AJMEDIA News Digest: June 8, 2022

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan upgrades Jan.-March GDP to annualized 0.5% contraction TOKYO – Japan’s economy shrank an annualized real 0.5 percent in the January-March period, upwardly revised from the… Read more

Japan, U.S. conduct fighter jet drill again amid N. Korea threat

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan and the United States conducted a joint fighter jet drill over the Sea of Japan on Tuesday for the second time in two weeks, days… Read more

Japan upgrades Jan.-March GDP to annualized 0.5% contraction

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s economy shrank an annualized real 0.5 percent in the January-March period, revised up from the initially reported 1.0 percent contraction on stronger personal consumption, government… Read more

Japan to increase investment in human resources, decarbonization

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese Cabinet approved Tuesday the first annual fiscal and economic policy guidelines under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that pledge aggressive investment in areas such as… Read more

Ex-Tokyo Games chief Mori displeased at backlash over sexist remarks

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori expressed displeasure Tuesday over the backlash at home and abroad against his remarks about women which led him to resign… Read more

Ancient zircons offer insights into earthquakes of the past

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ Earthquakes have rocked the planet for eons. Studying the quakes of old could help scientists better understand modern tremors, but tools to do such work are… Read more

Turkiye, Russia to discuss food corridor in Black Sea, Lavrov due in Ankara

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ Turkish and Russian top diplomats, Mevlut Cavushoglu and Sergey Lavrov will discuss the modalities of a secure corridor to be established through the Black Sea for… Read more

World Bank board approves $1.49 billion in new funds for Ukraine

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ The World Bank’s executive board approved $1.49 billion of additional financing for Ukraine on Tuesday to help pay wages for government and social workers, expanding the… Read more

Turkiye to act when time is right, Akar says on possible Syria op.

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ Turkiye will do whatever is necessary when the time is right, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on a possible military operation in northern Syria, Trend reports… Read more

Azerbaijan approves new composition of Supervisory Board of Youth Foundation

Tokyo, 8 June, /AJMEDIA/ President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a Decree canceling the Presidential Decree No. 444 dated August 29, 2018 on amending the Order No. 3784 dated… Read more