Tag: Shinzo Abe

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump on Monday discussed North Korea over the telephone amid heightened tensions surrounding the country. Abe described the 30 minutes talks as intensive, public broadcaster NHK reported. He expressed appreciation for Trump’s words and actions. He said they agreed to strongly urge North Korea, which […]

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the Chief Guest at the 65th Republic Day parade here today, becoming the first premier from that country to grace the occasion.

Trust the Modi government to come up with one crazy idea after another. As if the ambitious – but foolish – decision to go for a bullet train, costing upwards of Rs. One lakh crore, wasn’t bad enough, it has now given ‘in-principle’ consent to the proposal for setting up a ‘sea aerodrome’ at Chilika […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that trade talks between the Washington and Tokyo were “moving along very nicely” and suggested a deal might be reached by late May as he met visiting Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe at the White House. During his meeting with Abe at the White House on Friday, Trump […]

Osaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe ahead of the two-day G20 Summit slated to take place here on Friday. “Greeting each other as best friends do! Japanese PM @AbeShinzo warmly welcomes PM @narendramodi ahead of their bilateral meeting,” External Affairs Minister spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. “Discussed broad range […]

Vladivostok: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and Malaysian counterpart Mahathir bin Mohamad and held discussion with them on various issues. The meeting between prime minister Modi and Abe comes after they met at the G-20 Summit in Osaka in Japan and on the sidelines of the G7 Summit […]

Vladivostok: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of his Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) here. In a press conference, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale announced the takeaways from these bilaterals which reinforced a robust global partnership. Modi met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on the margins of 5th […]

New York: US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have signed a limited trade agreement, allowing Tokyo to bypass tariffs on Japanese made cars for the moment. During a bilateral meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly here on Wednesday, Trump and Abe signed the agreement they had reached during […]

Tokyo: The Japanese government has planned to postpone Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s upcoming visit to India, amid “intensifying violence in parts of the country” he was due to visit, a media report said on Friday. Abe was due to leave Japan for India on Sunday for the three-day trip, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said in […]

New Delhi: India announced on Friday that the annual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, which was scheduled to be held in Guwahati, has been postponed. Abe was scheduled to arrive in Guwahati on Sunday on a three-day India visit to hold summit talks with Modi. “With reference to […]

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday announced that he was resigning from the post due to health concerns. The 65-year-old made the announcement at a press conference in Tokyo, reports Xinhua news agency. Abe said that he needed to be treated for a flare-up of his intestinal disease that led his first one-year […]

Tokyo: Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was on Monday elected as the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), replacing outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who announced his resignation last month due to health issues, from the top post. The 71-year-old was elected at a joint plenary meeting of party members from […]

New Delhi: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is among 119 recipients whom the government on Monday selected for Padma awards–one of the highest civilian awards in the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday announced the awards that include seven Padma Vibhushan awards, 10 Padma Bhushan awards and 102 Padma Shri awards. The […]