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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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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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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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Japanese PM admitted to hospital for health checkup
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe checked into a hospital in Tokyo on Monday after one of his aides described as a "health checkup", although rumours have been swirling about the leader's ill health.
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Shinzo Abe hopes for Japan-Russia summit on territorial row after pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 21 (Sputnik/ ANI) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expects to hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the long-standing territorial dispute once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, according to the lawmaker from the Japan Innovation Party, Muneo Suz
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Abe says Japan will lead G7 statement on Hong Kong
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that he wants Japan to lead the G7 statement on the situation in Hong Kong condemning China's new security law, media reported.
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COVID-19 state of emergency lifted in Japan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday that the state of emergency, imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic, would be lifted in the remaining five prefectures including Tokyo.
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Shinzo Abe to extend state of emergency in Japan by May 31
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 4 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has planned to extend the state of emergency in the country by a month through May 31 amid fears of the rapid spread of coronavirus.
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COVID-19: Abe declares state of emergency in Japan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 7 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a month-long state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka, and five other prefectures in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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Shinzo Abe will make proper decision, says Trump on Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 23 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday said that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will make the 'proper decision' and hinted that the final call on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be taken by Tokyo keeping in view the coronavirus outbreak in many parts of the
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Japan's Cabinet approves bill enabling Abe to declare state of emergency a
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Mar 10 (Xinhua/ANI): The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a special bill to enable better provisions to be made to combat the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, outbreak and empowering Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare a state of emergency if necessary as the in
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Japanese PM to assess possible impact on rights in emergency declared amid
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Mar 9 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that he will fully assess the possible impact on individual rights if an emergency is declared in the country.
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