Japan may offer medical aid to Tehran when Abe meets Iranian president in New York
Japan is considering offering medical aid to Iran when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly later this month, diplomatic sources said Sunday. Abe is expected to offer assistance such as training for ...
The Japan Medical Association will send a senior official to North Korea in late September with an eye to providing medical aid in the future, an association source has said. The idea was proposed by JMA President Yoshitake Yokokura, who is close to Prime Minister ...
'Tensho' was leading candidate for Japan's new era name before selection of 'Reiwa': sources
‘Tensho’ was the leading choice of experts for the new imperial era name before the submission of ‘Reiwa,’ sources say.
Japan was officially welcomed to the Rugby World Cup at a ceremony at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office on Friday that saw all 31 playing team members presented with their Rugby World Cup 2019 cap, and the entire team, including coaches and management, receive ...
Abe's lesson in stability and pragmatism
Team Abe is not afraid to use power and has an agenda that is pro-growth and pro-business.
The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has risen to 55.4 percent, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous poll in August, after he reshuffled his ministerial lineup and the leadership team of the Liberal Democratic Party, a Kyodo News survey showed ...
What policy agenda his administration chooses to tackle as a priority going forward will test the prime minister and his new team.
Abe shows his command over LDP in reshuffle
Abe demonstrated that he is clearly in the driver's seat, posturing his allies for advancement in the LDP ranks, keeping bandwagoners contained and edging out rivals altogether.
Abe and his new Cabinet face significant obstacles toward reforming nation's social security systems
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday, said he will boost efforts to reform the nation's social security systems — a top domestic priority for him as he enters the last two years of his final three-year term as president of ...
South Korea and Japan need to ease up on their spat, ex-defense chief Itsunori Onodera says
Japan and South Korea need time to cool down from a feud hurting security ties, former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said of the dispute that the Trump administration warns could damage its regional alliance network. Onodera, who has served two stints as defense minister under ...
Opposition parties accused Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of favoring his political allies rather than making merit-based appointments in his Cabinet reshuffle Wednesday, while also questioning the timing of the announcement given that parts of Kanto are still recovering from Typhoon Faxai. "It is a Cabinet ...
Observers sift through Abe's reshuffle picks for his potential successors
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet for the seventh time Wednesday, trying again to boost popularity among voters by tapping fresh faces and further cement his power base by doling out prestigious Cabinet posts to ruling lawmakers — business as usual. But this time, ...
