AJMEDIA News Digest: July 11, 2022

Tokyo, 11 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s LDP wins big in upper house election after ex-PM Abe’s death TOKYO – Japan’s ruling party scored a sweeping victory in Sunday’s House of Councillors… Read more

Kishida meets with Blinken as U.S. mourns ex-Japan PM Abe’s death

Tokyo, 11 July, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in Japan on Monday to express his condolences over the death of… Read more

Record 35 women elected to Japan upper house

Tokyo, 11 July, /AJMEDIA/ A record 35 women won seats in Sunday’s House of Councillors election in Japan after votes were tallied Monday, breaking the previous record of 28 set… Read more

Opposition parties acknowledge defeat in Japan’s upper house election

Tokyo, 11 July, /AJMEDIA/ Suffering heavy losses in the upper house election Sunday, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lost its mantle as the country’s major opposition party, though other… Read more

Abe shooter checked YouTube for how to make homemade guns

Tokyo, 11 July, /AJMEDIA/ The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe checked YouTube when making the firearm used in the attack on Japan’s longest-serving leader, investigative sources… Read more

Japan’s business leaders welcome ruling bloc’s election success

Tokyo, 11 July, /AJMEDIA/ Business leaders in Japan welcomed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling coalition securing an increased upper house majority on Sunday, while expressing hope the premier will swiftly… Read more

British Foreign Secretary Truss announces her candidacy for Tory leader and PM

Tokyo, 11 July, /AJMEDIA/ The UK’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced she would run for Tory leader and prime minister in an article for The Telegraph late on Sunday, AJMEDIA… Read more

Iranian President says no obstacle to expand ties with Pakistan

Tokyo, 11 July, /AJMEDIA/ Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday night that the current level of Tehran-Islamabad ties is not proportionate to the diverse capacities of the two countries… Read more

India’s Navy warships to get indigenous SATCOM terminals

Tokyo, 11 July, /AJMEDIA/ The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of India has okayed a programme for indigenous development of satellite communication (SATCOM) terminals that are housed on warships, submarines and… Read more

Israeli PM, Egyptian president agree to meet “soon” in phone call

Tokyo, 11 July, /AJMEDIA/ Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made a phone call on Sunday and agreed to meet “soon,” Lapid’s office said in… Read more