AJMEDIA News Digest: April 22, 2022

Tokyo, 22 April, /AJMEDIA Putin declares Mariupol captured, cancels plan to storm steel plant LVIV, Ukraine/WASHINGTON – President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russian forces have effectively seized control of… Read more

Japan’s ruling party to propose more defense spending, eyes 2% of GDP

Tokyo, 22 April, /AJMEDIA Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will propose that the government sharply increase its defense spending, party members said Thursday, suggesting they will push for, at a… Read more

Japan readopts hard-line stance on territorial dispute with Russia

Tokyo, 22 April, /AJMEDIA Tokyo has returned to a hard-line stance in its decades-long territorial dispute with Moscow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, stating in its annual foreign policy report… Read more

Japan, U.S. agree to closely communicate amid yen’s rapid fall

Tokyo, 22 April, /AJMEDIA Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Thursday he and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen agreed to closely communicate on currency movements amid the yen’s recent rapid… Read more

Japan, NZ leaders vow to defend int’l order shaken by invasion

Tokyo, 22 April, /AJMEDIA The leaders of Japan and New Zealand expressed strong opposition Thursday to attempts to change the status quo by force in Ukraine or anywhere else, and… Read more

UK’s Johnson to offer India alternatives to Russia ties on visit

Tokyo, 22 April, /AJMEDIA British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will offer to help India cut reliance on Russian oil and defence equipment when he begins a two-day visit on Thursday… Read more

Having strong navy not choice but essential for Turkey – Erdogan

Tokyo, 22 April, /AJMEDIA The Turkish Navy and the Coast Guard have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of irregular migrants in the waters of the Mediterranean and the… Read more

EU Special Representative for South Caucasus holds meetings with Azerbaijani, Armenian Deputy PMs

Tokyo, 22 April, /AJMEDIA EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar met with deputy prime ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Klaar tweeted, AJMEDIA… Read more

Embassy of Ukraine thanks Azerbaijan for another batch of humanitarian aid

Tokyo, 22 April, /AJMEDIA The embassy of Ukraine in Azerbaijan thanked the country for another batch of humanitarian assistance, AJMEDIA reports referring to the embassy’s official Twitter page. The embassy… Read more

Azerbaijani scientists awarded with “Honored Worker of Science” title following presidential decree

Tokyo, 22 April, /AJMEDIA President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree conferring the honorary title “Honored Worker of Science” to Masud Afandiyev and Garib Murshudov for achievements in… Read more