U.S. State Department’s No. 2 official to travel to Japan next week

Tokyo, 20 October, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to Tokyo next week for a trilateral meeting with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts, the State… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Oct. 20, 2022

Tokyo, 20 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s former Empress Michiko turns 88, keeps up daily routine TOKYO – Former Empress Michiko turned 88 on Thursday, yet continues with her long-standing daily routine… Read more

Japan logs record 11.01 tril. yen trade deficit in fiscal 1st half

Tokyo, 20 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan posted a record 11.01 trillion yen ($73 billion) trade deficit in the first half of fiscal 2022 as imports surged on higher energy and raw… Read more

Japan rushes to rearm with eye on China’s Taiwan ambitions

Tokyo, 20 October, /AJMEDIA/ Between China’s 20th Communist Party Congress, that began Sunday, and the next one in 2027, Japan will undertake its biggest arms buildup since World War II… Read more

Japan’s former Empress Michiko turns 88, keeps up daily routine

Tokyo, 20 October, /AJMEDIA/ Former Empress Michiko turned 88 on Thursday, yet continues with her long-standing daily routine along with husband former Emperor Akihito despite swapping residences with the current… Read more

ANAMA talks landmines on Azerbaijan’s liberated lands

Tokyo, 20 October, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijani territories, which have been under 30-year Armenian occupation, are contaminated with landmines, Chairman of the Board of Azerbaijan’s National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) Vugar… Read more

Europeans should buy gas together, share gas, says Ursula von der Leyen

Tokyo, 20 October, /AJMEDIA/ Instead of outbidding each other, Europeans should buy gas together, said President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary on… Read more

Cuba calls on U.S. to lift trade embargo

Tokyo, 20 October, /AJMEDIA/ Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday called on the U.S. government to lift its decades-long trade embargo, or blockade, against the country, Trend reports citing… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva hold sincere conversation with students in Agali village

Tokyo, 20 October, /AJMEDIA/ On October 19, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva visited the village of Agali in the Zangilan region. According… Read more

Azerbaijani, Uzbek MoDs sign Plan of bilateral cooperation for 2023

Tokyo, 20 October, /AJMEDIA/ The delegation led by Minister of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov arrived in Azerbaijan on October 19, AJMEDIA reports citing the… Read more