Australia’s nuclear safety agency joins search for missing radioactive capsule

Tokyo, 31 January, /AJMEDIA/ Australia’s nuclear safety agency said on Tuesday it had joined a week-long search for a tiny radioactive capsule missing in the west of the country that… Read more

Woman who served in SDF sues gov’t, assailants over sexual harassment

Tokyo, 31 January, /AJMEDIA/ A Japanese woman who served in the Self-Defense Force and was sexually assaulted by her colleagues said Monday she is suing the government and the perpetrators… Read more

Japan’s PM Kishida grilled over son’s excursion during official trip

Tokyo, 31 January, /AJMEDIA/ apanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was grilled Tuesday by the opposition bloc over a magazine report that his son, Shotaro, who is also his secretary, went… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Jan. 31, 2023

Tokyo, 31 January, /AJMEDIA/ Nissan, Renault agree to make mutual cross-shareholding equal TOKYO – Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA have agreed to bring their mutual cross-shareholdings equal at 15… Read more

Chemicals found in Tokyoites’ blood, likely due to contaminated water

Tokyo, 31 January, /AJMEDIA/ A Tokyo citizens’ group said Monday it has detected high concentrations of potentially harmful substances known as PFAS in some western Tokyo residents’ blood, suggesting it… Read more

Japan, Greece step up security ties as ‘strategic partners’

Tokyo, 31 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, agreed on Monday to strengthen their security, defense and economic ties and pledged to cooperate… Read more

Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike

Tokyo, 31 January, /AJMEDIA/ Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run up… Read more

Blinken reaffirms need for two-state solution after talks with Netanyahu

Tokyo, 31 January, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israelis and Palestinians to ease tensions on Monday during a visit to Jerusalem, reaffirming a long-stalled peace vision of… Read more

Toyota CEO taps younger successor amid paradigm shift in industry

Tokyo, 31 January, /AJMEDIA/ Toyota Motor Corp’s surprise announcement last week of a change in its top management came as CEO Akio Toyoda, the grandson of the founder, picked an… Read more

In Hungary, we feel at home, among friends – President Ilham Aliyev

Tokyo, 31 January, /AJMEDIA/ In Hungary, we feel at home, among friends, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said speaking at an official dinner given in his honor in Budapest, AJMEDIA… Read more