Aoyama Gakuin takes 1st-day Tokyo-Hakone ekiden lead

Tokyo, 3 January, /AJMEDIA/ Aoyama Gakuin University took the lead in the third of Sunday’s five stages and never looked back, crossing the line first to win the outward half… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Jan. 3, 2022

Tokyo, 3 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan logs 554 daily COVID-19 cases, new high since Omicron spread TOKYO, Jan. 2 Kyodo – Japan confirmed 554 daily coronavirus cases Sunday, a new high… Read more

84% of firms in Japan see economic growth in 2022

Tokyo, 3 January, /AJMEDIA/ About 84 percent of major companies in Japan expect the country’s economy to grow in 2022, driven by recovering personal consumption amid hopes that the coronavirus… Read more

World’s oldest person in Japan celebrates 119th birthday

Tokyo, 3 January, /AJMEDIA/ The world’s oldest person Kane Tanaka, who was born a year before the Russo-Japanese War began, celebrated her 119th birthday in southwestern Japan on Sunday. Tanaka,… Read more

Azerbaijan detects 368 daily COVID-19 cases

Tokyo, 3 January, /AJMEDIA/ 368 new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Azerbaijan, while 918 patients have been recovered, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told… Read more

Biden, Zelensky discuss upcoming security talks with Russia, White House says

Tokyo, 3 January, /AJMEDIA/ US President Joe Biden held a phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky on Sunday discussing the upcoming talks with Russia on security guarantees, the… Read more

Drills of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces to be held in early 2022, source says

Tokyo, 3 January, /AJMEDIA/ Strategic command-and-staff exercises headlined Grom (Thunder) with the participation of all three components of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces will take place in early 2022, a source… Read more

Sudan’s security forces fire tear gas at protesters

Tokyo, 3 January, /AJMEDIA/ Security forces fired tear gas at anti-military protesters in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, televised images showed, as demonstrators marched towards the presidential palace in the 12th round… Read more

Prosecutor General’s Office talks details of serviceman hitting mine in liberated Kalbajar

Tokyo, 3 January, /AJMEDIA/ On January 2, at about 17:00 (GMT +4), information was received that a serviceman of the military unit of the Kalbajar region, Yusif Einiyev, was wounded… Read more

Central Bank of Azerbaijan announces main goals of monetary policy for 2022

Tokyo, 3 January, /AJMEDIA/ The process of ensuring inflation dynamics towards the target range (4 ± 2 percent) will be the main goal of the Azerbaijani monetary policy in 2022,… Read more