AJMEDIA News Digest: Feb. 16, 2023

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s ruling bloc OKs easing weapon use against flying objects TOKYO – Japan’s ruling bloc on Thursday approved the government’s plan of relaxing the requirements for… Read more

Fukushima fishermen pin hopes on pufferfish

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ The pufferfish filling nets in Fukushima are a delicacy that can kill if wrongly prepared. But to a community devastated by a 2011 nuclear disaster, they… Read more

Kishida pledges to boost child-rearing budget to 4% of GDP

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Wednesday to boost Japan’s budget for child-rearing to 4 percent of the country’s gross domestic product to tackle the falling birthrate,… Read more

Jan. foreign entries to Japan near 1.5 mil. amid Lunar New Year boost

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in January increased by some 130,000 from the previous month to almost 1.5 million entries, government data showed… Read more

Japan’s major auto unions demand highest-level wage raises

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ Labor unions representing workers at Japan’s eight major automakers pressed for the highest-level wage raises in years on Wednesday, eyeing significant pay hikes to offset the… Read more

Russia declares battlefield gains as Ukraine urges faster military aid

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ Russia said on Wednesday it had broken through two of Ukraine’s fortified defense lines in the east and Kyiv spoke of relentless Russian attacks making it… Read more

Haley calls for generational change in launching 2024 bid

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ Nikki Haley launched her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday with a call for generational change in Washington and a rejection of what she… Read more

Three women, two children pulled from rubble in Turkey; some aid reaches Syria

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ Two women were pulled from the rubble in Turkey’s southern city of Kahramanmaras and a mother and two children were rescued from the city of Antakya… Read more

Azerbaijani FM meets with EU Ambassador for Eastern Partnership

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has today met with EU Ambassador for the Eastern Partnership Christina Johannesson. The discussions at the meeting were concerned with the… Read more

President of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a phone call to President Ilham Aliyev

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a phone call to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, AJMEDIA reports. During the telephone conversation, the… Read more