Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday expressed his disappointment after Japan were beat 4- 1 by Colombia in the last game of the Group C in the soccer Brazil World Cup.
Japan's ruling coalition confirmed Thursday that the current cabinet session, which will end Sunday, will not approve Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempt to make Japan exercise the collective self-defense rights, saying they need more time to continue discussion.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has advanced his signature goal of formally militarizing the nation based on the findings of a hand-picked panel of constitutional and security experts who have green lit Abe's controversial security directive.
As Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe steamrolls ahead with his signature dictum to allow Japanese forces the right to collective self-defense, some within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-led (LDP) coalition believe that more time and debate is needed on the thorny issue.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday signed an agreement with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to enhance the ties with the alliance, during his visit to the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday made a commitment to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the disputed Diaoyu Islands between Japan and China fall under U.S.-Japan security treaty, but the commitment would become a risky war trigger at the hawkish Japanese leader's hands.
Japan was a friend of South Korea one time and an enemy the other as history says. Now, at a time when Japan may have become a heartfelt neighbor, or at least not an enemy, to South Korea, its leadership decided to add fuel to the flames of its bereft next-door neighbor by visiting the war-linked Yasukuni shrine.
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday the government was hopeful that the outcome of U.S. President Barack Obama's state visit here starting Wednesday will reaffirm the two countries'bilateral alliance.
A Japanese civil group on Monday sued with the Tokyo District Court over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, stating Abe's move was unconstitutional.
Japan is seeking to improve its relations with South Korea through a meeting in the Netherlands involving Prime Minster Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Abe said on Sunday.
South Korea's presidential spokesman said Monday that it has no reason to reject summit talks with Japan if the neighboring country shows sincere attitude toward historical issues, opening door for such talks possibly at the Nuclear Security Summit slated for later this month.
Truly following the world-recognized "Murayama Statement" has become a tough test for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Administration as the prime minister had increasingly resorted to play of words on the key issue of Japan's attitude toward its wartime wrongdoings.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's distorted view toward the country's wartime atrocities is undoing his every effort to seek a bigger role for Japan in global affairs.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's willingness to seek dialogue with China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) went against his act of visiting a controversial war-linked shrine and raising defense spending, Chinese experts have said.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday headed for Middle East and Africa in a move to enhance economic cooperation with regional countries so as to secure Japan 's energy import and boost its exports.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged companies Tuesday to increase wages to help mitigate the expected downside effects of the nation's sales tax hike in April.
A Chinese spokeswoman said on Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hypocritical on developing relations with China. Spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the remarks at a regular press briefing when she was asked to comment on Abe's words during a news conference when he said he wanted to meet Chinese leaders and explain why he visited the Yasukuni shrine.
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