AJMEDIA News Digest: June 9, 2022

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan, China defense chiefs to meet June 12 amid Chinese naval activity TOKYO – Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wei… Read more

Japan, China defense chiefs to meet June 12 amid Chinese naval activity

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe Sunday on the sidelines of a security forum in Singapore to air concerns… Read more

Japan Diet speaker suspected of bribing local officials in 2021 election

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda’s camp paid several thousand yen per day in cash to local assembly members and others in western Japan during campaigning… Read more

Japan Cabinet, lower house speaker face no-confidence motion

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s major opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted Wednesday a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a gambit turning up… Read more

Japan, South Korea affirm improvement of ties as “urgent task”

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ Senior diplomats from Japan and South Korea agreed Wednesday that improving frayed bilateral ties is an “urgent task” for the two neighbors amid increasing speculation that… Read more

Yen tumbles to fresh 20-yr low in 134 zone vs. U.S. dollar

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ The yen briefly fell to a fresh 20-year low in the 134 range against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, reflecting prospects of a divergence in monetary… Read more

Tokyo reports 1,935 coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 18,416

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ The Tokyo metropolitan government on Wednesday reported 1,935 new coronavirus cases, up 135 from Tuesday and down 480 from last Wednesday. The number of infected people… Read more

European Parliament recommends giving Ukraine status of candidate for EU membership

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ The European Parliament has adopted a resolution recommending that the European Union grant Ukraine the status of a candidate country for EU membership, AJMEDIA reports citing… Read more

US Marines aircraft crashes in California

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ A military aircraft crashed in California on Wednesday, AJMEDIA reports citing Fox News. The crash occurred near Glamis, located just a few miles north of the… Read more

Turkiye cannot welcome Sweden, Finland to NATO amid terror concerns

Tokyo, 9 June, /AJMEDIA/ As long as terrorist leaders’ speeches are broadcasted on Swedish state television, we cannot welcome them to NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, AJMEDIA… Read more