AJMEDIA News Digest: July 17, 2022

Tokyo, 17 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s daily COVID cases top 110,000 for 1st time TOKYO – Japan’s daily COVID-19 cases on Saturday topped 110,000 to set a new record as the… Read more

Tokyo falls to 9th most expensive city for expats amid weak yen

Tokyo, 17 July, /AJMEDIA/ Tokyo has tumbled to the ninth-most expensive city for people working abroad in 2022 from third a year earlier, partly due to the weakening of the… Read more

Britain, Japan said to be looking to merge Tempest and F-X fighter programs

Tokyo, 17 July, /AJMEDIA/ Britain and Japan are close to an agreement to merge their next-generation Tempest and F-X fighter jet programs, with the two countries aiming for a deal… Read more

Half of Japan firms think gov’t should do more on rising prices

Tokyo, 17 July, /AJMEDIA/ Roughly half of Japanese companies think the government should take more steps to curb the impact of soaring prices as they bear the brunt of higher… Read more

Japan’s daily COVID cases top 110,000 for 1st time

Tokyo, 17 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s daily COVID-19 cases on Saturday topped 110,000 to set a new record as the country grapples with a seventh wave of coronavirus infections partly driven… Read more

Japan aims to maintain stakes in Russia’s Sakhalin 2 energy project

Tokyo, 17 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan has decided to maintain its interests in the Sakhalin 2 oil and liquefied natural gas project in the Russian Far East, with the government coordinating… Read more

Biden says U.S. will remain an active partner in the Middle East

Tokyo, 17 July, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday the United States would remain an active, engaged partner in the Middle East and urged leaders gathered at an… Read more

Saudi crown prince says unrealistic energy policies will lead to higher inflation

Tokyo, 17 July, /AJMEDIA/ Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Saturday more investment was needed in fossil fuel and clean energy technologies to meet global demand, and… Read more

Antony Blinken comments on meeting between Azerbaijani, Armenian FMs

Tokyo, 17 July, /AJMEDIA/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken commented on the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Tbilisi, Antony Blinken wrote on his Twitter… Read more

Meeting of Azerbaijani, Armenian FMs takes place in Georgia

Tokyo, 17 July, /AJMEDIA/ On July 16, a bilateral meeting between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia took place in Tbilisi,… Read more