Japan will continue to take a hard stance against North Korea over the abduction issue until every single case involving a Japanese citizen is resolved, the Cabinet minister handling the matter said Monday. Keiji Furuya said North Korea must conduct full investigations not into only ...
Japan is confident some of the more than a dozen citizens abducted by North Korean agents over three decades ago are alive, and is counting on Kim Jong Un to return them, said the minister in charge of the issue. "We are holding negotiations on ...
Three Cabinet ministers visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine as Japan marks the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II.
Cabinet minister Keiji Furuya visits controversial Yasukuni Shrine a day ahead of its annual spring festival, saying it’s “the right thing for a Japanese to do.”
Japan's sanctions against North Korea could be eased if Pyongyang deals squarely with the abduction issue, a Cabinet minister said Friday ahead of renewed intergovernmental talks next week. "If North Korea shows sincere, positive moves toward resolving the abduction issue, it is possible (for Japan) ...
"Resilience" is a hot topic these days — not in self-help books, but among policymakers worldwide. As governments become convinced that climate change is a real threat, they are taking steps to ensure communities can bounce back from the increasing impact of floods, storms, ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will decide "from a broad perspective" whether to visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine by the end of the year, the government's top spokesman said Monday. "The prime minister himself will decide from a broad perspective. That says it all," Chief Cabinet Secretary ...
Keiji Furuya, state minister for the North Korea abductee issue, may visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Thursday to mark the 68th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, a government official said Saturday. In addition to Furuya, who also chairs the National ...
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the abduction issue, challenge a political taboo by visiting Yasukuni Shrine.
Calling it both a private and public act, Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the abduction issue, challenges a political taboo by visiting Yasukuni Shrine.
