AJMEDIA News Digest: May 18, 2022

Tokyo, 18 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan, U.S. leaders to affirm alignment over Taiwan amid Ukraine war TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden are set to… Read more

Japan, U.S. leaders to affirm alignment over Taiwan amid Ukraine war

Tokyo, 18 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden are set to affirm in a joint statement that they will strengthen cooperation toward stability in… Read more

Japan Cabinet OKs 2.7 tril. yen draft extra budget to fight inflation

Tokyo, 18 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Cabinet approved Tuesday a 2.7 trillion yen ($21 billion) draft extra budget for fiscal 2022 to ease the pain of surging energy, food and other… Read more

S. Korea firm suspected of surveying off disputed isles: Japan gov’t

Tokyo, 18 May, /AJMEDIA/ A South Korean state-run company may have carried out a survey last week in waters off disputed islets within Japan’s exclusive economic zone in the Sea… Read more

Japan’s Jan.-March GDP contracts annualized real 1.0%

Tokyo, 18 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s economy in the January-March period contracted a real 0.2 percent from the previous quarter, or an annualized 1.0 percent, government data showed Wednesday. Japan saw… Read more

Venezuela hopes “all sanctions” will be lifted by Washington -VP

Tokyo, 18 May, /AJMEDIA/ Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez on Tuesday said her government hopes the United States’ decision to ease some sanctions, as a key political dialogue is set… Read more

India’s External Affairs Minister speaks with UAE counterpart

Tokyo, 18 May, /AJMEDIA/ External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India S Jaishankar on Monday spoke with his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan to… Read more

Chair of Azerbaijani parliament talks co-op with Deputy Chair of Iranian Parliament

Tokyo, 18 May, /AJMEDIA/ There was a meeting on 17 May of Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova and Deputy Chairman of the Iranian Majles Ali Nikzad who had… Read more

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda arrives on official visit to Azerbaijan

Tokyo, 18 May, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda arrived on an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan on May 17, AJMEDIA reports. In honor of… Read more

Chairmanship in Parliamentary Assembly of ECO passes to Azerbaijan

Tokyo, 18 May, /AJMEDIA/ Chairmanship in the Parliamentary Assembly of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has passed to Azerbaijan, AJMEDIA reports. Chair of Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) Sahiba Gafarova, speaking at… Read more