AJMEDIA News Digest: Feb. 12, 2023

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ Figure skating: Japan’s Miura, Kihara win Four Continents pairs COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won the pairs competition at the Four… Read more

Chinese navy vessel enters Japan waters near Kagoshima Pref. islands

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ A Chinese navy survey vessel on Sunday entered Japan’s territorial waters near islands close to the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, the latest confirmed sighting of Chinese… Read more

Kishida’s reported pick for new BOJ chief a calculated surprise

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ The choice of former Bank of Japan board member Kazuo Ueda for the next central bank governor is a well-calibrated decision by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida… Read more

Judge rejects bid to nullify Boeing deal over Max crashes

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ A federal judge has rejected an effort by families of passengers who died in Boeing 737 Max crashes to reopen an agreement that allowed Boeing to… Read more

Wagner owner says war in Ukraine could drag on for years

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ The owner of the Russian Wagner Group private military contractor actively involved in the fighting in Ukraine has predicted that the war could drag on for… Read more

Iran marks anniversary of Islamic Revolution amid protests

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ Iran on Saturday celebrated the 44th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid nationwide anti-government protests and heightened tensions with the West. Thousands of Iranians marched… Read more

Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 28,000

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ Ibrahim Zakaria lost track of time drifting into and out of consciousness while trapped for nearly five days in the rubble of his home following the… Read more

Azerbaijani FM leaves for working visit to Cairo

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has left for a working visit to Cairo, Egypt, AJMEDIA reports, citing MFA’s Twitter publication. Within the framework of the visit,… Read more

Azerbaijani MFA on results of Minister Bayramov’s visit to Turkish Kahramanmaras

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov has visited the city of Kahramanmaras in Türkiye, which was affected by the earthquake, a href=”https://en.ajmedia.jp/”>AJMEDIA reports citing… Read more

Azerbaijani army’s experienced medical staff continues its work in quake-hit Turkish Kahramanmaras

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ The military medical personnel of the Azerbaijani army sent to Türkiye, upon the instructions of President of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev,… Read more