Rappler's latest stories on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Abe vows Kim meeting to 'break shell of mutual distrust'
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 to accept 50,000 workers from PH under new hiring rules
‘Japan faces an aging society and lacks labor force, while the Philippines is abundant with young labor force with great potential,’ Ambassador Koji Haneda says
Japan ruling party under fire after MP calls LGBT 'unproductive'
Mio Sugita says she would take the Liberal Democratic Party's warnings 'seriously,' but neither apologized nor withdrew her remarks against the LGBT community
Japan urges N. Korea to jointly break mutual distrust
Abe also expressed a readiness to finance denuclearization costs in North Korea.
Trump threatens to send 25 million Mexicans to Japan
The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump described migration as a big problem for Europe. He then told Japan's Abe: "Shinzo, you don't have this problem, but I can send you 25 million Mexicans and you'll be out of office very soon."
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Trump versus the rest as violent G20 wraps up
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
Japan's Abe to meet PH business groups, visit Duterte's Davao home
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be in the Philippines from January 12 to 13 and will visit Manila and Davao City
Abe, Obama hail reconciliation at Pearl Harbor
The two global leaders paid homage to the more than 2 400 Americans killed on December 7 1941
Bank of Japan delays inflation goal in blow to 'Abenomics'
The bank now expects to hit 2 inflation by March 2019 – 4 years later than its original target
Japan big manufacturers' confidence at multi-year low
Sentiment among big manufacturers drops to its lowest levels since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicked off Abenomics in 2013
Weak Japanese growth puts pressure on Abe
Economists are increasingly writing off Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe s more than 3 year attempt to cement a lasting recovery
Let's make Tokyo best Olympics ever, says PM Abe
The Japanese Prime Minister meets with the country s Olympic medalists and urges them to make Tokyo 2020 the best ever Olympics
Japan approves huge stimulus for sluggish economy
The 273 billion package which includes tens of billions of dollars for infrastructure spending is expected to be approved by parliament in September
Japan PM unveils $266B stimulus plan to boost economy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives few details about the plan except to say about half would be fiscal measures
Japan PM delays tax hike in blow for Abenomics
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe postpones the increase in tariff to late 2019 when he is likely no longer in office
Merkel, Abe differ on how to fix world economy
Japan s Shinzo Abe pushes for large scale stimulus spending while Germany s Angela Merkel suggests her country is already doing enough
Italy, Japan urge G7 to spend for growth
Prime ministers Matteo Renzi and Shinzo Abe call for greater flexibility on budgetary policies ahead of the G7 Summit
Japan's only working nuclear reactors can stay online
A court rules that the No 1 and No 2 reactors at the Sendai power plant should be allowed to stay online
Japan slaps new sanctions on North Korea
North Korean citizens and ships are barred from entering Japan
PH visit of Japanese emperor, empress set for January
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
Homeless out, world leaders in: Manila readies for APEC summit
Presidents Barack Obama of the United States Vladimir Putin of Russia Xi Jinping of China are among the world leaders flying to the November 18 19 event
Japan pledges 26% emissions cut by 2030
The Climate Action Tracker however describes Japan s target as inadequate
'Asia should put WWII behind it' –Singapore 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
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Aquino to visit Japan amid disputes with China
The Japanese government invites the Philippine president to visit Tokyo as both the Philippines and Japan compete with China over sea and land
Tokyo urges Okinawa governor to back down in US base row
However the Okinawan governor counters that while he understands the importance of the alliance with the US any national security plan must have the Japanese people s support
Japan minister sidesteps Okinawa governor in base row
Japan s central government muscles the governor of Okinawa out of the way in a row over the construction of a US air base suspending his stop work order in the latest fraught chapter of a two decade row
Japan's Okinawa elects governor opposed to US base – exit polls
Takeshi Onaga s apparent victory is a significant blow to the central government because the governor can veto the landfill work needed for a new base to be built
Japanese PM opens LatAm tour with Mexico energy
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
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Philippines backs Japan bid to defend allies
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III says his country favors the proposal to revise Japan s pacifist constitution
A dose of Abenomics for Asia's development institutions: Starting with the ADB
The Manila based international lender is in need of its own third arrow of reforms
China gives Japan 'severe reprimand' over PM's war shrine visit
Abe describes his visit as a pledge against war and says it is not aimed at hurting feelings in China or South Korea
Japan PM's visit to PH: 'Image-building'
The Philippines and Japan will only provoke China with their strategic partnership which is the bigger picture behind the Japanese PM s visit says an analyst
Japan PM Abe escapes injury in five-car collision
Japan s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe escaped a 5 car accident without any injuries
