about 500 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States until around fiscal year April 2027, as Tokyo aims to obtain… Read more

About half of Japan, China respondents foresee Taiwan conflict

Tokyo, 1 December, /AJMEDIA/ About half of Japanese and Chinese respondents said they believe a military conflict could occur in the Taiwan Strait in the future, an annual survey showed… Read more

Japan starts power saving period amid fear of supply crunch

Tokyo, 1 December, /AJMEDIA/ An electricity-saving period began in Japan on Thursday, with the government asking people to bundle up indoors and set the heating temperature low, among other steps,… Read more

Princess Aiko turns 21, continues duties as imperial member

Tokyo, 1 December, /AJMEDIA/ Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito, turned 21 on Thursday, having spent the last year carrying out official duties as an adult member of… Read more

Hackers dump more customer data from Australian insurer Medibank

Tokyo, 1 December, /AJMEDIA/ Australia’s biggest health insurer, Medibank Private Ltd, said on Thursday that hackers had released more of its stolen medical records, as media reported that the complete… Read more

Mammoths may have gone extinct much earlier than DNA suggests

Tokyo, 1 December, /AJMEDIA/ Some ancient DNA may be leading paleontologists astray in attempts to date when woolly mammoths and woolly rhinos went extinct. In 2021, an analysis of plant… Read more

Syrian Army kills ISIS leader

Tokyo, 1 December, /AJMEDIA/ ISIS leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Quraishi was killed by the Free Syrian Army last month, according to the US military, AJMEDIA reports citing Al Arabiya. “This… Read more

France carries on with “Armenian interest” approach, biased resolutions fail to influence Azerbaijan’s policy

Tokyo, 1 December, /AJMEDIA/ The National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament, has unanimously adopted a biased resolution demanding “to stop Azerbaijan’s aggression against Armenia”, AJMEDIA reports. The… Read more