AJMEDIA News Digest: March 10, 2022

Tokyo, 10 March, /AJMEDIA Opposition’s Yoon wins S. Korea’s close presidential election SEOUL – Yoon Suk Yeol of the main opposition People Power Party clinched victory in Wednesday’s tight presidential… Read more

Japan’s Kishida hopes to improve ties with South Korea under Yoon

Tokyo, 10 March, /AJMEDIA Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday congratulated Yoon Suk Yeol on winning South Korea’s presidential election, expressing hope to improve a bilateral relationship that has… Read more

Japan may label Russia as “challenge” in security strategy revision

Tokyo, 10 March, /AJMEDIA Japan may designate Russia as a security “challenge” in its national strategy to be revised this year as Moscow invaded Ukraine, in a shift from the… Read more

Japan foreign minister eyes visit to UAE, Turkey to discuss Ukraine

Tokyo, 10 March, /AJMEDIA Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi plans to visit the United Arab Emirates and Turkey this month, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, as Tokyo steps up diplomacy in… Read more

Japan to work closely with G-7 after U.S. ban on Russian oil: Kishida

Tokyo, 10 March, /AJMEDIA Japan will coordinate closely with the Group of Seven nations and weigh the need to ensure a stable supply of energy and national security before taking… Read more

Israel’s Herzog visits Turkey, meets Erdogan to ‘restart’ ties

Tokyo, 10 March, /AJMEDIA Israel’s President Isaac Herzog arrived in Turkey Wednesday to meet his counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the first visit by an Israeli head of state… Read more

Oil jumps after UAE says it is committed to OPEC+ supply pact

Tokyo, 10 March, /AJMEDIA Oil prices rebounded on Thursday after the United Arab Emirates said it is committed to major producers’ pact to add 400,000 barrels per day of supply… Read more

Azerbaijan unveils consolidated budget revenues for 2021

Tokyo, 10 March, /AJMEDIA Azerbaijan’s consolidated budget revenues for 2021 amounted to 33.9 billion manat ($19.9 billion), which is by 10.07 billion manat ($5.9 billion) or 42.3 percent more than… Read more

Azerbaijan greatly appreciates Japan’s support in humanitarian sphere – Int’l Eurasia Press Fund

Tokyo, 10 March, /AJMEDIA Azerbaijan greatly appreciates Japan’s support in the humanitarian sphere, President of the International Eurasia Press Fund Umud Mirzayev said at an event on the occasion of… Read more

Azerbaijan, UK discuss expansion of cooperation

Tokyo, 10 March, /AJMEDIA Speaker of Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova has met with the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan Baroness Emma Nicholson. Speaker Sahiba Gafarova recalled with… Read more