Azerbaijani FM talks plans of expansion capabilities of BTK railway corridor

Tokyo, 28 June, /AJMEDIA/ Expansion of capabilities of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway corridor (BTK) is planned, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at a briefing on the results of the first… Read more

Was there anything real about Elvis Presley?

Tokyo, 28 June, /AJMEDIA/ In Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” there’s a scene based on actual conversations that took place between Elvis Presley and Steve Binder, the director of a 1968 NBC… Read more

Inoue says undisputed crown will prove he is pound-for-pound boxing king

Tokyo, 28 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Naoya Inoue wants to prove he is worthy of his status as boxing’s new pound-for-pound king, by becoming undisputed bantamweight world champion, the man known… Read more

Japan halts aid for coal-fired plants in Indonesia, Bangladesh

Tokyo, 28 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan will stop providing yen loans for the construction of coal-fired electricity plants in Indonesia and Bangladesh, the government said. The policy reversal regarding the construction… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: June 27, 2022

Tokyo, 27 June, /AJMEDIA/ G-7 leaders to ban Russia gold imports, monitor assertive China MUNICH – Group of Seven leaders on Sunday looked set to tighten sanctions on Russia over… Read more

Japan, Germany leaders vow to work toward 2023 Hiroshima G-7 summit

Tokyo, 27 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed Sunday to step up cooperation related to a Group of Seven summit to be hosted… Read more

Japan PM warns G-7 of danger of “wrong lessons” from Russian invasion

Tokyo, 27 June, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday stressed the need for the Group of Seven leaders to show a united front to prevent other countries from drawing… Read more

M4.7 quake jolts southwestern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

Tokyo, 27 June, /AJMEDIA/ An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 shook Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Sunday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency… Read more

UK, U.S., Japan and Canada to ban Russia gold imports

Tokyo, 27 June, /AJMEDIA/ Britain, the United States, Japan and Canada will ban new imports of Russian gold as part of efforts to tighten the sanctions squeeze on Moscow for… Read more

Turkish FM arrives on visit to Azerbaijan

Tokyo, 27 June, /AJMEDIA/ Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavushoglu arrived in Azerbaijan, he wrote on his Twitter page, AJMEDIA reports. “In Baku to attend the First Trilateral Meeting of the… Read more