AJMEDIA News Digest: March 24, 2022

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA G-7 to meet to add more pressure on Russia as invasion marks 1 month BRUSSELS – Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations will meet… Read more

Tokyo stocks’ Nikkei index surges 3% to 2-month high on weak yen

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA The Nikkei stock index ended Wednesday at its highest level in more than two months, surging 3 percent as exporter issues advanced after the U.S. dollar… Read more

Zelenskyy calls for Japan sanctions on Russia to stop “tsunami” of invasion

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday asked Japan to ban trade with Russia to stop what he called the “tsunami” of its invasion into Ukraine, as… Read more

U.S. envoy to Japan, PM Kishida to visit A-bombed Hiroshima on March 26

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit atomic-bombed Hiroshima this weekend, a Japanese government source said Wednesday, amid growing… Read more

Japan PM Kishida to order economic stimulus amid higher prices, pandemic

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday he will instruct his ministers to compile an economic stimulus package in a bid to address the impact on consumers… Read more

China criticizes Abe for ‘colluding with’ Taiwan forces

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA China on Wednesday lambasted former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for “colluding with Taiwan independence forces,” a day after he held a virtual meeting with the… Read more

Security Council fails to adopt resolution on humanitarian situation in Ukraine

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA The 15-member UN Security Council on Wednesday failed to adopt a resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, AJMEDIA reports citing Xinhua. Two members (Russia and… Read more

Turkey to continue its efforts to maintain peace and stability in Black Sea – Turkish Security Council

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA The meeting of Turkish National Security Council chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended, AJMEDIA reports citing Turkish media. The meeting lasted approximately 3 hours and… Read more

OIC to make necessary efforts to recognize Khojaly genocide internationally

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA On March 22-23, 2022 in Islamabad (Pakistan) at the 48th session of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)… Read more

Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan meets with Director General of Islamic Organization for Food Security

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov met on Wednesday with the Director General of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) Yerlan Baydaulet within the framework… Read more