Int’l financial institutions predict Azerbaijani economy’s growth for 2022

Tokyo, 23 April, /AJMEDIA The Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict continues to have a negative impact on the global economy. Due to this, the updated forecasts of international organizations regarding the prospects… Read more

Baku to host Baroque Days International Music Festival for the first time

Tokyo, 23 April, /AJMEDIA Organized by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Culture, the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater will host the opening ceremony of the Baroque Days International Music Festival on… Read more

Kyocera to build its largest plant in Japan

Tokyo, 23 April, /AJMEDIA Kyocera Corp has announced a plan to build the largest manufacturing facility it has ever operated in Japan, expanding production capacity for components including organic semiconductor… Read more

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