Tag: Shinzo Abe
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The Rough Pacific
Far from defusing the crisis through an agreeable settlement, Japan has now added yet more restrictions.
August 12, 2019 -
Hiroshima marks 74th anniversary of WWII atomic bombing
An annual memorial ceremony held at the Peace Memorial Park near Ground Zero was attended by about 50,000 audiences paying respect, including representatives from about 90 countries and regions.
August 6, 2019 -
Challenge to Mr Abe
Mr Abe intends to hold a national referendum on constitutional revision by September 2021, when his tenure as LDP president expires.
July 29, 2019 -
Mr Abe’s unfulfilled dream
Japan's immediate neighbours ~ China and the Koreas ~ could be rejoicing that Abe's aim to revise the Constitution remains in limbo and would be happy that this remains unrealized. The shadow of history still continues to haunt and any possibility of Japan becoming a normal state could cause a nightmare to those nations that suffered the brutality of Japan's military during the Second World War. There are fears that instead of addressing the issue of Japan's security, it would destabilize the region.
July 27, 2019 -
Shinzo Abe on course to retain majority in Japan upper house election
Sunday's vote is for half the seats in the House of Councillors -- the less powerful upper house of parliament.
July 21, 2019 -
Horror in Japan
The attack shook a country still reeling from a stabbing rampage in a Tokyo suburb just weeks ago.
July 20, 2019 -
Japan arson attack: 33 dead in animation production company, many injured
The blaze started near the front door of the building in the early hours of Thursday.
July 19, 2019 -
Japan urges Iran to keep to nuclear deal
"We are deeply concerned about Iran's announcement" on Sunday, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura said at a news conference here. "We strongly urge Iran to abide by the nuclear agreement, immediately return to its commitments and refrain from taking steps that would damage the accord."
July 8, 2019 -
Modi holds bilateral talks with G20 leaders, invited as chief guest for international summit
The PM also met Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and discussed enhancing cooperation in artificial intelligence, E-mobility, cybersecurity, railway modernisation and skill development.
June 28, 2019 -
Modi holds trilateral meet with Abe, Trump on Indo-Pacific, calls JAI ‘productive’
This was the second trilateral meeting of the three leaders, who had met last year at the Buenos Aires G20 meeting.
June 28, 2019 -
India, Japan to hold ‘2+2’ meeting before Abe’s visit to India this year
The decision was taken at a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Abe in Osaka (Japan).
June 27, 2019 -
Ahead of G20 Summit, PM Modi meets Shinzo Abe; discuss India-Japan bilateral ties
PM Abe referred specifically to PM Modi's initiative in earlier G20 meetings on the issue of fugitive economic offenders and said that G20 should deal with the problem as part of its anti-corruption measures.
June 27, 2019 -
Washington targeting Iran
Besides, one can hardly overlook the fact that Bolton’s innate hostility towards Iran is shared by America’s leading allies in the Middle East, namely Saudi Arabia, Israel and the UAE.
June 23, 2019 -
Long-shot diplomacy
When the Prime Minister of Japan was greeted with a guard of honour in Tehran on Wednesday, it signified the first visit to Iran by a Japanese head of government in more than 40 years.
June 15, 2019 -
Japanese PM Abe asks Iran to release American captives: Report
Abe is believed to have requested the releases during his talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday.
June 14, 2019 -
UN condemns oil tankers attack in Gulf of Oman
The attacks came amid Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Iran, who is seeking to help ease tensions between Iran and the US.
June 14, 2019 -
Japan PM meets Iran leader on mission to ease tensions
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday.
June 13, 2019