AJMEDIA News Digest: Jan 4, 2022

Tokyo, 4 January, /AJMEDIA/ 5 nations including U.S., Russia, China vow to prevent nuclear war WASHINGTON – The United States, Russia, China and two other countries with nuclear weapons on… Read more

Travelers returning from New Year holidays crowd roads, airports

Tokyo, 4 January, /AJMEDIA/ Travelers returning from New Year holidays crowded expressways and airports across Japan Monday as a decline in coronavirus infections toward the end of last year and… Read more

Tokyo stocks start 2022 higher on Wall St. gains, weaker yen

Tokyo, 4 January, /AJMEDIA/ Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday, the first trading day of 2022, lifted by overnight record highs on Wall Street and a weaker yen against the U.S.… Read more

Sino-U.S. growing tensions may jeopardize security in E. Asia in 2022

Tokyo, 4 January, /AJMEDIA/ An acceleration of Sino-U.S. tensions may jeopardize the security environment in East Asia in 2022 ahead of key political events in the world’s two major powers,… Read more

M6.3 quake hits south of Tokyo, strong shaking in Ogasawara Islands

Tokyo, 4 January, /AJMEDIA/ An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck near the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean, south of Tokyo, on Tuesday morning but there was… Read more

Haitian prime minister survives weekend assassination attempt

Tokyo, 4 January, /AJMEDIA/ Gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday commemorating the Caribbean country’s independence, his office said in a statement,… Read more

OPEC elects Kuwaiti candidate al-Ghais to become next Secretary-General

Tokyo, 4 January, /AJMEDIA/ Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) appointed Haitham al-Ghais from Kuwait to become the next OPEC Secretary-General in August 2022 at Monday’s meeting… Read more

Proclamation of 2022 “The Year of Shusha City” to be engraved in Azerbaijan’s glorious history – head of Khan Shushinsky Foundation

Tokyo, 4 January, /AJMEDIA/ The proclamation of 2022 “The Year of Shusha City” by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will be engraved in the golden chronicle of the country’s glorious… Read more

Spring session of Azerbaijani Parliament tо start on January 15

Tokyo, 4 January, /AJMEDIA/ The spring session of Azerbaijani Parliament will start on January 15, AJMEDIA reports. The meetings of the committees will take place up until February 15, and… Read more

Azerbaijan proud to support UN General Assembly’s resolution on Vaccine Equity

Tokyo, 4 January, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan is proud to support United Nations General Assembly’s resolution on Vaccine Equity, AJMEDIA reports citing the statement of Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan… Read more