AJMEDIA News Digest: Oct. 5, 2023

Tokyo, 05 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan to buy Tomahawks from U.S. in FY 2025, 1 yr sooner than planned WASHINGTON – Japan will start procuring Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United… Read more

Mount Fuji gets season’s 1st snowcap, 5 days later than last year

Tokyo, 05 October, /AJMEDIA/ Mount Fuji sported its first snowcap of the season on Thursday, five days later than last year and three days later than an average year, a… Read more

Fukushima nuclear plant starts 2nd release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

Tokyo, 05 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said it began releasing a second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea on Thursday after the first round… Read more

‘Undercurrent’: All is not lost in cathartic drama

Tokyo, 05 October, /AJMEDIA/ Last year, nearly 85,000 individuals went missing in Japan. There is even a term in Japanese to describe them: jōhatsusha (evaporated people). Takahito Hara focused on… Read more

Azerbaijan charges Armenian separatist Haratyunyan under several articles

Tokyo, 05 October, /AJMEDIA/ Former ‘head’ of the now-defunct Armenian separatist regime Arayik Harutyunyan was detained by officers of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan (SSS) in Khankendi on October… Read more

Armenia propagates revanchist ideas – Azerbaijani Ombudsman’s Office

Tokyo, 05 October, /AJMEDIA/ Against the background of prompt actions of the Azerbaijani side to ensure the rights and reintegration of the Armenian residents of Karabakh, the propaganda of revanchist… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev receives credentials of newly appointed ambassador of Saudi Arabia

Tokyo, 05 October, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has accepted the credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Azerbaijan Essam… Read more

SoftBank CEO Son says AI will surpass human intelligence in a decade

Tokyo, 05 October, /AJMEDIA/ Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son on Wednesday said he believes artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence within a decade, urging Japanese companies to adopt it or be… Read more

Japan hopes to resolve China’s seafood ban over Fukushima’s wastewater release at WTO

Tokyo, 05 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan hopes to resolve China’s ban on its seafood following the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant within the World Trade Organization’s… Read more

Japan to buy Tomahawks from U.S. earlier than planned: Kihara

Tokyo, 05 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan will start procuring Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States in fiscal 2025, a year earlier than initially planned, in response to the worsening Asian… Read more