Kishida says he will include women’s views in policymaking

Tokyo, 4 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday he will include more women’s perspectives in policymaking to help enrich the lives of all people in society, while… Read more

Japan pledges $27 mil in fresh aid to Ukraine neighbor Moldova

Tokyo, 4 December, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday pledged $27 million in fresh aid to Moldova as he thanked the country for accepting evacuees from war-hit Ukraine, the… Read more

Japan to expand Okinawa-based ground force unit

Tokyo, 4 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan is considering expanding an Okinawa-based ground force unit to defend remote southwestern islands and prepare for a contingency involving Taiwan in the face of China’s… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Dec. 4, 2022

Tokyo, 4 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan to expand Okinawa-based ground force unit amid China threat TOKYO – Japan is considering expanding an Okinawa-based ground force unit to defend remote southwestern islands… Read more

Japan agency warns against tsunami after Indonesia volcano eruption

Tokyo, 4 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s weather agency warned that a tsunami could arrive at the islands of Miyako and Yaeyama in the southern prefecture of Okinawa at around 2:30 p.m.… Read more

Japan nursery school teachers arrested over abuse of toddlers

Tokyo, 4 December, /AJMEDIA/ Three female teachers who used to work at a nursery school in the central Japan city of Susono near Mt. Fuji were arrested Sunday on suspicion… Read more

Russia rejects $60-a-barrel cap on its oil; warns of cutoffs

Tokyo, 4 December, /AJMEDIA/ Russian authorities rejected a price cap on the country’s oil set by Ukraine’s Western supporters and threatened Saturday to stop supplying the nations that endorsed it.… Read more

Gaza militants fire rocket into Israel

Tokyo, 4 December, /AJMEDIA/ Palestinian militants fired a rocket from Gaza into Israel Saturday without causing any casualties, the army said, as a surge in violence grips the occupied West… Read more

China’s natural gas consumption rises in October

Tokyo, 4 December, /AJMEDIA/ China’s natural gas consumption rose year on year in October 2022, according to the country’s top economic planner, AJMEDIA reports citing Xinhua. Apparent consumption of natural… Read more

Türkiye to complete 30-km-deep security corridor – Erdogan

Tokyo, 4 December, /AJMEDIA/ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Dec. 3 said Türkiye will complete the 30-kilometer-deep security strip along its border with Syria, AJMEDIA reports citing Daily News. Speaking… Read more