AJMEDIA News Digest: June 4, 2022

Tokyo, 4 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan amends document to show economic cooperation with Russia halted TOKYO – The Japanese government said Friday it has deleted sentences on promoting economic cooperation with… Read more

Japan to compile big extra budget for stimulus after summer election

Tokyo, 4 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan is planning to compile a supplementary budget worth more than 10 trillion yen ($77 billion) after this summer’s House of Councillors election to finance measures… Read more

Japan drugmaker tests medicine vending machine in train station

Tokyo, 4 June, /AJMEDIA/ A Japanese pharmaceutical company has started a trial sale of cold medicine, painkillers and other drugs via a vending machine it installed at JR Shinjuku Station… Read more

Kishida eyes attending NATO summit in late June, 1st time for Japan

Tokyo, 4 June, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to attend a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization slated for late June in Spain, a development that would… Read more

Tokyo to allow foreigners to work as beauticians, 1st in Japan

Tokyo, 4 June, /AJMEDIA/ The Tokyo metropolitan government said Friday it will allow foreigners to work as beauticians from October using a national regulation scheme, marking the first time the… Read more

Japan eyes reform of outdated labor systems based on gender “roles”

Tokyo, 4 June, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government on Friday called for a revamp of old-fashioned labor practices, taxation and social security systems that have left the nation’s gender gap largely… Read more

NATO Secretary General, Finland’s PM discuss country’s entry into alliance

Tokyo, 4 June, /AJMEDIA/ NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin discussed in Washington the prospects for Finland joining the alliance, he wrote on his Twitter… Read more

China to launch Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceship on June 5

Tokyo, 4 June, /AJMEDIA/ The Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceship will be launched at around 10:44 a.m. Sunday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, announced the China… Read more

Turkey summons Greek ambassador to foreign ministry

Tokyo, 4 June, /AJMEDIA/ Greek Ambassador to Ankara Christodoulos Lazaris was summoned to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to Greece’s support for terrorist organizations, in particular the PKK,… Read more

Iraq says to raise daily oil output to 4.58 mln barrels

Tokyo, 4 June, /AJMEDIA/ Iraq said on Friday that its oil production would reach 4.58 million barrels per day (bpd) in July and August, AJMEDIA reports citing Xinhua. The latest… Read more