AJMEDIA News Digest: May 2, 2022

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan still divided on revising war-renouncing Constitution: survey TOKYO – Half the respondents in a Kyodo News survey released Monday believe Japan needs to amend the… Read more

Japan still divided on revising war-renouncing Constitution

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan needs to amend the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution to clarify the legal status of the Self-Defense Forces, with the level of support almost… Read more

Japan urges Mongolia to join int’l pressure on Russia over Ukraine

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Sunday indirectly urged his Mongolian counterpart Batmunkh Battsetseg to join international pressure on Russia in response to its aggression in… Read more

Japan, Vietnam affirm respect for sovereignty amid Ukraine war

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday affirmed respect for the sovereignty of states and warned against the use… Read more

Over 40% of Japanese firms to raise prices within a year

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ Over 40 percent of Japanese companies are raising prices within a year amid rising material costs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,… Read more

Israel launches national innovation community to promote cybersecurity sector

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ Israel on Sunday launched a national innovation community to promote the country’s cybersecurity technology sector, AJMEDIA reports citing Xinhua. The community, named Cyber7, was launched by… Read more

Cavushoglu discusses Turkey-Kyrgyzstan ties with Kulubaev

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavushoglu discussed bilateral relations and an upcoming meeting in a phone call with his Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubaev, the Foreign Ministry said, AJMEDIA… Read more

Six missiles land near oil refinery in Iraq’s Erbil

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ Six missiles landed near an oil refinery in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil on Sunday, Kurdistan anti-terrorism authorities said in a statement, AJMEDIA reports citing Reuters.… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev made post on Ramadan holiday

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has made a post on his social network accounts on the occasion of the Ramadan holiday, AJMEDIA reports.… Read more

Azerbaijani Defense Ministry presents review of events of last week

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense presented a review of the events of last week, AJMEDIA reports. Read more