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Abe to meet Obama and Cameron ahead of G7 summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold bilateral meetings on Wednesday evening (May 25) with US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of a summit meeting of the Group of Seven (G-7) nations, a Japanese Foreign Ministry source said.

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Japan PM to press Obama on crime in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday to review the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement in the wake of the arrest last week of a former U.S. Marine for abandoning the dead body of a Japanese women in the prefecture.

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Abe insisted on accompanying Obama

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was determined to accompany U.S. President Barack Obama on his visit to Hiroshima.

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Japan's Abe sounds out Kuwaiti counterpart on issues of terrorism, refugee crisis, ahead of G7

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks Thursday with the Prime Minister of Kuwait, Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, on a number of topics spanning terrorism and the refugee crisis.

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Abe: Leaving EU could hurt Japanese investment in U.K.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron shake hands after addressing the media during a news conference at in London on May 5. (AP Photo/ Pool) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Britain will be a less attractive destination for Japanese investment if it leaves the European Union.

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UK Vote Leave criticizes Abe's intervention over Brexit

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the latest political leader Thursday to warn of the consequences of Britain voting to leave the EU.

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Massive protests against Abe mark Japan's Constitution Memorial Day

Some 50,000 people rallied in Tokyo on Tuesday on the occasion of the 69th Constitution Memorial Day of Japan to protest against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's unwanted attempts to amend the nation's pacifist Constitution.

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Japan's PM embarks for weeklong visit to Europe, Russia ahead of G7 summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe departed Sunday to visit European leaders on issues of global economic growth and sustainability ahead of a Group of Seven summit he will host in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, later this month.

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12,000 more buildings "dangerous" in Japan's quake-ravaged southwest, Abe calls for swift financial aid

Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry said Saturday that according to municipal reports more than 12,000 private residences and other buildings were considered to be "dangerous" and at risk of collapsing in regions reeling after powerful quakes battered southwest Japan earlier this month.

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Abe’s focus on quake response quells plans for double election

​Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is so focused on dealing with the earthquake disaster in Kyushu that he has dropped the politically strategic idea of holding a double election this summer, sources said.

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S.Korea urges Japan to face up to history after Abe's offerings to war-linked shrine

​South Korea on Thursday urged Japan to squarely face up history in a right way after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ritual offerings to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

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Japanese PM makes offering to notorious war-linked shrine

apanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an offering on Thursday to a symbol of past Japanese military expansionism, Yasukuni Shrine, despite neighbors China and South Korea's call to stop such provocative move.

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Japanese PM to visit Russia on May 6 -- Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Wednesday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia on May 6 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

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Japan's economic indicators point to recession, tax hike delay, possible snap election

​Japan's industrial output tumbled a seasonally adjusted 6.2 percent in February as exports remained strained on falling demand, raising concerns that the world's third-largest economy may be heading into another recession, the government said on Wednesday.

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Japan's controversial security legislation to take effect on March 29

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe' s cabinet made the decision on Tuesday that the controversial new security-related legislation will become effective on March 29, marking an overhaul of the country's exclusively defensive defense posture in about seven decades.

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Abe's constitutional reform comments draw flak from coalition heavyweight

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent statement regarding his eagerness to amend the nation's constitution while he is in office, drew flak Thursday from a senior lawmaker from within the ruling coalition.

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Merger of opposition parties in Japan slated for approval this week

A planned merger of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) may be approved as early as Friday, representatives from both parties confirmed Wednesday.