AJMEDIA News Digest: Feb. 6, 2023

Tokyo, 6 February, /AJMEDIA/ Gov’t plans to present nominees for BOJ governor, deputies next week TOKYO – The government is planning to submit to parliament its nominees for the next… Read more

Gov’t plans to present nominees for BOJ governor, deputies next week

Tokyo, 6 February, /AJMEDIA/ The government is planning to submit to parliament its nominees for the next Bank of Japan governor and two deputy chiefs next week, sources with knowledge… Read more

Japan probing links between Chinese balloon, past flying object

Tokyo, 6 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japan is examining whether there are links between a suspected Chinese spy balloon that the U.S. military shot down and reports of a flying object spotted… Read more

U.S. weighs deploying medium-range missiles to U.S. forces in Japan: report

Tokyo, 6 February, /AJMEDIA/ The U.S. government has suggested deploying medium-range missiles in Japan as part of a plan to bolster defenses against China along the East and South China… Read more

China to appoint Wu Jianghao as new Japan ambassador

Tokyo, 6 February, /AJMEDIA/ China is planning to appoint Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Jianghao, who has worked in Japan as a diplomat for more than 10 years, as its next… Read more

Nostalgia sells; nostalgia with a twist can be a smash

Tokyo, 6 February, /AJMEDIA/ Nostalgia sells and marketers know it, having used the brands of yesteryear fully aware that consumers will open their wallets to scratch that sentimental itch. Those… Read more

Republicans criticize Biden for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon

Tokyo, 6 February, /AJMEDIA/ Republican U.S. lawmakers on Sunday criticized President Joe Biden for waiting days to shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated over the United… Read more

Fierce battles rage in Bakhmut as Ukraine calls for planes

Tokyo, 6 February, /AJMEDIA/ Heavy fighting was underway Sunday in the northern parts of the frontline hotspot Bakhmut, while Ukraine’s defense minister said the reluctance of Kyiv’s Western allies to… Read more

Chile forest fire death toll rises to 24; hundreds left homeless

Tokyo, 6 February, /AJMEDIA/ Forest fires have killed 24 people, injured nearly 1,000 and destroyed 800 homes in five days as a blistering heat wave grips south-central Chile, authorities said… Read more

Azerbaijani MFA expresses condolences to Türkiye in connection with road accident

Tokyo, 6 February, /AJMEDIA/ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has expressed its condolences to the Turkish side in connection with the bus accident in Afyonkarahisar province, AJMEDIA reports… Read more