AJMEDIA News Digest: March 18, 2022

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA 3 dead, over 180 injured after M7.4 quake hits northeastern Japan TOKYO – A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake off northeastern Japan late Wednesday left three people… Read more

G-7 foreign ministers agree to keep up pressure on Russia

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on Thursday agreed to keep up pressure on Russia and provide more humanitarian assistance to Ukraine as… Read more

Japan, Saudi Arabia to work toward stabilizing crude oil markets

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed Thursday to bolster cooperation on stabilizing global crude oil markets after Russia’s… Read more

Princess Aiko vows to fulfill duties as adult in 1st news conference

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA Japanese Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, reiterated Thursday her aspirations to fulfill her duties “to the best of my ability”… Read more

Ex-Hiroshima mayor urges Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA Former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba on Thursday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine after the Russian leader put his nuclear… Read more

Biden, Xi to hold phone talks Fri. over Ukraine, other concerns

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA U.S. President Joe Biden will speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping by phone on Friday and warn of the “costs” Beijing will face if it… Read more

Azerbaijani gas transported to Europe via TAP reaches 10 billion cubic meters

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA A total of 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan entered Europe through the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), the Ministry of Energy told AJMEDIA. Launched… Read more

UAE, Australia plan to begin bilateral trade talks

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA The United Arab Emirates plans to begin talks with Australia about a trade agreement, officials from the two countries said on Thursday, as the oil-rich Gulf… Read more

Azerbaijani, Italian FMs discuss latest situation in the region

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and France, Jeyhun Bayramov and Jean-Yves Le Drian had a telephone conversation, AJMEDIA reports referring to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs.… Read more

Baku hosts third round of Azerbaijan-EU security dialogue

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA Azerbaijan’s Baku hosted the third round of the Azerbaijan-EU security dialogue, Assistant of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department… Read more