AJMEDIA News Digest: Sept. 21, 2022

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ U.N. chief warns of “global dysfunction” amid Russia’s war on Ukraine NEW YORK – U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned that “colossal global dysfunction”… Read more

Japan PM Kishida urges world to reaffirm rules-based order, reform U.N.

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged the world Tuesday to reaffirm the importance of the rules-based international order amid ongoing war in Ukraine and criticized Russia… Read more

Japan, Britain vow to sign defense cooperation pact at early date

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his British counterpart Liz Truss on Tuesday agreed to sign a bilateral defense cooperation pact at an early date and… Read more

Newlyweds get the Pokemon seal of approval in Hokkaido

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ A couple from Bihoro in Hokkaido this month became the first newlyweds to submit a marriage registration form the town has designed with cute illustrations of… Read more

Japan man sets self on fire in apparent protest at Abe state funeral

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ A man set himself on fire on a street near the Japanese prime minister’s office in Tokyo on Wednesday, apparently intending to commit suicide in protest… Read more

BOJ likely to keep policy despite weaker yen as peers raise rates

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ The Bank of Japan is widely expected to maintain ultralow rates at the end of its regular two-day meeting from Wednesday, bolstering the case that it… Read more

Russian foreign minister arrives in New York to take part in UN General Assembly

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in New York on Friday to take part in the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, AJMEDIA reports citing… Read more

IsDB prize laureates deliver lectures on their Prize-Winning Projects

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ The founders and CEOs of the two crowdfunding platforms that won the 2021 IsDB Prize for Impactful Achievement in Islamic Economics delivered lectures at the Islamic… Read more

OSCE ready to support process of normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ On September 20, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmit as part of the high-level week of the 77th session of the… Read more

Azerbaijani FM attends 39th meeting of GUAM Council of Foreign Ministers

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ On September 20, 2022, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov attended the 39th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of… Read more