AJMEDIA News Digest: Nov. 17, 2022

Tokyo, 17 November, /AJMEDIA/ G-20 declaration condemns war in Ukraine after Russia’s compromise NUSA DUA, Indonesia – Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies on Wednesday barely adopted a… Read more

Foreign visitors in Japan surge after tourism reopening

Tokyo, 17 November, /AJMEDIA/ The number of foreign visitors to Japan rose to nearly 500,000 in October, the first month it fully reopened to overseas visitors after more than two… Read more

Japan logs 2.16 tril. yen trade deficit, record for October

Tokyo, 17 November, /AJMEDIA/ Japan posted a 2.16 trillion yen ($15.5 billion) trade deficit in October, a record for the month, as imports surged to their largest amount on higher… Read more

4 arrested after Aichi man found in concrete-filled drum in Aomori

Tokyo, 17 November, /AJMEDIA/ Four men have been arrested over the death of a man in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi after his body was discovered in August in… Read more

Kishida hopes meeting Xi will help build stable relations

Tokyo, 17 November, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he hoped to build “constructive, stable” relations with China, ahead of a scheduled meeting with its leader Xi… Read more

G20 declaration deplores Russian aggression against Ukraine

Tokyo, 17 November, /AJMEDIA/ Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations deplored Russia’s aggression in Ukraine “in the strongest terms” on Wednesday and demanded its unconditional withdrawal in a… Read more

Fears of war spillover ease after NATO says missile on Poland was Ukrainian stray

Tokyo, 17 November, /AJMEDIA/ A missile that crashed inside Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine’s air defenses and not a Russian strike, Poland and military alliance NATO said… Read more

GOP wins slim House majority, complicating ambitious agenda

Tokyo, 17 November, /AJMEDIA/ Republicans won control of the U.S. House on Wednesday, returning the party to power in Washington and giving conservatives leverage to blunt President Joe Biden’s agenda… Read more

EU, Egypt ink MoU on renewable hydrogen

Tokyo, 17 November, /AJMEDIA/ The European Union and Egypt have signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership on renewable hydrogen, AJMEDIA reports November 16 with reference… Read more

Azerbaijan expected to resettle thousands of families in liberated territories

Tokyo, 17 November, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan is expected to resettle 34,500 families in liberated territories by 2026, AJMEDIA reports. This is envisaged by the ‘First state program on the Great Return… Read more