AJMEDIA News Digest: July 21, 2022

Tokyo, 21 July, /AJMEDIA/ Tokyo Olympic organizing exec likely paid 45 mil. yen by sponsor TOKYO – A member of the now-defunct Tokyo Olympic organizing committee’s executive board is believed… Read more

Bank of Japan maintains ultralow rate policy as expected

Tokyo, 21 July, /AJMEDIA/ The Bank of Japan on Thursday kept its ultralow rate policy intact at the end of a two-day meeting in a widely expected move, despite upgrading… Read more

Japan logs biggest half-year trade deficit due to energy cost, weak yen

Tokyo, 21 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan posted its biggest half-year trade deficit of 7.9 trillion yen ($57 billion) in the first half of 2022 due to soaring energy prices and the… Read more

Japanese, Irish leaders agree Russia must face ‘severe consequences’

Tokyo, 21 July, /AJMEDIA/ The leaders of Japan and Ireland agreed Wednesday to make sure Russia faces “severe consequences” for its invasion of Ukraine through economic sanctions, while keeping a… Read more

Japan likely to hold state funeral for Abe at Budokan on Sept 27

Tokyo, 21 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan plans a state funeral on Sept 27 for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was shot to death at a campaign rally this month, a… Read more

Japan gets 120,400 foreign visitors in June, but only 252 tourists

Tokyo, 21 July, /AJMEDIA/ The number of foreign visitors to Japan in June exceeded 100,000 for the third consecutive month following the easing of border control measures, preliminary government data… Read more

Mammal ancestors’ shrinking inner ears may reveal when warm-bloodedness arose

Tokyo, 21 July, /AJMEDIA/ Peeking inside an animal’s ear — even a fossilized one — may tell you whether it was warm- or cold-blooded. Using a novel method that analyzes… Read more

Sri Lanka gets new president in six-time PM Wickremesinghe

Tokyo, 21 July, /AJMEDIA/ Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government can help pull the country… Read more

Heatwave in Spain kills 679 people in a week

Tokyo, 21 July, /AJMEDIA/ Spain’s Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that 679 people had lost their lives in the first eight days (July 10-17) of the second heatwave that… Read more

Seventh package of EU sanctions against Russia to come into force on July 21

Tokyo, 21 July, /AJMEDIA/ The next package of EU sanctions against Russia will become effective on July 21, the Czech Permanent Representation in the EU Council tweeted on Wednesday, AJMEDIA… Read more