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ON NORTH KOREA, WHAT'S JAPAN'S MILITARY ROLE?


Trump in Asia On North Korea, what's Japan's military role?... READ MORE

6th November, 2017 33

COUNTRY OF 'SAMURAI WARRIORS' NOT SHOOTING DOWN NORTH KOREA MISSILES PUZZLED TRUMP


The first missile launched over Japan in August was widely considered to be a challenge for Trump... READ MORE

6th November, 2017 112

THE MIXED LEGACY OF 'ABENOMICS' IN JAPAN


Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is hoping for a landslide win in snap elections this Sunday... READ MORE

3rd November, 2017 107

JAPAN SHARES JUMP AFTER SHINZO ABE WINS BIG IN GENERAL ELECTION


That means he is on track to become Japan's longest-serving prime minister... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 160

JAPAN PM SHINZO ABE PROMISES TO DEAL WITH NORTH KOREA THREAT


Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to deal firmly with North Korea after exit polls suggested he won a clear victory in Sunday's election... READ MORE

23rd October, 2017 890

ABE ON TRACK TO SECURE 'SUPER-MAJORITY' WIN IN JAPAN VOTE


In the end the 65-year-old former TV presenter was not even in Japan on election day... READ MORE

23rd October, 2017 14

JAPAN'S ABE CLAIMS LANDSLIDE WITH TOUGH NORTH KOREA POLICY


Japan's Shinzo Abe claims victory with tough North Korea policy... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 184

JAPAN'S PM SHINZO ABE POISED TO WIN SNAP ELECTION


I support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy not to yield to North Korea, Yoshihisa Iemori, a construction business owner, told Al Jazeera... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 561

ABE EYES FRESH TERM AS JAPAN VOTES UNDER NORTH KOREA THREATS


I support Abe's stance not to give in to North Korea's pressure, one voter, Yoshihisa Iemori, said as he cast his ballot in Tokyo... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 0

JAPANESE VOTERS BRAVE TYPHOON TO CAST BALLOTS IN SNAP ELECTION


In this photo from Oct. 18, Prime Minister and President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe delivers a campaign speech in Tokyo... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 681

POPULAR TOKYO GOVERNOR DECIDES AGAINST RUNNING IN JAPANESE ELECTION, A BOON FOR ABE


The hastily formed Party of Hope, which incorporates some lawmakers from the flailing opposition Democratic Party, now appears leaderless, without an obvious candidate for prime minister... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 147

DOLLAR HITS ONE-AND-HALF-MONTH PEAK AS YIELDS RISE ON IMPROVED U.S. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK


The dollar index against a basket of six major currencies was up 0.3 percent at 93.847 after touching 93.891, its highest since Aug. 17... READ MORE

3rd October, 2017 98

JAPAN'S PM CALLS SNAP ELECTION AS OPPOSITION PARTIES LOOK TO JOIN FORCES[1]


Abe dissolved the lower house as soon as it convened at noon local time for an extraordinary session... READ MORE

29th September, 2017 0

ABE JOINS GALA BY CHINESE EMBASSY


The China-Japan relationship is improving, though many complicated and sensitive issues remain, he said... READ MORE

29th September, 2017 0

JAPAN PM ABE DISSOLVES LOWER HOUSE, CALLS SNAP ELECTION


Japan PM Shinzo Abe dissolves lower house, calls snap election... READ MORE

28th September, 2017 18

TOKYO GOVERNOR'S NEW PARTY, OPPOSITION DEMOCRATS MAY MERGE AHEAD OF JAPAN POLL -NIKKEI


The Nikkei said that Koike met Democratic Party leader Seiji Maehara on Tuesday to discuss the possible merger, which could also include another small opposition party... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 126

ABE GAMBLES ON SNAP ELECTION AS KOIKE SURPRISES WITH NEW PARTY


By calling a snap election, however, Abe is jeopardizing his ruling coalition's grip on power... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 243

JAPAN'S ABE CALLS SNAP ELECTION AMID WORRIES OVER NORTH KOREA


I will dissolve the lower house on September 28, Abe told a nationally televised news conference on Monday... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 5

JAPAN PM SHINZO ABE CALLS SNAP ELECTION


Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an election a year early and will dissolve parliament on Thursday... READ MORE

25th September, 2017 1215

JAPAN'S ABE EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE SNAP POLL AMID WORRIES OVER NORTH KOREA CRISIS


Ruling Liberal Democratic Party senior official Koichi Hagiuda on Sunday brushed off concerns about a political vacuum during the election campaign... READ MORE

25th September, 2017 385

RETURNEE HASUIKE SUGGESTS OFFERING ELECTRICAL AID TO NORTH FOR REMAINING ABDUCTEES


Former abductee Kaoru Hasuike on Saturday proposed offering goods or know-how to North Korea, such as technical help for easing electricity shortages, in e... READ MORE

24th September, 2017 0

JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER, ENJOYING A SUDDEN BOUNCE IN POLLS, IS SET TO CALL A SNAP ELECTION


TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has one person to thank for reviving his political fortunes, and it's a surprising person Kim Jong Un... READ MORE

22nd September, 2017 37

ABE ORDERS HIS RULING LDP TO GEAR UP FOR SNAP ELECTION


Abe last dissolved the lower house of parliament in November 2014 and thereafter led the ruling coalition to a sweeping victory in the following election in December... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 0

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A HASTILY CALLED NEWS CONFERENCE CAPS A SURREAL DAY FOR TRUMP IN SOUTH FLORIDA


Feb. 11, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Trump play golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla... READ MORE

12th February, 2017 4256

JAPAN PM ABE IN 'IS HOSTAGES' VOW


Daily express unforgivable japanese pm vows to save islamic state hostages after video threat 1 hr ago... READ MORE

20th January, 2015 3600

ABE ECHOES JAPANS PAST WAR APOLOGIES BUT ADDS NONE


But in a potentially contentious break with previous expressions of contrition by Japanese leaders Mr. Abe did not offer a new personal apology of his own... READ MORE

14th August, 2015 2629

'OUR AIRLINE CREWS WON'T BEAT YOU,' JAPAN'S DEPUTY PM TELLS U.S. AUDIENCE


Our social fabric has not been torn apart, Taro Aso said in a speech at Columbia University on Wednesday evening... READ MORE

20th April, 2017 1242

JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER'S POLL NUMBERS ARE SO LOW THEY MAKE TRUMP'S LOOK GOOD


Protesters denounce Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outside parliament as Abe attends a special parliamentary committee meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday... READ MORE

28th July, 2017 914

JAPAN LEGALIZES CASINOS, PAVING WAY FOR INVESTMENT IN RESORTS


To us, the opportunity is thoroughly Japanese and thoroughly delicious, Wynn Resorts Chief Executive Officer Steve Wynn said in a statement... READ MORE

15th December, 2016 604

JAPAN'S RULING PARTY PUSHING FOR THAAD ANTI-MISSILES & STRIKE CAPABILITY AGAINST N. KOREA


Three ballistic missiles test-fired by the North Korean military landed off the Japanese coast earlier in March... READ MORE

30th March, 2017 579

JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE STOPS SHORT OF NEW APOLOGY IN WAR ANNIVERSARY SPEECH


Even so, we Japanese, across generations, must squarely face history... READ MORE

14th August, 2015 449

FORMER PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI REITERATES CALL FOR JAPAN'S COMPLETE EXIT FROM NUCLEAR POWER


Japan can become a much better country with zero nuclear power plants, harnessing natural energy, Koizumi said... READ MORE

12th March, 2017 438

JAPAN PM ABE'S 'HOLY GRAIL' OF REVISING PACIFIST CONSTITUTION INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE


Abe's proposal to clarify the military's ambiguous status by revising the constitution's war-renouncing Article 9 would be hugely symbolic in Japan... READ MORE

31st July, 2017 426

MEDIA FIRE BACK AT LDP FOR TARGETING REVENUE OF NEWSPAPERS CRITICAL OF SECURITY BILLS


Yoshikazu Shiohira, editor-in-chief of the Ryukyu Shimpo, blasted Hyakuta's comments as an attack not only against Okinawan newspapers, but against the mass media as a whole... READ MORE

26th June, 2015 259

JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE CALLS SNAP ELECTION AND DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT


Usually a Ponzi scheme doesn't work in the private economy, but the government always has the next generation of taxpayers to rely on, he said... READ MORE

18th November, 2014 188

PENCE PUSHES JAPAN TO START TRADE TALKS, TELLS SOUTH KOREA TO BRACE FOR REVIEW OF CURRENT DEAL


Although the tone was friendly after the meeting, Japan and the United States appear to have decidedly different ideas about where their trading relationship should go... READ MORE

18th April, 2017 187

JAPAN'S ABE TO INCLUDE WORD 'APOLOGY' IN SECOND WORLD WAR ANNIVERSARY SPEECH


Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, will include the words apology and aggression in his much-anticipated war anniversary statement later this week according to reports... READ MORE

10th August, 2015 157

STRUGGLING DP ELECTS MAEHARA AS NEXT PRESIDENT


We need to change the situation where the Liberal Democratic Party is the only viable party voters can choose, Maehara told the party's convention Friday... READ MORE

2nd September, 2017 92

TOKYO ELECTS FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR TO TACKLE OLYMPIC-SIZE TASKS


Yuriko Koike will run the Japanese capital -- and try to sort out the mess of the 2020 games... READ MORE

31st July, 2016 89

ABE ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPS RIFT OVER CHINA'S NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK


Officials in the Abe administration give conflicting views over whether Japan should participate in Chinas new infrastructure investment bank and risk its ties with Washington... READ MORE

20th March, 2015 87

'JAPAN INFLICTED IMMEASURABLE DAMAGE AND SUFFERING IN WORLD WAR II'


The sentiments of that statement were repeated 10 years later by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi... READ MORE

14th August, 2015 84

EXCLUSIVE: JAPAN POST'S $11 BILLION TRIPLE LISTING EXPECTED ON NOVEMBER 4 - SOURCES


Spokesmen for Japan Post and the Tokyo Stock Exchange declined to comment... READ MORE

14th August, 2015 68

MISSING UK SCHOOLGIRLS NOW IN SYRIA


I don't want the Liberal Democratic Party to go any further to the right, said Mr... READ MORE

24th February, 2015 66

IPO TO INCLUDE SEPARATE LISTINGS OF BANK, INSURANCE UNITS


Japan Post Bank Co Ltd is the nation's biggest bank and Japan Post Insurance Co is its biggest insurance company... READ MORE

26th December, 2014 63

ABE 'REGRETS' LDP MEMBERS' REMARKS CALLING FOR PRESSURE ON NEWS MEDIA


Meanwhile, Hyakuta, who is in hot water for calling for destroying two Okinawan newspapers during the Thursday event, hardened his stance over the weekend... READ MORE

29th June, 2015 52

ABE TO EXPRESS 'DEEP REMORSE' OVER WWII IN ANNIVERSARY STATEMENT


A 60th anniversary statement issued by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi contained such phrases as well... READ MORE

10th July, 2015 45

JAPAN SEEKS HELP FROM JORDAN TO FREE ISIL HOSTAGE


Asked if the latest demand, which brings Jordan into the picture, makes the situation more complex, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga avoided a straight answer... READ MORE

28th January, 2015 44

FUKUDA URGES FORUM TO FOCUS ON BRIGHT SIDE OF CHINA RELATIONS


They also said 78.3 percent of the over 1,500 people polled in China have a negative impression of Japan, down from 86.8 percent the previous year... READ MORE

25th October, 2015 41

JAPAN TEAM HEADING TO NORTH KOREA TO PRESSURE IT ON ABDUCTEES, PM SAYS


Japan team heading to north korea to pressure it on abductees pm says... READ MORE

22nd October, 2014 37

JAPAN POST BANKING, INSURANCE UNITS PRICED AT TOP OF RANGE FOR IPO


Japan Post Bank is the biggest holder of deposits in the country and Japan Post Insurance is the largest insurer by assets... READ MORE

19th October, 2015 34

JAPANESE POLITICS A MAN'S WORLD AS FEW FEMALES STAND IN 2016 UPPER HOUSE ELECTION


Japanese politics a man's world as few females stand in 2016 Upper House election... READ MORE

5th July, 2016 20

JAPAN'S DIET DEBATES BILL TO LEGALIZE CASINOS


Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party is looking to get the legislation passed before the session ends Dec. 14, despite opposition on ethical grounds... READ MORE

1st December, 2016 20

JAPAN TO RECALL ENVOY FROM SOUTH KOREA OVER "COMFORT WOMEN" STATUE


Japanese ambassador to South Korea is recalled over a statue commemorating Korean women forced to work in Japanese military brothels in World War Two... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 18


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