Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida poses with his new cabinet at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, September 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shuffled his Cabinet and key party posts on Wednesday to strengthen his position before a key party leadership vote next year, bringing in a new … Read more
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday criticised the previous governments for allegedly not doing sufficient stakeholder consultations on free trade agreements, saying the India-ASEAN FTA is “most ill-conceived” and unfair to the domestic industry. Goyal also said that in the free trade agreements with Japan and Korea, India has opened its markets for … Read more
File photo of members of the Philippine Coast Guard taking part in a simulation during a trilateral maritime exercise with Japan and U.S. Coast Guard | Photo Credit: Getty Images The National Security Advisers of the United States, Japan and the Philippines held their first joint talks on June 16 and agreed to strengthen their defence … Read more
A teenaged male member of the Japanese Self-Defence Forces was arrested after he allegedly fired a rifle and injured three fellow personnel at a military shooting range in the city of Gifu, public broadcaster NHK reported on June 14. At least one of the injured people is in critical condition, NHK said, adding there are … Read more
South Korean President YoonSuk Yeol shakes hands with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida during their meeting at the presidential office on May 07, 2023. | Photo Credit: Getty images Cooperation between Japan and South Korea is necessary for global peace and prosperity, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said as he met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida … Read more
CNN — Japan on Tuesday announced plans to develop and build an array of advanced long-range missiles as it bolsters its defenses amid increasing tensions with neighboring China. The Japanese Defense Ministry said it had signed contracts with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to develop and mass produce the weapons under a plan extending to 2027. … Read more
Beijing: China‘s Foreign Minister Qin Gang urged Japan to refrain from supporting US efforts to suppress the Chinese semiconductor industry, while his counterpart pressed for the swift return of a Japanese citizen detained by Beijing. During a meeting with his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi in Beijing on Sunday, Qin said a chip blockade will only … Read more
Tokyo CNN — When Kentaro Yokobori was born almost seven years ago, he was the first newborn in the Sogio district of Kawakami village in 25 years. His birth was like a miracle for many villagers. Well-wishers visited his parents Miho and Hirohito for more than a week – nearly all of them senior citizens, … Read more
CNN — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met his Japanese counterpart in Tokyo Thursday for a fence-mending summit, the first such visit in 12 years as the two neighbors seek to confront threats from North Korea to rising concerns about China. Those shared security challenges were on stark display just hours before the trip … Read more
CNN — Japan’s maiden launch of its new flagship space rocket ended in failure on Tuesday when controllers issued a destruct command just 15 minutes after liftoff, the country’s space agency said. “A destruct command has been transmitted to H3 around 10:52 a.m. (Japan Standard Time), because there was no possibility of achieving the mission,” … Read more