AJMEDIA News Digest: May 6, 2022

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan to ease COVID border controls like G-7 states in June: Kishida TOKYO – Japan will further ease in June border controls implemented in response to… Read more

Japan launches food export initiative with Thailand

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan launched a trading platform Thursday in Bangkok to increase exports of Japanese foodstuffs to Thailand and further promote Japanese cuisine there. The establishment of the… Read more

Japan, U.K. agree on defense pact amid China’s rise in Indo-Pacific

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed in principle Thursday on a defense cooperation pact as part of their efforts to… Read more

Japan to ease COVID border controls like G-7 states in June: Kishida

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan will further ease in June border controls implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and bring them on par with other Group of Seven nations,… Read more

M4.8 quake jolts areas near Tokyo, no tsunami

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 jolted Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma prefectures near Tokyo on Thursday, but no tsunami occurred, according to the Japan… Read more

How some sunscreens damage coral reefs

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ One common chemical in sunscreen can have devastating effects on coral reefs. Now, scientists know why. Sea anemones, which are closely related to corals, and mushroom… Read more

Erdogan, Macron discuss regional issues

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Presidents of Turkey and France Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Emmanuel Macron held a telephone conversation, AJMEDIA reports citing Turkish media. During a telephone conversation the parties… Read more

Iran and Kuwait to improve bilateral ties

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Iran is looking forward to promoting bilateral cooperation with Kuwait, said the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, AJMEDIA reports citing ISNA. “The level of bilateral cooperation and… Read more

Azerbaijan approves checkpoints on state border with Armenia

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ The ‘Number of checkpoints across the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the list of their location area’ has been amended, AJMEDIA reports. The… Read more

WHO director general, Chairman of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency to take part in IX Global Baku Forum

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sefik Dzaferovic are going to participate in… Read more