Tokyo: Japan's prime minister said Sunday he was “speechless” after an online video purported to show one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic State group had been killed and promised to save the
Tokyo: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe angrily demanded Sunday that the extremist Islamic State group release a Japanese journalist it is holding hostage after a new online video purported to show that another hostage had been
Tokyo: The deadline to pay a ransom for two Japanese hostages of the Islamic State group or risk their execution loomed Friday, without any signs of progress on securing their release.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe convened
Tokyo: Junko Ishido, mother of a Japanese hostage held by the Islamic State (IS) militants, called Friday morning for the release of her son, Kenji Goto, hours before the 72-hour deadline given by the IS.Ishido
Tokyo: Japan said Thursday it was considering all possible ways to gain the release of two hostages held by the Islamic State group, as two people with contacts there offered to try to negotiate.The Islamic
Cairo: The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages within 72 hours, demanding a $200 million ransom in a video posted online Tuesday that showed a knife-brandishing masked militant standing over the two
Cairo: An online video released Tuesday purported to show the Islamic State group threatening to kill two Japanese hostages unless they receive a $200 million ransom in the next 72 hours.The video, identified as being
Tokyo: Japan's Cabinet approved the country's largest ever defense budget on Wednesday, including plans to buy surveillance aircraft, drones and F-35 fighter jets to help counter China's rising assertiveness in the region.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's
Tokyo: Shinzo Abe took office Wednesday for a third term as Japan's prime minister, appointing a former military officer as his defense minister but keeping the other members of his previous Cabinet.Parliament re-elected Abe after
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today morning congratulated his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, on his emphatic victory in the Lower House elections."Congratulations @AbeShinzo on your victory in the elections. Japan will scale newer heights
Tokyo: When Japanese pose for pictures, instead of saying “Cheese!” some say “Butter!” These days, butter is more likely cause for frowning, since it is rationing that comes to mind.As the Christmas Eve cake rush
Tokyo: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to delay a tax hike planned for October 2015 and call a snap election as he struggles to fend off Japan's slide back into recession.Abe hopes to shore
Brisbane: Ahead of the G20 Summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held his first bilateral meetings with European Union president Herman Van Rompuy and British Prime Minister David Cameron where economic cooperation topped the agenda
New Delhi: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is slated to host dinner for his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Brisbane, where the two leaders will be attending the G20 summit.The move is seen as a
Tokyo: Japan could face snap elections next month, two years ahead of schedule, if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe moves to pump his public support by delaying another unpopular tax hike as the economic recovery slackens,
Beijing: President Xi Jinping today pushed China's free trade vision for the Asia Pacific region and asked APEC to “break open closed doors” as leaders of the grouping held talks on forging consensus over opening
New Delhi: Reflecting the “warm rapport” they share, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a dinner hosted by his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe for him on November 14 in Brisbane, where they will be attending
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met for the first time since the two leaders took office, a diplomatic breakthrough after years of strained relationship over territorial disputes and wartime
Washington: After rallying dozens of nations to join the fight against Islamic State militants, President Barack Obama is back in the coalition-building business — this time to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.Obama is
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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