AJMEDIA News Digest: Oct. 11, 2022

Tokyo, 11 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan scraps COVID border controls in hopes of reviving tourism boom TOKYO – Japan removed on Tuesday its cap on daily arrivals and its ban on… Read more

Kishida to visit Perth in Australia, with eye on energy imports

Tokyo, 11 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will make a three-day visit to Australia from Oct 21, meeting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the city of Perth,… Read more

Japan, U.S. simulate remote-island defense in joint drill

Tokyo, 11 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps on Monday conducted a joint drill simulating the defense of remote islands at a training area in… Read more

Japan scraps COVID border controls in hopes of reviving tourism boom

Tokyo, 11 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan removed on Tuesday its cap on daily arrivals and its ban on individual, non-prearranged trips as it seeks to revive the country’s struggling inbound tourism… Read more

Japan to take proper steps if forex volatility rises: finance chief

Tokyo, 11 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan will take “appropriate” steps if the yen’s volatility increases excessively, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Tuesday, as the currency weakened against the U.S. dollar to… Read more

Japan’s food industry eyes rice flour as wheat prices surge

Tokyo, 11 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s food producers are looking to promote domestic consumption of rice flour-based products, as a weak yen and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have substantially increased the… Read more

Türkiye plays critical role for Europe, Erdogan says

Tokyo, 11 October, /AJMEDIA/ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said global developments show how critical Türkiye is for Europe, AJMEDIA reports citing Daily Sabah. “In fact, every development in the world… Read more

Fears of fuel shortage growing in France as strikes at refineries continue

Tokyo, 11 October, /AJMEDIA/ Strikes in France’s major refineries continued on Monday, leading to fuel-related panics in the country, AJMEDIA reports citing Xinhua. The strikes at TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil refineries… Read more

Putin to meet with UAE President in St. Petersburg on October 11

Tokyo, 11 October, /AJMEDIA/ Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet with President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, Russian presidential… Read more

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes phone call to President Ilham Aliyev

Tokyo, 11 October, /AJMEDIA/ On 10 October, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a phone call to President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, AJMEDIA reports. During the… Read more