AJMEDIA News Digest: Feb. 13, 2023

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. jet shoots down unidentified flying object over Canada: PM NEW YORK – An unidentified flying object that entered the territorial airspace of Canada was shot… Read more

COVID-19 cases in Tokyo down below 1,000 for 1st time in 8 months

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ The Tokyo metropolitan government said new cases of novel coronavirus infections fell below 1,000 for the first time in around eight months, slipping to 799 on… Read more

Japan eyes stockpiling disaster supplies at post offices

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government is considering using post offices to stockpile disaster supplies, such as food, water and bedding, with an eye to delivering them to evacuation… Read more

Prices to rise in Japan on over 10,000 food items

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ Food prices will continue to soar in Japan in the first four months this year, with prices on more than 10,000 items set to rise due… Read more

Used car subscriptions gain popularity in Japan amid delivery delays

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ As subscriptions for a wide variety of commodities have become common across the world, the younger generation in Japan have recently started using them for used… Read more

Turkey investigates building contractors as earthquake deaths pass 33,000

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday,… Read more

Russia continues to shell Ukraine amid grinding push in east

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ Russian forces over the weekend continued to shell Ukrainian cities amid a grinding push to seize more land in the east of the country, with Ukrainian… Read more

U.S. military shoots down another flying object near Canadian border

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ The U.S. military shot down on Sunday an octagonal object over Lake Huron near the Canadian border, U.S. officials said, the fourth object downed this month… Read more

Saudi Arabia to send 1st Saudi female astronaut to space

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday the plan to send the first Saudi female astronaut to the International Space Station during the second quarter of 2023, AJMEDIA… Read more

Ceyhan terminal resumes tanker loadings of oil from Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan – bp

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ Tanker loadings of oil from Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline at Ceyhan terminal have been resumed as of this afternoon (12 February), bp Azerbaijan told AJMEDIA. The tanker loading… Read more