AJMEDIA News Digest: Jan. 30, 2023

Tokyo, 30 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

China resumes issuing ordinary visas for Japanese citizens

Tokyo, 30 January, /AJMEDIA/ China has resumed the issuance of ordinary visas for Japanese citizens traveling to the country, the Chinese embassy in Japan said on Sunday, in a move… Read more

ANA delays departure of 2 flights from Naha Airport over bomb threat

Tokyo, 30 January, /AJMEDIA/ All Nippon Airways Co. delayed two flights scheduled to depart from Naha Airport on Monday after receiving a bomb threat, according to the Okinawa prefectural government.… Read more

Company uses whale meat vending machines to promote sales in Japan

Tokyo, 30 January, /AJMEDIA/ A Japanese whaling operator, after struggling for years to promote its products amid protests from conservationists, has found a new way to cultivate clientele and bolster… Read more

UK health service sets out two-year recovery plan for emergency care

Tokyo, 30 January, /AJMEDIA/ England’s National Health Service (NHS) on Monday announced a two-year recovery plan to help restore emergency care and frontline services, currently struggling through one of their… Read more

Suicide bomber kills 20, injures 96 at mosque in Pakistan

Tokyo, 30 January, /AJMEDIA/ A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 20 people and wounding as many as 96… Read more

34% of Japan’s small, mid-sized firms intend to hike pay

Tokyo, 30 January, /AJMEDIA/ Around a third of small to mid-sized Japanese firms intend to raise wages in the future amid repeated government calls for pay hikes to counter inflation,… Read more

We need good friends, partners to diversify energy resources – Hungarian president

Tokyo, 30 January, /AJMEDIA/ We need good friends and partners to diversify energy resources, President of Hungary Katalin Novák said at an expanded meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev… Read more

Azerbaijani-Hungarian documents signed in Budapest

Tokyo, 30 January, /AJMEDIA/ Following the expanded meeting of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, a ceremony of signing documents has… Read more

Turkish FM urges Iran to transparently investigate terrorist attack on Azerbaijani embassy

Tokyo, 30 January, /AJMEDIA/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye Mevlut Cavusoglu urged Iran to conduct a transparent and thorough investigation into the armed attack on the… Read more