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(Eagle News) – Nangako ng tulong ang gobyerno ng Japan para sa mga biktima ng bagyong Vinta at ng sunog sa Davao City. Mismong si Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ang nagsabi nito kasabay ng kanyang pagpapaabot ng pakikiramay sa mga naging biktima ng bagyo at ng sunog sa NCCC mall noong Sabado, ika-23 ng Disyembre. Kabilang aniya sa ipagkakaloob na tulong ng Japan ang emergency relief goods. Ayon kay Prime Minister Abe, kaagapay ng […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday (November 21) welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, saying it would ramp up pressure on Pyongyang. The designation came a week after Trump returned from a 12-day, five-nation trip to Asia in which he made containing North Korea’s nuclear ambitions a centerpiece of his discussions. It allows the United States to […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s long-held dream to change the pacifist constitution got a big boost this weekend as his conservative coalition won a crucial two-thirds majority in a snap election. Nationalists like Abe dismiss the constitution as a humiliating relic imposed by US occupiers after Japan’s defeat in World War II, while North Korea’s recent firing of two missiles over the country in less than a month has focused minds on security. […]
by Hiroshi Hiyama and Richard Carter Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially dissolved parliament Thursday, effectively kicking off a national election campaign where he faces an unexpected and formidable challenge from the popular governor of Tokyo. Members of the lower house raised their arms and shouted “Banzai” three times — the Japanese equivalent of “three cheers” — after the speaker read out a letter from Abe officially dissolving the chamber. Voters in […]
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday (September 7) on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The leaders are expected to discuss economic cooperation as well as North Korea’s nuclear program. The issue of the disputed islands called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kuriles in Russia which were seized by Soviet forces at the end of World War […]
BOGOR, WEST JAVA PROVINCE, Indonesia (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said during his visit to Indonesia on Sunday (January 15) that it was important to solve the South China Sea dispute peacefully. Abe made the comments after meeting Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the presidential palace in Bogor. Abe is in Indonesia on a two-day visit aimed at strengthening maritime security and economic ties. Widodo told a joint news conference with Abe that […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands after speaking at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, U.S.
(REUTERS) North Korea said on Sunday a push for further sanctions following its fifth and biggest nuclear test was “laughable”, and vowed to continue to strengthen its nuclear power. The isolated state on Friday set off its most powerful nuclear explosion to date, saying it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat that its rivals and the United Nations have been powerless to contain. A […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said on Friday (September 9) that a nuclear test possibly carried out by North Korea is absolutely inadmissable, and Japan will work closely with the U.N. Security Council to further deal with the situation. “If North Korea did carry out a nuclear test, it is something absolutely inadmissible. We need to and will strongly protest against (their actions),” Abe told reporters. “Also, Japan is currently a […]
(REUTERS) North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, said South Korea, as the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies held a summit in China, the North’s main diplomatic ally. The missiles were fired from a western region south of the capital Pyongyang, just after noon local time (0300 GMT), South Korea’s Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. The missile […]
(REUTERS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began an upper house election campaign on Wednesday with a pledge to rev-up the economy as surveys showed his ruling bloc ahead, despite doubts over Abe’s economic growth recipe. Abe’s coalition is in no danger of losing power in the election but he needs a solid win to keep his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers in line and perhaps stay on another three years after his tenure as […]
ISE-SHIMA, Japan (AFP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will Thursday take fellow world leaders on a tour of Ise Shrine, an ancient spot that sits at the heart of Japan’s native Shinto religion. The trip is part of the cultural program on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit, a two-day gathering that kicks off later Thursday. Here are some things to know about Ise Shrine. It’s old. But not really The shrine […]
