AJMEDIA News Digest: March 12, 2023

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA/ 1 in 4 still to wear masks in Japan despite eased COVID rules: poll TOKYO – One in four people in Japan have said in a… Read more

Japan’s unmasking will start slow, but it will happen: social psychology expert

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA/ TOKYO -Japan will ease its anti-coronavirus masking directives on March 13, making it a date when each of us will have to think about what we… Read more

Report hints of serious bullying promptly, Japan education ministry tells boards

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA/ TOKYO — To quickly identify and deal with suspected serious bullying, Japan’s education ministry on March 10 ordered education boards across the country to quickly report… Read more

Youth group supports women looking to run in local elections to eliminate gender inequality

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA/ TOKYO – A fledgling group of young people with an interest in gender equality has been supporting women in their 20s and 30s who hope to… Read more

Ex-head of inn with bacteria exceeding limit dies in apparent suicide

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA/ The former head of the operator of a southwestern Japan inn, who came under fire for only changing hot spring bathwater twice a year, allowing legionella… Read more

Baku to host international conference on fight against Islamophobia

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA/ On March 15-16, the Baku International Multiculturalism Center (BIMC), the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) and the G20 Interfaith Forum will organize an… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev received Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi. Kailash Satyarthi highlighted the importance of the 10th Global Baku… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev received former President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received former President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. They touched upon the importance of the 10th Global Baku… Read more

FEATURE: UFO sightings putting rural Japan community on intergalactic map

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA/ A tiny rural community in northeastern Japan known for numerous UFO sightings is promoting itself as a “home to aliens” in a bid to revitalize its… Read more

60% of S Koreans oppose Japan wartime labor dispute resolution

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA/ Nearly 60 percent of South Koreans said they are against a move to resolve a wartime labor row between the country and Japan that would see… Read more