Tokyo, Aug 8 (UNI) Japan’s weather agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning on Friday morning for the city of Kirishima in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, calling for the highest level of caution against landslides and flooding in low-lying areas and overflowing rivers. The highest-level warning on the country’s five-tier disaster alert system, the…
Moscow, May 30 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin has received Akie Abe, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in the Kremlin, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, killed in an assassination attempt, Akie Abe, who is currently…
New Delhi, May 5 (UNI) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday held a bilateral meeting with Minister of Defence of Japan Gen Nakatani here, and both sides condemned terrorism in all its forms and emphasised the need for global cooperation in this regard. Rajnath condemned Pakistan’s state policy of cross-border terrorism against India, perpetrated…
Seoul, Apr 22 (UNI) South Korea on Tuesday expressed deep regret over Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ritual offering to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on the occasion of its annual spring festival. The South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement that the government expresses deep disappointment and regret over the fact that Japan’s…
Tokyo, Apr 21 (UNI) Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of the country’s past brutal militarism, on the occasion of its spring festival. Ishiba sent the ritual tree, called “masakaki,” on the first day of the three-day ceremony at the war-linked shrine located…
New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) A delegation from the Japan-India Business Cooperation Committee (JIBCC) led by its Chairman, Tatsuo Yasunaga, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. The delegation, comprising 17 members, included senior leaders from leading Japanese corporate houses across key sectors such as manufacturing, banking, airlines, pharma sector, plant engineering and logistics. Yasunaga…
Washington/New Delhi, Jan 20 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in Washington for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the USA, met with two of his Quad colleagues – Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong. Amid reports of a meeting to be held of…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (UNI) On the final day of his three-day visit to Vientiane, Lao PDR, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Friday met his Japan counterpart Gen Nakatani and Secretary of National Defence (Defence Minister) of the Philippines, Gilberto Teodoro. During his meeting with the Japanese Defence Minister, both leaders reiterated the importance of…
Tokyo, Nov 11 (UNI) Leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as the country’s prime minister on Monday after securing the most votes in both houses of the Japanese Diet. The Diet, or parliament, convened an extraordinary session Monday afternoon to choose the prime minister. As the ruling coalition of the…
Tokyo, Oct 29 (UNI) Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yasuhiro Ozato has announced his intention to resign following his defeat in Sunday’s lower house elections. Ozato lost to an opposition candidate in the single-member constituency and also failed to secure reelection through party lists. “After losing my lawmaker status, I will not be…
