AJMEDIA News Digest: April 10, 2022

Tokyo, 10 April, /AJMEDIA Japan accepts Ukrainian evacuees using commercial flight for 1st time TOKYO – Japan on Saturday accepted Ukrainian evacuees using seats secured by the government on a… Read more

Japan, Russia aiming to start talks on salmon, trout quotas

Tokyo, 10 April, /AJMEDIA The Japanese and Russian governments are arranging to start negotiations over the fishing quota of salmon and trout spawned in Russian rivers, several Japanese government sources… Read more

Japan, Philippines to aim for new defense cooperation pact

Tokyo, 10 April, /AJMEDIA Japan and the Philippines on Saturday agreed to work toward signing a treaty designed to facilitate joint exercises and reciprocal visits of their forces as China’s… Read more

Over 20% of Japan’s major firms halt Russian businesses

Tokyo, 10 April, /AJMEDIA Over 20 percent of major Japanese companies that do business in Russia have decided to halt such operations following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine that triggered Western… Read more

Japan accepts Ukrainian evacuees using commercial flight for 1st time

Tokyo, 10 April, /AJMEDIA Japan on Saturday accepted Ukrainian evacuees using seats secured by the government on a direct commercial flight from Poland for the first time. The six aged… Read more

Gov’t to phase out insurance fee exemption for Fukushima evacuees

Tokyo, 10 April, /AJMEDIA The Japanese government will start phasing out from as early as fiscal 2023 medical insurance fee exemptions for evacuees affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis, a… Read more

Johnson presents new aid package to Ukraine during visit to Kyiv

Tokyo, 10 April, /AJMEDIA British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presented a new package of financial and military assistance to Ukraine as part of his visit to Kyiv, he wrote… Read more

Erdogan’s visit to Jordan postponed

Tokyo, 10 April, /AJMEDIA Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Jordan, scheduled for April 11, has been postponed, the public relations department of the Turkish Presidential Administration said, AJMEDIA… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev calls Russian counterpart

Tokyo, 10 April, /AJMEDIA On April 9, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev made a phone call to President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. During the conversation,… Read more

Financial support provided to Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation following presidential order

Tokyo, 10 April, /AJMEDIA President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a Decree to provide financial support to the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation, AJMEDIA reports. According to the order, one million… Read more