Bank of Japan lifts inflation forecast; no policy change

Tokyo, 19 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s central bank revised its inflation forecast on Tuesday and adjusted its view of price risks, while leaving its monetary easing policy in place in a… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Jan. 19, 2022

Tokyo, 19 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan set to put Tokyo, 12 other areas under COVID quasi-emergency TOKYO – Japan on Wednesday will decide to place Tokyo and 12 other areas under… Read more

Japan PM vows to push for green, digital transformation

Tokyo, 19 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he will push for a green and digital transformation as part of his efforts to create a new form… Read more

Japan hopes to lead Asian zero-emissions push: minister

Tokyo, 19 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan will gradually phase out coal plants over the next two decades while developing new technologies to reduce, capture and utilize carbon, Environment Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi… Read more

Japan set to put Tokyo, 12 other areas under COVID quasi-emergency

Tokyo, 19 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan on Wednesday will decide to place Tokyo and 12 other areas under a coronavirus quasi-state of emergency as the rapid spread of the Omicron variant… Read more

Erdogan receives Serbia’s Vucic to discuss ties, Balkans

Tokyo, 19 January, /AJMEDIA/ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday received Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic during the latter’s official visit to Turkey to discuss the bilateral ties and regional and… Read more

Sinopec gets first LNG cargo under new deal with Qatar

Tokyo, 19 January, /AJMEDIA/ China’s Sinopec Corp received its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) under a new term supply deal signed last year with Qatar Petroleum, AJMEDIA reports… Read more

Kapital Bank announces financial results of 2021

Tokyo, 19 January, /AJMEDIA/ Kapital Bank’s assets as of January 1, 2022 have amounted to 6.7 bln. manats, while the volume of the Bank’s credit portfolio has reached 2.7 bln.… Read more

Azerbaijan detects 930 daily COVID-19 cases

Tokyo, 19 January, /AJMEDIA/ 930 new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Azerbaijan, while 703 patients have been recovered, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told… Read more

Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Army meets with Bulgarian delegation

Tokyo, 19 January, /AJMEDIA/ First Deputy Minister of Defense – Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev has met with a delegation led by… Read more