Tag: Japan
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India, US, Japan, Australia hold ‘Quad’ meet; agree to promote free, open Indo-Pacific
The meeting is considered significant since the ‘Quad’ is seen as a grouping that is concerned over the growing influence of China, especially with its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
November 15, 2018 -
Currency, commodity and commerce
Here are a few queries of a layman after feeling the heat of ground-level “market economics”. The same market which is euphemistically referred to by (expert) economists thus: “let market determine such and such”. Can the real, practising economists kindly clarify a few concerns? The first relate to Vice-Chairman Niti Aayog’s recent views as reported …
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November 12, 2018 -
US Vice President Mike Pence to visit Japan, discuss N Korea with Abe
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed Pence's visit to Tokyo and his meeting with Abe next Tuesday before the US leader leaves for Singapore on the same day.
November 8, 2018 -
Mr Abe’s new team~II
The Abe administration also has tough tasks at hand negotiating trade issues with the Trump administration which is vigorously pursuing measures to reduce the trade deficit that the US faces with many trading partners.
November 2, 2018 -
India, Japan to enter into $75-bn currency swap agreement
Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg added the $75-billion agreement was one of the largest swap arrangements in the world.
October 29, 2018 -
India, Japan agree to hold 2+2 dialogue
The 2+2 Dialogue will be an addition to the existing mechanisms like the Annual Defence Ministerial Dialogue, Defence Policy Dialogue, the National Security Advisers’ Dialogue, and Staff-level Dialogue.
October 29, 2018 -
PM Modi woos Japanese industry leaders to invest more in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Indian and Japanese business leaders in Tokyo on Monday – the second day of his two-day visit to the country for the 13th India-Japan Annual Summit.
October 29, 2018 -
Mr Abe in China
It has been a critical forward movement in the geopolitics of Asia, almost at the threshold of the Japanese Prime Minister’s renewed stint at the crease. His rare visit to China signifies a distinct improvement in bilateral ties, despite the rather frosty handshake between Shinzo Abe and Xi Jinping. The signing of business deals worth …
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October 29, 2018 -
Japanese journalist freed in Syria returning home after 40 months
On Wednesday, the Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono confirmed that a man released by Syrian militants was indeed journalist Yasuda.
October 25, 2018 -
Countering China to be high on India-Japan agenda during PM Modi’s visit
China will be the elephant in the room when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe meet in Tokyo for the annual India-Japan Summit on 28-29 October.
October 19, 2018 -
India, Japan to step up cooperation for developing North-Eastern states
Tokyo evinced its keenness to speed up various projects at the 2nd meeting of “India-Japan Act East Forum” held under the co-chairmanship of Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu.
October 11, 2018 -
Bullet train initially opposed in Japan too: Piyush Goyal
At the second International Conference on Technological Advancement in Railways and Metro Projects 2018, he said the railways will have to look at the best of technology available anywhere in the world and apply it to the country’s infrastructure.
October 5, 2018 -
Typhoon Trami to make landfall in Japan on Sunday, many flights cancelled
Trami is moving at a speed of 20 kmph in a northerly direction, carrying wind gusts of up to 216 kmph, Efe news reported.
September 29, 2018 -
Mr Abe’s Wish-List-II
The process of amending an Article must begin with at least 100 members of the Lower House or 50 from the Upper House of the Diet tabling a draft, which when passed by two-thirds majority of both Houses, needs endorsement through a national referendum by a simple majority. Though an assertive China and provocations by …
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September 28, 2018 -
Mr Abe’s Wish-List-I
In the presidential election to Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party held on September 20, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was comfortably re-elected for a third consecutive term. He has thus reinforced the political stability that he had already secured. This was the first contest for the LDP leadership in six years. Abe took up the current …
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September 27, 2018 -
Abe’s ‘New Japan’
Shinzo Abe’s convincing victory in the election for the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (553 votes against 254) is historic, making him Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister. His agenda might appear to be rather ambitious on the face of it, but has been overdue for the country ever since World War II ended. As much …
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September 26, 2018 -
US Open 2018: ‘Freaking out’ Naomi Osaka ends Japan’s 22-year wait, faces Madison Keys for final spot
Later Wednesday, Osaka was joined in the record books by compatriot Kei Nishikori who reached his third semi-final at the US Open.
September 6, 2018