AJMEDIA News Digest: Feb. 27, 2023

Tokyo, 27 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japan to end blanket COVID-19 testing of visitors from China TOKYO – Japan said Monday it will end blanket COVID-19 testing of visitors from China, effective… Read more

Japan to launch pilot program for issuing digital yen

Tokyo, 27 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japan will start a pilot program in April to test the use of a digital yen, its central bank said, joining a growing number of countries… Read more

Japanese candy company make tearful, heartfelt apology for raising prices… by ¥10

Tokyo, 27 February, /AJMEDIA/ Osaka-based confectionary company Chirin got the internet buzzing recently when they took to social media to make a formal apology. The apology, which featured the Chirin… Read more

Kishida rallies party members for victory in April local elections

Tokyo, 27 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday rallied fellow members of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party to push for victory in nationwide local elections in April,… Read more

Calls grow for G7 chair Japan to focus on issues other than Ukraine

Tokyo, 27 February, /AJMEDIA/ After hosting a Group of Seven online summit on the first anniversary of the Ukraine crisis, Japan, the G7 chair in 2023, faces growing expectations from… Read more

Plastic consumption on course to nearly double by 2050

Tokyo, 27 February, /AJMEDIA/ Plastic use in G20 countries is on course to nearly double by the middle of the century unless a comprehensive and legally binding global treaty to… Read more

4 appear in Hong Kong court charged with gruesome murder of model

Tokyo, 27 February, /AJMEDIA/ The ex-husband and former in-laws of a slain Hong Kong model and influencer appeared in court Monday on a joint murder charge after police found her… Read more

Migrant shipwreck in Italy kills at least 59, including 12 children

Tokyo, 27 February, /AJMEDIA/ At least 59 people died, including 12 children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast early… Read more

Azerbaijan amends list of imported raw materials, supplies exempted from VAT

Tokyo, 27 February, /AJMEDIA/ President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on amendments to Decree No. 1732 dated July 1, 2022 “On approval of the “List of raw materials… Read more

Peaceful protest of Azerbaijanis continues on Lachin-Khankendi road

Tokyo, 27 February, /AJMEDIA/ The peaceful protest of Azerbaijanis on the Lachin-Khankendi road against the illegal exploitation of mineral resources in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh Economic Region continues, AJMEDIA reports from the… Read more