AJMEDIA News Digest: Feb. 14, 2023

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ Gov’t nominates academic Kazuo Ueda as next Bank of Japan governor TOKYO – The Japanese government on Tuesday presented Kazuo Ueda to parliament as its nominee… Read more

Ex-PM Abe shooter faces additional charges as police cap off investigation

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ Police on Monday referred the man indicted for murdering former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to prosecutors on five additional charges, including of making a gun… Read more

Japan to buy U.S. Tomahawk missiles in bulk in FY2023

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japan is considering making a package purchase of Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States in fiscal 2023, which starts in April, a government source said… Read more

Japan, China foreign ministers preparing for informal talks on sidelines of conference in Germany

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ The foreign ministers of Japan and China are preparing to hold informal talks on the sidelines of an international conference in Germany, Kyodo news agency reported… Read more

Toyota’s next CEO says management will lead aggressive push on EVs

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ The next CEO at Japan’s top automaker Toyota Motor Corp, Koji Sato, introduced a management team Monday that he said will lead an aggressive push on… Read more

SMBC Nikko fined ¥700 mil over market manipulation

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ A Japanese court on Monday ordered SMBC Nikko Securities Inc to pay a fine of 700 million yen and a forfeiture of 4.47 billion yen for… Read more

Turkey finds more survivors as anger grows a week after earthquake

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ Rescuers in Turkey pulled several children alive from collapsed buildings on Monday, a week after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history, but hopes of many… Read more

Azerbaijani Ambassador to France meets colleagues from Italy and Djibouti

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijani Ambassador to France Leyla Abdullayeva has met with the ambassadors of Italy and Djibouti in Paris, AJMEDIA reports, citing Abdullayeva’s publication in Twitter. “I am… Read more

Azerbaijani FM meets Italian Minister of Enterprises and ‘Made in Italy’

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov has met with Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy of the Italian Republic Adolfo… Read more

Azerbaijani Parliament, Russian State Duma sign MoU

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ The Azerbaijani Parliament and the State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), the Azerbaijani Parliament’s Press and Public Relations Department… Read more