Ukraine faced more Russian drone attacks Wednesday that killed at least three people shortly after Japanese PM Fumio Kishida left Kyiv. Kishida was back in Poland Wednesday morning, according to Japan’s Kyodo News, and is expected to return to Japan Thursday. Kishida’s surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital stole some …
Read More »Japan PM Kishida Likely to Unveil ‘Indo-Pacific Plan for Peace’ During Visit to India
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, India, March 19, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi The evolving situation in the Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of China’s rising military assertiveness is also likely to figure in wide-ranging talks …
Read More »Japan PM Kishida Pledges Aid in ‘Last Chance’ to Boost Birthrate
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (Reuters) Like many countries, Japan has been battling a falling birth rate for years, with just under 800,000 babies born last year, the lowest since records began Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday pledged to boost child allowances and paid parental leave as he …
Read More »South Korea and Japan to Drop Trade Dispute as Leaders Seek Common Ground
Japan and South Korea agreed to drop an almost four-year-old trade dispute on high-tech materials on Thursday, an emphatic sign they aim to rebuild a relationship strained by history and work together against deepening security threats. The announcement came during Yoon Suk Yeol’s visit to Japan on Thursday, the first …
Read More »Philippines Under Pressure to Compensate Survivors of WWII Sex Slavery
Former comfort women Lee Yong-soo (L) of South Korea and Narcisa Claveria (2nd L) and Estelita Dy (3rd L) from the Philippines, who were forced to serve as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II, pose for a photo during a weekly demonstration demanding the Japanese government’s formal …
Read More »Will Japan Really ‘Disappear’? A Deep Delve Into the Nation’s Population Problem
According to an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japan would “dissapear” if it cannot prevent a drop in its birth rate that threatens the social safety net and economy. Read more on this “If we go on like this, the country will disappear,” Masako Mori told Bloomberg in Tokyo …
Read More »Russia Must Be Punished for Ukraine War, Some Quad Members Say After Delhi Meet
Last Updated: March 03, 2023, 15:51 IST (L-R) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attend a Quad Ministers’ panel at the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi on March 3, 2023. (AFP) The Quad …
Read More »The Model for Asia’s Quad? The Beatles, Says Japan’s Foreign Minister in Delhi
Last Updated: March 03, 2023, 14:58 IST (L-R) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attend the Indo-Pacific Quad Foreign Ministers’ panel discussion in New Delhi on March 3, 2023. (AFP) Yoshimasa Hayashi, an avid …
Read More »Moment When China’s Fighter Jet, Warship Threaten American Military Plane in South China Sea
Last Updated: February 26, 2023, 09:09 IST File photo of Chinese PLA J-11 fighter jet and PLA warship 173. The incident occurred on Friday when the US Navy jet was flying at 21,500 feet over the South China Sea, 30 miles from the contested Paracel Islands A Chinese fighter jet …
Read More »'It's A Buoy': Mystery Behind 'Godzilla Egg' Sized Orb Found at Japanese Beach Solved
After the buoy washed on the shore, officials in helmets and hazmat suits cordoned off the area, even planting a traffic cone on the sand to ward people off. Source link
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