Kyodo News Digest: Jan. 18, 2023

Tokyo, 18 January, /AJMEDIA/ Foreign visitors to Japan in 2022 up 15-fold to 3.83 mil. TOKYO – The number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2022 sharply recovered and grew… Read more

Yen, bond yield plunge, stocks soar after BOJ maintains policy

Tokyo, 18 January, /AJMEDIA/ The yen briefly plunged by 3 yen to the mid-131 range against the U.S. dollar Wednesday in Tokyo after the Bank of Japan defied market pressure… Read more

Presidents of Azerbaijan and Lithuania met in Davos

Tokyo, 18 January, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda in Davos. During the meeting, Lithuanian President… Read more

Japan to roll out plans to back Ukraine at ‘appropriate time,’ U.S. official says

Tokyo, 18 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan is engaged deeply on issues in Ukraine and is expected to roll out plans at the “appropriate time” to support Kyiv against Russia’s invasion, White… Read more

Greta Thunberg carried away by police at German mine protest

Tokyo, 18 January, /AJMEDIA/ Police in western Germany carried Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other protesters away Tuesday from the edge of an open coal pit mine where they… Read more

Ukraine pushes for tanks as holdout Germany says new minister to decide

Tokyo, 18 January, /AJMEDIA/ Ukraine came a step closer on Tuesday in its bid to win a fleet of modern battle tanks it hopes could turn the course of the… Read more

Nissan, Renault near rebalancing of alliance

Tokyo, 18 January, /AJMEDIA/ Nissan and Renault are nearing a “historic” rebalancing of their auto alliance, with a deal likely to be announced in the coming weeks, a source close… Read more

Azerbaijani FM meets delegation of Israeli MFA

Tokyo, 18 January, /AJMEDIA/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov met with the delegation led by Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Aliza Bin… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev meets with Executive Chairman of “Fortescue Future Industries” in Davos

Tokyo, 18 January, /AJMEDIA/ President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with Executive Chairman of “Fortescue Future Industries” Andrew Forrest in Davos, AJMEDIA reports. They noted that… Read more

Azerbaijani, Russian FMs hold phone talk

Tokyo, 18 January, /AJMEDIA/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov have held a phone conversation, AJMEDIA reports citing Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. During… Read more