AJMEDIA News Digest: April 29, 2022

Tokyo, 29 April, /AJMEDIA Yen falls to 20-year low in 130 zone vs. dollar after BOJ meeting TOKYO – The Japanese yen slumped to the 130 range against the dollar… Read more

Japan PM departs for Indonesia at start of Southeast Asia, Europe tour

Tokyo, 29 April, /AJMEDIA Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida departed on an eight-day tour of five nations in Southeast Asia and Europe on Friday to boost relations amid China’s growing… Read more

Ex-U.S. envoy John Roos among Japan’s spring decorations recipients

Tokyo, 29 April, /AJMEDIA Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos is one of the 112 foreigners recognized in this year’s spring decorations for their notable contributions to relations with… Read more

Japan, Germany leaders to launch panel to reinforce security ties

Tokyo, 29 April, /AJMEDIA Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed Thursday to set up an intergovernmental panel involving the two leaders to further beef up… Read more

Yen falls to 20-year low in 130 zone vs. dollar after BOJ meeting

Tokyo, 29 April, /AJMEDIA The Japanese yen slumped to the 130 range against the dollar on Thursday for the first time since April 2002, after the Bank of Japan maintained… Read more

North Korea’s Kim calls for stronger military as nuclear test work ‘well underway’

Tokyo, 29 April, /AJMEDIA North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on the country’s military to “bolster up their strength in every way to annihilate the enemy”, state media reported… Read more

UAE to issue first tranche of federal treasuries on May 9

Tokyo, 29 April, /AJMEDIA The United Arab Emirates’ finance ministry said on Thursday it will issue on May 9 the first tranche of federal treasury bonds, as part of a… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev receives NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia

Tokyo, 29 April, /AJMEDIA President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Javier Colomina, AJMEDIA reports. Javier… Read more

Azerbaijan ready to apply new approach to promote peace in South Caucasus

Tokyo, 29 April, /AJMEDIA Azerbaijan is ready to use both existing and new ways for the establishment of peace in the South Caucasus, Assistant to the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan… Read more

Baku hosts meeting of US ambassadors to Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia

Tokyo, 29 April, /AJMEDIA Baku has hosted a meeting of US ambassadors to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia, AJMEDIA reports referring to the official Facebook page of the US Embassy in… Read more