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Abe vows Kim meeting to 'break shell of mutual distrust'

Jan 28, 2019 - 2:31 PM

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promises to meet with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and restore diplomatic relations between the two countries

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a policy speech at the start of the extraordinary Diet session in Tokyo on January 28, 2019. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP)

Japan urges N. Korea to jointly break mutual distrust

Jun 16, 2018 - 7:03 PM

Abe also expressed a readiness to finance denuclearization costs in North Korea.

PUBLIC INTEREST. This photo illustration taken in Tokyo on June 13, 2018 shows Japanese daily newspapers with front page coverage of the June 12, 2018 US-North Korea summit in Singapore between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. Photo by Martin Bureau / AFP

Duterte hails 'golden age' of partnership with Japan

Oct 30, 2017 - 8:50 PM

During the Philippine President's second visit to Japan, business deals supposedly worth $6 billion are signed

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte joins Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he interacts with the pupils waving the Japan and Philippine Flags before entering the Malacañan Palace on January 12, 2017. The Prime Minister of Japan is scheduled for a two-day visit to the country. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential PhotoPresident Rodrigo Roa Duterte joins Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he interacts with the pupils waving the Japan and Philippine Flags before entering the Malacañan Palace on January 12, 2017. The Prime Minister of Japan is scheduled for a two-day visit to the country. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo

Trump versus the rest as violent G20 wraps up

Jul 08, 2017 - 6:50 PM

US President Donald Trump remains at loggerheads with fellow leaders over climate change as the most fractious and violent G20 summit to date drew to a close ahead of fresh mass protests

ON FIRE. Protesters have set barricades alight on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, northern Germany, where leaders of the world's top economies gather for a G20 summit. Photo by Markus Scholz / dpa / AFP

Japan's Abe adopts Philippine eagle, eats durian

Jan 13, 2017 - 1:22 PM

The prime minister names a young female Philippine Eagle Sakura

SAKURA THE EAGLE. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe adopts a female Philippine Eagle in the presence of President Rodrigo Duterte. Image by Adrian Portugal/Rappler

What will Duterte, Abe have for breakfast in Davao?

Jan 12, 2017 - 11:29 PM

In Davao City Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife will have breakfast not in some fancy hotel but in the house of President Rodrigo Duterte

SIMPLE WELCOME. This is President Rodrigo Duterte's home, where he will welcome Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and wife for breakfast on January 13, 2017. File photo by Pia Ranada/Rappler

Bank of Japan delays inflation goal in blow to 'Abenomics'

Nov 01, 2016 - 8:00 PM

The bank now expects to hit 2 inflation by March 2019 – 4 years later than its original target

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda answers questions during a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on November 1, 2016. Tokyo shares closed higher November 1, reversing early losses on relief over a Bank of Japan policy meeting that ended largely as expected and better-than-expected Chinese factory data. / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

Japan big manufacturers' confidence at multi-year low

Oct 03, 2016 - 10:40 PM

Sentiment among big manufacturers drops to its lowest levels since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicked off Abenomics in 2013

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda answers questions during a press conference at the headquarters in Tokyo on September 21, 2016. Japan's central bank on September 21 unveiled a surprise overhaul of monetary policy, promising to redouble attempts to fuel inflation and kickstart the torpid economy. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / STR / Japan OUT

Weak Japanese growth puts pressure on Abe

Sep 08, 2016 - 2:50 PM

Economists are increasingly writing off Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe s more than 3 year attempt to cement a lasting recovery

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures to the media upon arrival at a meeting session at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane on September 7, 2016. The gathering will see the 10 ASEAN members meet by themselves, then with leaders from the US, Japan, South Korea and China. / AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHMAN

Let's make Tokyo best Olympics ever, says PM Abe

Aug 22, 2016 - 12:02 PM

The Japanese Prime Minister meets with the country s Olympic medalists and urges them to make Tokyo 2020 the best ever Olympics

ON TO TOKYO. The flag of Japan is displayed after the flag handover during the Closing Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

Japan approves huge stimulus for sluggish economy

Aug 02, 2016 - 9:45 PM

The 273 billion package which includes tens of billions of dollars for infrastructure spending is expected to be approved by parliament in September

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) sits with Finance Minister Taro Aso (R) and Economic Revitalisation Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (L) as they pose for photographers prior to a cabinet meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on August 2, 2016. The Japanese government on August 2 approved a massive stimulus to boost growth in a economy under threat from a soaring yen, with funds earmarked to counter the impact of Brexit and a deadly earthquake disaster. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / Japan OUT

Japan PM unveils $266B stimulus plan to boost economy

Jul 27, 2016 - 8:15 PM

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives few details about the plan except to say about half would be fiscal measures

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech in Fukuoka on July 27, 2016. Japan's prime minister on July 27 announced a whopping stimulus package worth more than 28 trillion yen (266 billion USD) aimed squarely at boosting the wobbly economy, with the central bank widely expected to unveil its own measur. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / STR / Japan OUT

Japan PM delays tax hike in blow for Abenomics

Jun 01, 2016 - 10:15 PM

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe postpones the increase in tariff to late 2019 when he is likely no longer in office

epa05339791 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures during a press conference at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, 01 June 2016. Prime Minister Abe announced the delay of the consumption tax hike from April 2017 to October 2019. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON

Merkel, Abe differ on how to fix world economy

May 05, 2016 - 2:45 PM

Japan s Shinzo Abe pushes for large scale stimulus spending while Germany s Angela Merkel suggests her country is already doing enough

epa05289695 Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) for a meeting in Meseberg, Germany, 04 May 2016. Abe is currently on a week-long trip through Europe in preperation to Japan hosting the G7 Summit, and meeting with EU leaders for talks on the Japan-EU economic partnership agreement. EPA/BERND SETTNICK

Italy, Japan urge G7 to spend for growth

May 03, 2016 - 12:15 PM

Prime ministers Matteo Renzi and Shinzo Abe call for greater flexibility on budgetary policies ahead of the G7 Summit

epa05286890 Italian Premier Matteo Renzi (R) welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) for a bilateral meeting in Florence, Italy, 02 May 2016. Shinzo Abe is in Italy on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the bilateral relations between Japan and Italy. EPA/MAURIZIO DEGL' INNOCENTI

Japan's only working nuclear reactors can stay online

Apr 06, 2016 - 6:45 PM

A court rules that the No 1 and No 2 reactors at the Sendai power plant should be allowed to stay online

epa04412863 Protesters take part in an anti-nuclear power demonstration in Tokyo, Japan, 23 September 2014. Two reactors at the Sendai power plant, operated by Kyushu Electric, in Japan, passed new safety standards on 10 September, for the first time since the nuclear disaster at Fukushima three and a half years ago. The move brings Japan closer to restarting domestic nuclear power generation after the government shut down all of its nuclear plants in the wake of the reactor meltdown at Fukushima, which followed an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. EPA/KIYOSHI OTA

Japan slaps new sanctions on North Korea

Feb 10, 2016 - 7:50 PM

North Korean citizens and ships are barred from entering Japan

PH visit of Japanese emperor, empress set for January

Dec 04, 2015 - 10:28 PM

The state visit of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will happen on the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries

JAPANESE ROYALTY. Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) wave from the balcony of the Imperial Palace during their annual new year greeting in Tokyo on January 2, 2015. File Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP

'Asia should put WWII behind it' –Singapore PM

May 29, 2015 - 10:52 PM

In his speech Singapore s Lee urged Japan and the two East Asian neighbors it had either colonized or occupied to display statesmanship and largeness of spirit in dealing with each other

WORLD WAR II. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says 'Asia should forget about World War II. File photo by EPA/Ahn Young-Joon / POOL

Japanese PM opens LatAm tour with Mexico energy

Jul 27, 2014 - 2:37 PM

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe strikes a series of energy deals with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the start of a five country Latin American tour

NEW POWER SOURCES. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) speak during a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, 25 July 2014. Photo by Jose Mendez / EPA

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Jun 24, 2014 - 8:50 PM

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Philippines backs Japan bid to defend allies

Jun 24, 2014 - 3:58 PM

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III says his country favors the proposal to revise Japan s pacifist constitution

BOOSTING TIES. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III poses with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the joint media statement after the Summit Meeting and Working Lunch at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence in 2-3-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan on June 24, 2014. Photo by Gil Nartea/ Malacañang Photo Bureau

Aquino to brief Japan's Abe on China case

Jun 20, 2014 - 2:26 PM

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will also be sharing views on maritime disputes with China

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (right) agree to boost maritime security in a meeting in July 2013. File photo by Malacañang Photo Bureau

Japan PM in US to turn page for alliance

Apr 30, 2012 - 6:43 AM

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda begins a 3 day visit to the US after a deal on a thorny troop dispute