AJMEDIA News Digest: June 11, 2022

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan PM Kishida eyes attending NPT review conference in August TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering attending the upcoming review conference of the… Read more

Japan PM vows to communicate with South Korea toward improving ties

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday he will talk with the new South Korean government under President Yoon Suk Yeol toward improving the frayed bilateral… Read more

Japan PM Kishida eyes attending NPT review conference in August

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering attending the upcoming review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons slated to be held in… Read more

Japan PM says action plan for free Indo-Pacific to be ready by spring

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ Japan will unveil an action plan by next spring to advance a “free and open” Indo-Pacific, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday as he expressed his… Read more

U.S. keeps Japan on currency watch list, warns against intervention

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday kept Japan on a list of countries it monitors over potentially unfair currency practices, while noting that foreign exchange intervention… Read more

High grain prices prompt Japan farmers to grow wheat rather than rice

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ More Japanese farmers are planning to lower their rice production and switch to wheat and soybean this year amid rising grain prices caused by Russia’s war… Read more

Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers amends measures to improve social protection of children have lost their parents

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan has made changes to the resolution “On measures to improve the social protection of children who have lost their parents… Read more

FDI in Turkiye hits $14B in 2021 as global flows rebound

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Turkiye soared 79% year-over-year in 2021, a report by United Nations’ trade and development agency UNCTAD showed Thursday, as inflows rebounded… Read more

Biden unveils migration plan at Americas summit roiled by division

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Joe Biden and fellow leaders from the Western Hemisphere on Friday rolled out a new set of measures to confront the regional migration crisis,… Read more

N.Korea appoints Choe Son Hui as new foreign minister

Tokyo, 11 June, /AJMEDIA/ North Korea appointed a key nuclear negotiator, Choe Son Hui, as its new foreign minister, state media said on Saturday, as the country concluded a ruling… Read more