AJMEDIA News Digest: March 28, 2022

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA China’s financial hub Shanghai starts 9-day COVID lockdown SHANGHAI – China’s financial hub of Shanghai came under lockdown for nine days starting Monday, with each half… Read more

Japan film “Drive My Car” wins best int’l feature at Oscars

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” on Sunday won best international feature at the 94th U.S. Academy Awards in Los Angeles, becoming the second Japanese film… Read more

PM Kishida says Ukraine crisis may lead world to greatest postwar crisis

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to shake the very foundation of international order and could potentially lead the world to “the greatest crisis” since World War… Read more

Japan vows to boost post-COVID development cooperation with Africa

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Sunday he pledged to boost post-COVID era development cooperation with nations in Africa, where China’s clout has been growing, as… Read more

Myanmar’s military chief vows to “annihilate” anti-coup forces

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA Myanmar’s military chief Sunday vowed to “annihilate” anti-junta forces and their supporters, saying there is no room for negotiations with such groups. Speaking before over 8,600… Read more

New world order? Pandemic and war rattle globalization

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA Globalization, which has both fans and detractors alike, is being tested like never before after the one-two punch of COVID and war. The pandemic had already… Read more

Russian Ministry of Defense with its statement shows disrespect for Declaration signed by Vladimir Putin – Azerbaijani MoD

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan regretfully informs that some points of the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation… Read more

IEA reveals forecast for Azerbaijan’s 2022 oil output

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects Azerbaijan’s oil production to stand at 0.70 million barrels per day in 2022, unchanged from the previous report, AJMEDIA reports… Read more

Erdogan discusses Russia-Ukraine talks in Turkey with Putin

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the latest developments in Ukraine, including the scheduled peace talks to be held in Turkey with his Russian counterpart… Read more

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in Israel

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA Islamic State in a statement posted on its Telegram account claimed responsibility for the attack in which people were killed by gunmen on a main street… Read more