Priorities are North Korea and aging Japan, says victorious Shinzo Abe
World | Oct 23, 2017, 03:01 PM ISTPM Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition returned to power in elections yesterday for Japan's more powerful Lower House.
PM Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition returned to power in elections yesterday for Japan's more powerful Lower House.
Media tallies showed the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito bloc won 312 seats in the 465-member Lower House.
Abe got a resounding victory in the snap polls held yesterday, with his LDF-led coalition winning two-thirds majority in the lower house of Parliament.
A victory would boost Shinzo Abe’s chances of winning another three-year term next September as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Japanese voters may not love Abe, but they appear to want to stick with what they know, rather than hand the reins to an opposition with little or no track record.
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
Addressing the media persons in Ranchi, Amit Shah affirmed that ‘it is our sovereign right to develop the country inside our boundaries and we will utilise that right’.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe had discussed the possibility of boosting investment from Japan in India’s North East when they met for annual summit-level talks in Gujarat.
Akie Abe visited institutes in Ahmedabad and interacted with visually impaired members of an NGO as well as college and school students.
India’s first bullet train, which is expected to hit tracks by 2022, will connect Ahmedabad to Mumbai, bringing the travel time down from seven hours to less than three
Slamming the bullet train project, NDA ally Shiv Sena on Thursday said the project was not a dream of the common man but that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
PM Narendra Modi along with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe today signed 15 bilateral agreements during the 12th India Japan Annual Summit.
PM Modi said the credit for the quick rollout of bullet train project goes to “close friend” Japan.
PM Narendra Modi expressed gratitude towards Shinzo Abe for his efforts to ensure quick rollout of the Bullet Train project
PM Modi and Shinzo Abe today laid the foundation stone for the proposed Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train at Sabarmati Athletic Grounds near Sabarmati railway station.
On Thursday, Modi and Abe will participate in the ground breaking ceremony of the ambitious Rs 1.08 lakh crore ($17 billion) Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail project
This will be the fourth annual summit between Modi and Abe and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project will be at the top of the agenda for talks.
China currently has the world's longest high-speed rail network. It has connected most of its cities with high speed trains reducing the travel time drastically.
Handvo will be the star of the Gujarati thali dinner that will be served to Japan PM Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie tonight.
Shinzo Abe, who is accompanied by his wife Akie Abe, has a hectic schedule for the next two days in Modi’s home state Gujarat.
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