AJMEDIA News Digest: June 2, 2022

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ Over 10,000 food items in Japan to see price hike in 2022: survey TOKYO – Over 10,000 food items in Japan will experience price increases of… Read more

Panasonic to quadruple EV battery production capacity by FY 2028

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ The battery manufacturing unit of Panasonic Holdings Corp. said Wednesday it plans to quadruple its production of electric vehicle batteries by fiscal 2028 as it expects… Read more

Over 10,000 food items in Japan to see price hike in 2022

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ Over 10,000 food items in Japan will experience price increases of an average 13 percent this year as a result of rising materials costs and the… Read more

Japan, France vow to closely cooperate over Ukraine, Indo-Pacific

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and French Emmanuel Macron agreed Wednesday to closely coordinate their responses to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and assistance to the war-torn country.… Read more

Japan, U.S. hold 1st strategic talks on ASEAN, with China in sight

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan and the United States held their first strategic dialogue Wednesday on Southeast Asian affairs as part of broader policy coordination in an area under increasing… Read more

Japan PM Kishida to visit Singapore for Shangri-La security dialogue

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Singapore to attend the Shangri-La security dialogue from June 10, becoming the first Japanese leader to do so since 2014,… Read more

U.S. lifts Cuba flight restrictions imposed under Trump administration

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ The Biden administration on Wednesday revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba imposed during the Trump administration, including ending a prohibition on U.S. flights… Read more

Denmark looks set to join the EU’s defence policy

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ Denmark will join the European Union’s defence policy after a referendum on Wednesday, public broadcaster DR projected, signalling the latest shift among Nordic countries to deepen… Read more

Turkey cancels requirement for PCR-test to enter country

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s national carrier, said on Wednesday that passengers were required to take a PCR or antigen test to enter Turkey, AJMEDIA reports citing it’s… Read more

NPP construction in Egypt to start in first half of July

Tokyo, 2 June, /AJMEDIA/ The official start of construction of the Egypt’s first El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is scheduled in the first half of July, First Deputy CEO… Read more