AJMEDIA News Digest: Oct. 22, 2022

Tokyo, 22 October, /AJMEDIA/ Yen briefly surges to 146 vs. dollar amid speculation of intervention NEW YORK – The value of the yen fluctuated against the U.S. dollar Friday from… Read more

Japan, Australia PMs meet in Perth, eye boosting security cooperation

Tokyo, 22 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese held a summit meeting in Perth on Saturday with a view to boosting security cooperation… Read more

Yen briefly surges to 146 vs. dollar amid speculation of intervention

Tokyo, 22 October, /AJMEDIA/ The value of the yen fluctuated against the U.S. dollar Friday from a fresh 32-year low in the upper 151 range to the 146 zone amid… Read more

Toyota FY 2022 global output to fall below target due to chip crunch

Tokyo, 22 October, /AJMEDIA/ Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday its total global output in the year through March is likely to fall below its initial target of 9.7 million units… Read more

Husband of ex-Japan princess Mako passes N.Y. bar exam on 3rd attempt

Tokyo, 22 October, /AJMEDIA/ Kei Komuro, the husband of Japanese former princess Mako Komuro, has passed his New York state bar examination on his third attempt, a source familiar with… Read more

Japan gov’t eyes spending over 20 tril. yen on new economic package

Tokyo, 22 October, /AJMEDIA/ Japan is considering spending just over 20 trillion yen ($133 billion) on a new economic package aimed at helping households cope with accelerating inflation and rejuvenating… Read more

Israel wants to tighten relations with Türkiye: Israeli minister

Tokyo, 22 October, /AJMEDIA/ Israel wants to tighten its relations with Türkiye and bring the two leading countries of the region back to the places they deserve, Israeli Economy Minister… Read more

UK’s Sunak first candidate to hit 100 threshold to make it onto ballot paper

Tokyo, 22 October, /AJMEDIA/ Rishi Sunak has become the first British Conservative Party leadership candidate to hit the 100 threshold with support from lawmakers to make it onto ballot paper,… Read more

State of emergency declared in Sudanese state after deadly tribal conflict

Tokyo, 22 October, /AJMEDIA/ Local authorities in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile State on Friday declared a one-month state of emergency after many were killed in a tribal conflict that broke… Read more

Saudi Arabia, China energy officials discuss stability of international oil market

Tokyo, 22 October, /AJMEDIA/ Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and China’s National Energy Administrator Zhang Jianhua have agreed to work together to support the stability of… Read more