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Japan, India leaders agree to step up defense, economic ties

TOKYO : The leaders of Japan and India agreed Monday to step up their cooperation in defense, trade and a range or other areas amid China’s growing influence in the region. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, said they are expanding ammunition sales […]

PM interacts with Indian Community in Tokyo, Japan

open view web desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today interacted with the Indian Community in Tokyo. During his address, Prime Minister highlighted several aspects of India – Japan partnership. Shri Modi thanked the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japanese people for the warm hospitality and […]

Japan, India leaders build ties amid trade, security worries

  TOKYO— The leaders of Japan and India are reaffirming their ties amid growing worries about trade and regional stability.   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived Saturday, was meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a resort area near Mount Fuji on Sunday. Modi is also […]

PM’s Statement prior to his departure to Japan

open view web desk Following is the text of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s departure statement prior to his visit to Japan. “I will visit Japan on 28-29 October 2018 for the Annual Summit. This will be my twelfth meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe since my […]

Japan, China strike deals during Abe visit as ties improve

Japan and China signed $2.6 billion in business deals and touted their warmer ties on Friday during a rare visit to Beijing by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as both face trade challenges from US President Donald Trump. Premier Li Keqiang greeted Abe as Japan’s flag flew outside […]

Pompeo heads to Pyongyang, seeking progress on Trump-Kim summit

open view web desk US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo headed to Pyongyang Sunday for new crunch talks with Kim Jong Un on denuclearisation and a second US-North Korean summit. Pompeo departed from Tokyo, where he spent the first leg of a tour that will include stops in […]

‘World’s oldest person’ dies in Japan at 117

open view web desk A 117-year-old Japanese woman, thought to be the world’s oldest person, has died, a local official told AFP Sunday. Nabi Tajima, who was born August 4, 1900, died around 8:00 pm (1100 GMT) Saturday at a hospital on her native Kikai Island in Kagoshima […]

Obama: N. Korea ‘real threat’, urges co-operation

open view web desk North Korea poses a “real threat” whose solution will require international co-operation, former US President Barack Obama said Sunday on a visit to Japan. Obama also said the US needed to ensure there was a defence system in place to protect countries in the […]

Exclusive: Despite sanctions, North Korea exported coal to South and Japan via Russia – intelligence sources

open view web desk PARIS/LONDON/MOSCOW – North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year which was then delivered to South Korea and Japan in a likely violation of U.N. sanctions, three Western European intelligence sources said. The U.N. Security Council banned North Korean exports of coal last Aug. […]

Japan jobless rate lowest since 1993

Japan’s unemployment rate in November dipped to its lowest level since November 1993, official data showed Tuesday, offering another sign that the world’s third-largest economy is on track to recovery even if the pace is slow. Figures released by the government showed unemployment stood at 2.7 percent last […]

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