AJMEDIA News Digest: Feb. 19, 2023

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ North Korea says it held “surprise” ICBM drill amid military threats BEIJING – North Korea said Sunday it conducted the previous day a “surprise” drill of… Read more

Japan, U.S., S Korea condemn N Korea’s ICBM-class missile launch

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Saturday “strongly condemned” North Korea’s latest firing of an ICBM-class missile, pledging to work… Read more

Kishida tells ministers to ease public concerns over nuclear policy

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has urged his ministers to ease public concerns over the government’s planned policy shift that will allow the operation of nuclear… Read more

Toyoda Gosei’s LED driver alert lighting system is being used on new Prius

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd has developed an LED driver alert lighting system that adds an alert function to decorative lighting. The system is being used on… Read more

3,200 still unaccounted for as New Zealand cyclone death toll now 11

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand climbed to 11 on Sunday as at least 3,200 people remained unaccounted for a week after the… Read more

U.S. says Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ The United States has determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine, Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday, insisting that “justice must be served”… Read more

China swipes at ‘hysterical’ U.S. at global security gathering

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday accused the United States of violating international norms with “hysterical” behavior, as a running dispute over a suspected Chinese… Read more

US notes significant progress in Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process – State Dept

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ US State Secretary Antony Blinken took note of the significant progress Azerbaijan and Armenia have made towards signing a peace agreement, Ned Price, State Department Spokesperson,… Read more

Our war was war of liberation – President Ilham Aliyev

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ Our war was a war of liberation, President Ilham Aliyev said at the “Moving mountains? Building Security in the South Caucasus” panel discussion on the sidelines… Read more

Minsk Group already retired and actually does not exist – President Ilham Aliyev

Tokyo, 19 February, /AJMEDIA/ The so-called former Minsk Group is already retired and actually does not exist, President Ilham Aliyev said at the “Moving mountains? Building Security in the South… Read more