AJMEDIA News Digest: March 12, 2022

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA G-7 to take steps to strip Russia of trade benefits as WTO member WASHINGTON – The United States, Japan and other Group of Seven industrialized nations… Read more

Crisis drives Japan publishers to reprint books on Ukraine, Russia

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA Japanese publishing companies are increasingly reprinting books as well as giving free online access to manga on Ukraine and Russia amid heightened interest among readers following… Read more

G-7 to take steps to strip Russia of trade benefits as WTO member

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA The United States, Japan and other Group of Seven industrialized nations on Friday agreed to take steps to strip Russia of trade benefits it has enjoyed… Read more

Japan, U.S. to boost deterrence after N Korea’s missile tests

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA Japan and the United States agreed in their high-level meeting on Friday to boost deterrence and response capabilities in the face of North Korea’s flurry of… Read more

Japan to spend ¥8.8 bil on humanitarian aid for Ukraine

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA The Japanese government decided on Friday to disburse 8.8 billion yen ($75.3 million) from fiscal 2021 reserve funds for humanitarian assistance to Ukraine following its invasion… Read more

Turkish Defense Minister speak with Russian and Ukrainian counterparts

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar held telephone conversations with colleagues from Russia and Ukraine – Sergey Shoygu and Oleksii Reznikov, AJMEDIA reports citing the press… Read more

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with NATO Secretary General

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the Administration of the President of Turkey said, AJMEDIA… Read more

Azerbaijan sends five-point proposal to Armenia on normalization of relations – FM

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA Azerbaijan sent a five-point proposal to Armenia to normalize relations and is currently awaiting a response from the opposite side, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov told… Read more

Azerbaijan-UK ties based not only on energy cooperation – UK ambassador

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA Relations between Azerbaijan and the UK are based not only on energy cooperation, the UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan James Sharp said at the event dedicated to… Read more

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister meets OSCE Secretary General

Tokyo, 12 March, /AJMEDIA Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid during his working visit to Turkey on March 11, AJMEDIA reports referring to the… Read more