AJMEDIA News Digest: July 6, 2022

Tokyo, 6 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan ruling bloc tipped to win over half of upper house race seats TOKYO – Japan’s ruling coalition will likely win more than half of the… Read more

Japan’s FY 2021 tax revenue hits record 67.04 trillion yen

Tokyo, 6 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s tax revenue in fiscal 2021 hit 67.04 trillion yen ($495 billion), up 10.2 percent from the previous year and setting a record for the second… Read more

Japan, South Korea, U.S. foreign ministers plan 3-way talks this week

Tokyo, 6 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan, South Korea and the United States are arranging a meeting of their foreign ministers this week on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, sources familiar… Read more

Japan ruling bloc tipped to win over half of upper house race seats

Tokyo, 6 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s ruling coalition will likely win more than half of the seats being contested in Sunday’s House of Councillors election, according to a Kyodo News poll… Read more

Record 15,000 people transported to hospital in June due to heat

Tokyo, 6 July, /AJMEDIA/ A historic June heat wave caused more than 15,000 people to be taken to hospital in an ambulance across Japan with heatstroke or heat exhaustion, a… Read more

Earthquake alert

Tokyo, 6 July, /AJMEDIA/ The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Day and Time: July 6, 2022, 5:10 a.m. Epicenter: Off Miyagi Prefecture. N 38.4,… Read more

Macron urges new Israel PM to make historical peace with Palestinians

Tokyo, 6 July, /AJMEDIA/ France urged Israel’s new prime minister, Yair Lapid, on Tuesday to restart peace talks with the Palestinians, but Lapid played down such prospects, citing rightist elements… Read more

Türkiye, Italy sign 9 bilateral cooperation agreements

Tokyo, 6 July, /AJMEDIA/ Türkiye and Italy have signed nine bilateral cooperation agreements in several areas, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after he and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi held… Read more

Tunisia buys 8 military training aircraft from U.S. – defense ministry

Tokyo, 6 July, /AJMEDIA/ Tunisia has bought eight military training aircrafts from the United States as part of a plan to renew the air force’s training aircraft fleet, the defense… Read more

Azerbaijani FM meets with German scientist Michael Hess

Tokyo, 6 July, /AJMEDIA/ On July 7, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov received Associate Professor of Giessen University, German scientist Michael Reinhard Hess, AJMEDIA reports citing Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. At… Read more