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  2 women, political opposites, vying in race for Japan PM

  World | September 27, 2021 8:58 IST

  Japan ranked worst among the Group of Seven advanced nations — 120th in a 156-nation gender gap ranking survey of the World Economic Forum in 2021.  

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  Japan likely to get new PM as Yoshihide Suga bows out of party vote

  World | September 03, 2021 9:50 IST

  Yoshihide Suga won't run for party leader, hinting he will resign as Japanese leader at the end of September.

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  India to make Covid-19 vaccines for Indo-Pacific under mega Quad initiative | Big takeaways

  India | March 13, 2021 0:40 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, United States President Joe Biden, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga on Friday engaged for the first time in the historic QUAD summit and discussed issues like coronavirus, regional security, economic crisis, climate change, others.

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  Japan PM Yoshihide Suga says ready to meet Kim Jong-un without any conditions

  World | September 26, 2020 10:13 IST

  Regarding the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s, Suga said the issue must be resolved as soon as possible because of the advancing age of the victims' families.

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  Japanese PM hopes Olympics will be held as planned

  Other Sports | March 14, 2020 20:38 IST

  The preparations for the Olympic Games have been hit hard since the outbreak of the coronavirus in January.

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  Will dissolve Lower House of Parliament and call elections in Oct: Japanese PM Abe

  World | September 25, 2017 18:12 IST

  Abe said the election in the country would be an appraisal of his handling of the economy and to get support for his hard line against North Korea’s nuclear programmes

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  Japan's PM goes to US to showcase close ties

  World | April 27, 2015 8:43 IST

  Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in the US on Sunday for a weeklong visit to showcase the success of the alliance built from Tokyo's defeat in World War II, while promoting a political

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  Japan PM sends offerings to war shrine

  World | October 17, 2014 7:50 IST

  Tokyo: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent religious offerings on Friday to a Tokyo shrine honoring the war dead including convicted wartime leaders, as dozens of lawmakers prayed at the site in a ceremony that

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  Japanese PM invites Modi

  India | May 20, 2014 20:35 IST

  New Delhi: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has invited Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi to continue with the annual summit meetings to work closely towards further development of the Indo-Japan Strategic and Global Partnership.During the telephone

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  Japan PM seeks overseas help on Fukushima leak

  World | October 06, 2013 15:01 IST

  Tokyo : Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that Japan is open to receiving overseas help to contain widening radioactive water leaks at the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima, with leaks and mishaps reported almost

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  Yoshihiko Noda To Become Japan PM

  World | August 29, 2011 12:39 IST

  Tokyo, August 29:  Finance minister Yoshihiko Noda will become Japan's next prime minister after defeating Trade Minister Banri Kaieda in the ruling party leadership run-off vote on Monday. Noda, who came second in the first

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  Biggest Crisis Since WW-II: Japan PM; Toll May Cross 10,000

  World | March 14, 2011 8:16 IST

  Tokyo, Mar 13: Japan battled hard today to contain a looming nuclear crisis as it faced threats of multiple meltdowns at three reactors damaged by the devastating earthquake and tsunami amid fears that the toll