Tokyo, 21 March, /AJMEDIA
Japan, Cambodia urge Russia to immediately end war in Ukraine
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Cambodian counterpart, Hun Sen, urged Russia on Sunday to immediately end the war in Ukraine and withdraw its forces from the country, condemning the aggression as “a grave breach of the United Nations Charter.”
In a joint statement issued after their meeting in Phnom Penh, the leaders also called for the immediate cessation of violence in coup-hit Myanmar and demanded that the junta release ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other detainees and restore the democratic political system.
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86% back Japan’s sanctions on Russia over invasion in Ukraine: poll
TOKYO – A total of 85.8 percent of respondents support Japan’s sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, suggesting the public favors Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s firm stance against Moscow.
In the two-day telephone survey through Sunday, 91.2 percent backed the Japanese government’s decision to accept evacuees from the war-hit Eastern European country.
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Japan marks 27th anniversary of AUM cult’s attack on Tokyo subways
TOKYO – Japan marked the 27th anniversary Sunday of the nerve gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000, as the country moves to increase the safety of railways following a string of recent random attacks on passengers by individuals.
Officials of the subway operator Tokyo Metro Co. and relatives of the victims observed a moment of silence at a memorial service at Kasumigaseki Station at 8 a.m., around the time when the deadly sarin nerve agent was released in train cars on March 20, 1995.
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Suzuki unveils 150 bil. yen investment in India for EV production
TOKYO – Suzuki Motor Corp. said Sunday it will invest a total of about 150 billion yen ($1.26 billion) in India for local manufacturing of electric vehicles starting in 2025.
The deal is part of Japan’s 5 trillion yen, five-year public and private investment plan in India that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled during a meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday.
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JR says will take 2 weeks to remove bullet train derailed by quake
TOKYO – East Japan Railway Co. said Sunday it will take at least two weeks to remove a shinkansen bullet train that derailed as a result of a powerful earthquake in the country’s northeast on Wednesday.
The operator began work in the morning to remove the 17-car train that came off the tracks on a viaduct some 2 kilometers from a station in Shiroisi, Miyagi Prefecture. In all, 16 of the 17 cars derailed.
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Some local gov’ts in Japan halt exchanges with Russian sister cities
TOKYO – Some local governments in Japan have decided to halt exchange activities with their sister cities in Russia following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine late last month, with a few municipalities openly criticizing the act and sending protest letters over the aggression.
A total of 43 municipalities in Japan have sister cities in Russia, according to the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations. But a majority of them are not considering completely severing ties with their partners.
