{
  "id": 4473303,
  "title": "Qatar, Japan sign exchange of official memorandum on air services agreement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/qatar-japan-sign-exchange-of-official-memorandum-on-air-services",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T17:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf Times",
    "slug": "gulf-times",
    "url": "https://www.gulf-times.com/article/732220/qatar/qatar-japan-sign-exchange-of-official-memorandum-on-air-services-agreement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The State of Qatar and Japan have signed an exchange of official memorandum concerning the amendment of the Air Services Agreement. The agreement includes an annex that amends the air route schedule.\n\nThe memorandum was signed by Mohammed bin Faleh Al Hajri, who is in charge of managing the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA), and Naoto Hisajima, the Ambassador of Japan to Qatar.\n\nThe signing of the memorandum aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation in civil aviation, develop air services, and enhance connectivity between Qatar and Japan, according to both the Gulf Times and The Peninsula Qatar.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Peninsula Qatar",
        "title": "Qatar, Japan sign exchange of official memorandum on air services agreement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/qatar-japan-sign-exchange-of-official-memorandum-on-air-services-4473323",
        "published": "2026-08-30T18:08:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}