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Abe's Asia-Pacific trip fails to make desired impact on S.China Sea issue

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may feel let down after his just-concluded Asia-Pacific trip.

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Aging Filipino "comfort women" protest Japanese PM's visit

Aging Filipino "comfort women" staged a protest on Thursday in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila ahead of the visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the country.

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Japan’s Shinzo Abe pledges US$8.7 billion aid package for Philippines

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged a 1 trillion yen (US$8.7 billion) aid package, including government aid and public investments, for the Philippines over the next five years to help its infrastructure development, in a bid to strengthen strategic ties with the key nation in the Asia-Pacific region amid China’s growing presence.

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Japanese PM leaves for visit to four Asia-Pacific countries

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is leaving for a six-day tour to the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia on Thursday.

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Peace in Asia Pacific needs constructive contributor, not trouble maker

​ In a bid to enhance his chummy ties with Rodrigo Duterte, president of a country who currently holds the rotating chair of ASEAN and a drifting-away U.S. ally, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday started a trip to the Philippines with an aid package of 8.66 billion U.S. dollars.

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Japanese PM to visit Australia amid uncertainty of U.S. presence in Asia

​ Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a business delegation will visit Australia on Saturday amid unease over future U.S. presence in Asia.

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Japan's PM Abe says will keep economy his highest priority this year

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday (Jan 4) that the recovery of the Japanese economy would continue to be his top priority this year.

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Japan PM says no immediate plan for dissolving lower house, priority on economy

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that he has no immediate plan of dissolving the lower house of parliament for a snap election and priority for the new year would be on the economy.

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Japan's government approves record military spending

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government on Thursday approved an increase in defense spending to record levels to counter growing Chinese military power in the East China Sea and an escalating North Korean ballistic missile threat.

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Abe, Putin to huddle at hot spring over Japan-Russia islands row

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at a hot spring resort on Thursday seeking progress on a territorial row that has prevented their countries from signing a peace treaty formally ending World War Two.

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Putin calls for peace treaty with Japan - but turns down Tokyo’s offer of a mate for his dog

​President Vladimir Putin said Russia would strive to reach an elusive deal on a territorial dispute and normalise relations with Japan ahead of his visit to the country later this week.

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Japan should apologize for massacre of 300,000 Nanjing lives and more

​It remains a crowning shame to mankind that the 107 survivors of the appalling carnage conducted by Tokyo in 1937 in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing may never live to get their deserved official apology from the island country, even 79 years after it was defeated in World War II.

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Abe's upcoming visit to Pearl Harbor won't change Japan's pursuit of militarism

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned trip to Pearl Harbor under the cloak of "peace" and "reconciliation" will not distract the world from his administration's real pursuit of militarism.

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Japan PM hopes for progress on peace treaty with Russia

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that he hopes for progress in peace treaty talks with Russia but that the issue can't be settled in one meeting.

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Japan caught in dilemma with TPP facing dead end, RCEP and FTAAP in focus

Japan has been pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement through the parliament, a desperate move to "save face" for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe but evokes criticism from the opposition camp.

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Japan PM Shinzo Abe:I have great confidence in Trump

​Japan's PM Shinzo Abe has said he has "great confidence" in US President-elect Donald Trump and he believes they can build a relationship of trust.

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Japan PM Abe to meet US President-elect Trump in New York next week

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to meet US president-elect Donald Trump next week in New York, officials said on Thursday (Nov 10) after telephone conversation between the two following the billionaire's shock election win.