AJMEDIA News Digest: May 22, 2022

Tokyo, 22 May, /AJMEDIA/ Australia to see change of gov’t for 1st time in 9 yrs SYDNEY – Australia’s center-left opposition Labor Party declared victory in Saturday’s tightly contested general… Read more

Tokyo Skytree marks 10 years as symbol of capital’s skyline

Tokyo, 22 May, /AJMEDIA/ Cityscape-defining Tokyo Skytree, Japan’s tallest structure, on Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of its opening to the general public and becoming a symbol of the country’s… Read more

Gov’t eyes ¥20 tril in aid to promote investment in green energy sector

Tokyo, 22 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government will consider financial aid of 20 trillion yen to promote investment in the green energy sector to meet its goal of carbon neutrality… Read more

Japan, U.S., 3 others walk out APEC trade meet in protest of Russia

Tokyo, 22 May, /AJMEDIA/ Representatives of Japan, the United States and three other countries briefly walked out of a meeting of Asia-Pacific trade ministers on Saturday in protest against Russia’s… Read more

BOJ under pressure as inflation tops 2%

Tokyo, 22 May, /AJMEDIA/ On the face of it, consumer inflation in Japan finally hit 2 percent, an elusive goal set by the Bank of Japan. Households know firsthand prices… Read more

Zelensky, Draghi discuss defense cooperation

Tokyo, 22 May, /AJMEDIA/ President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has discussed by phone with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi bilateral defense cooperation between the two countries and the need to… Read more

King of Saudi Arabia congratulates President Ilham Aliyev

Tokyo, 22 May, /AJMEDIA/ Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a congratulatory letter to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev,… Read more

Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey trilateral format is important mechanism for multilateral cooperation – Georgian MFA

Tokyo, 22 May, /AJMEDIA/ Within the framework of the multilateral cooperation platform, an important political mechanism is the Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey trilateral format, which was established by the foreign ministers in 2012… Read more

Azerbaijan holds joint meeting of its parliamentary committees in Shusha

Tokyo, 22 May, /AJMEDIA/ A joint meeting of the the committees for youth and sports, as well as for family, women and children at Azerbaijan’s parliament has been held in… Read more

Turkish and Azerbaijani military personnel holding joint exercises in Kars

Tokyo, 22 May, /AJMEDIA/ The “Heydar Aliyev-2022” exercises are successfully continuing in the Turkish city of Kars, AJMEDIA reports citing Turkish National Defense Ministry. The exercises are being held with… Read more