Speed skating: Miho Takagi supreme with 3rd World Cup 1,500 win of season

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Miho Takagi won her third straight speed skating 1,500-meter event of the season on Sunday, staying unbeaten over the distance after the third stop of… Read more

Japan to shoulder more cost of hosting U.S. military forces

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan has decided to accept a request by the United States to pay more for hosting its military forces from fiscal 2022 after the two countries… Read more

Myanmar army vehicle rams into protesters, 5 killed: report

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ A Myanmar military vehicle rammed anti-junta protesters in the largest city Yangon on Sunday morning, killing five people, according to online media outlet Myanmar Now. Shortly… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Dec. 6, 2021

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan to bring forward COVID booster shots “wherever possible” TOKYO – Japan will shorten the current eight-month interval between the second and third COVID-19 vaccine shots… Read more

Japan submits record extra budget to parliament for COVID-hit economy

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s government on Monday submitted to parliament a draft extra budget for fiscal 2021 worth a record 36.0 trillion yen ($320 billion) to partially finance its… Read more

Pope condemns treatment of migrants in Europe

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ The Pope has denounced “narrow self-interest and nationalism” over the way Europe treats migrants,AJMEDIA reports citing BBC. Speaking on the Greek island of Lesbos, where he… Read more

Indonesia Semeru volcanic eruption kills 14; dozens injured

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ The eruption of Semeru volcano has killed at least 14 people and injured dozens on Java island, Indonesia’s disaster agency said on Sunday, as rescue teams… Read more

Iran stresses need for long-term cooperation with Kyrgyzstan

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ ranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Sunday urged the need for long-term cooperation with Kyrgyzstan. Amirabdollahian made the remarks during a meeting in Tehran with Deputy… Read more

Erdogan to chair Turkey-Qatar Supreme Strategic Committee in Doha

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Qatar upon the invitation of the ruling emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani,… Read more

Myanmar court to give first rulings in Suu Kyi trial

Tokyo, 6 December, /AJMEDIA/ A court in Myanmar is due to deliver the first rulings on Monday in the trial of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the… Read more