AJMEDIA News Digest: July 7, 2022

Tokyo, 7 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan introduces jail time, tougher penalties for online insults TOKYO – A prison term of up to one year and other tougher penalties for online insults… Read more

Apple tracking device found on police vehicle in central Japan

Tokyo, 7 July, /AJMEDIA/ An Apple Inc. tracking device was found attached to an unmarked police vehicle in central Japan, with it suspected a yakuza crime syndicate is responsible, investigative… Read more

90% of Japanese feel prices rising, highest since 2008

Tokyo, 7 July, /AJMEDIA/ Nearly 90 percent of Japanese felt prices rising from a year earlier, the highest in 14 years, a Bank of Japan survey showed Wednesday, as Russia’s… Read more

Russia naval ship spotted near Japan waters off remote Pacific islet

Tokyo, 7 July, /AJMEDIA/ An information-gathering ship of the Russian navy on Wednesday briefly entered a strip of sea just outside territorial waters off the Okinotori Island, Japan’s southernmost island… Read more

Japan party leaders repeat favored campaign lines as vote nears

Tokyo, 7 July, /AJMEDIA/ As the House of Councillors election looms Sunday with a solid poll lead for Japan’s ruling coalition, the heads of major political parties are making extensive… Read more

Japan, South Korea, U.S. planning talks between top diplomats this week

Tokyo, 7 July, /AJMEDIA/ Japan, South Korea and the United States are arranging a meeting of their foreign ministers this week in Indonesia, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday,… Read more

Simon Hart resigns as Secretary of State for Wales

Tokyo, 7 July, /AJMEDIA/ British Conservative party lawmaker Simon Hart stepped down from his role as a Secretary of State for Wales on Wednesday, joining a host of resignations in… Read more

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken speaks with Pakistan foreign minister

Tokyo, 7 July, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday on relations between the two countries as they seek to… Read more

Qatari FM due in Tehran on Wednesday

Tokyo, 7 July, /AJMEDIA/ Foreign Minister of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani is to visit Tehran on Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanani said, AJMEDIA reports citing IRNA. Kanani… Read more

Azerbaijani, Uzbek FMs hold phone talks

Tokyo, 7 July, /AJMEDIA/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov had a phone conversation with acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov on July 6, AJMEDIA… Read more