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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary to join race for succeeding Abe
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 30 (ANI): Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will join the race to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who would, in turn, become the next country's premier, a source familiar with the matter told Kyodo Ne
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Mike Pompeo thanks Shinzo Abe for playing pivotal role in US-Japan allianc
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], Aug 30 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday (local time) thanked Shinzo Abe, the Japanese Prime Minister who stepped down recently, for playing a pivotal role in improving US-Japan relationship and making the ties between the two countries the strongest it
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US, Japan reiterate commitment to maintain rules-based order in South Chin
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 29 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Mark Esper and Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono on Saturday reiterated their commitment to maintain a 'rules-based order' in the East and South China Seas.
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Japan's Defence Minister undecided on running for position of ruling party
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese Defence Minister Taro Kono said on Saturday that he is yet to make a decision on whether to run for the position of the head of ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which also envisages premiership, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to step
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Dalai Lama expresses concern over poor health of Shinzo Abe
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Dalai Lama on Saturday expressed concern over the poor health of Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who had on Friday resigned due to health issues.
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Chinese authorities arrest 12 people, including pro-democracy activist, se
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 29 (ANI): Chinese authorities have arrested 12 people, including a pro-democracy activist, who were secretly heading to Taiwan by sea.
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Equity indices spurt with rally in banking scrips, IndusInd up 12 pc
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices traded higher on the first day of September futures and options series with banking and financials contributing significantly to the gains.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 28 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday officially announced his plan to step down, citing health issues.
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Is India getting bullied by Singapore in accepting Gift City truce?
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 28 (ANI/Digpu): Singapore has over the years emerged as a top International Finance Centre (IFC) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has found a successful niche in licensing of indices from other jurisdictions such as China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Tha
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe intends to step down amid health issues
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 28 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to step down, the NHK World reported on Thursday.
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Vande Bharat Mission: Air India flight takes off from Japan with 232 India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 27 (ANI): A special Air India flight, under the Vande Bharat Mission, carrying 232 stranded Indians including two Japanese nationals and three infants has taken off from Tokyo and will soon be reaching India.
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Naomi Osaka pulls out of Western and Southern Open to protest racial injus
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], Aug 27 (ANI): Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka on Thursday pulled out of Western and Southern Open to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake, saying that watching the continued genocide of Black people is "making me sick to my stomach".
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