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By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has again warned that the North could use its nuclear weapons…

SANTA FE, NM (AP) — The Legislature's chief budget negotiator wants New Mexico lawmakers to consider dramatically reducing personal income tax rates — or eliminating the tax.Democratic State Rep. Patricia Lundstrom of…

ABOARD USS LINCOLN (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister vowed his country would bolster its military to help the United States maintain regional security during a visit to a U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the waters on Saturday…

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will propose to the government a sharp increase in defense spending, party members said on Thursday, suggesting they would demand, at a minimum, an amount equivalent to 2% of the country's gross…

Marseille, France- President Emmanuel Macron has promised to put the environment at the heart of his government if he is re-elected next weekend - in a speech he gave in the south of France on Saturday intended to please the public.…

For ousted leader Imran Khan, Pakistan's new prime minister is simply a "slave of America" ​​who conspired with the United States to overthrow his government and reorient the country's foreign policy.Yet those close to Shehbaz Sharif,…

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan and the Philippines agreed on Saturday to work towards signing a treaty to facilitate joint exercises and reciprocal visits by their forces amid China's increasingly assertive pursuit of claims of sovereignty in…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The defense ministers of Japan and the Philippines agreed Thursday to boost security cooperation and expand joint…

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a notorious political showman and demagogue who founded Russia's far-right Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) and led it for more than 30 years, has died in a hospital in Moscow, the lower house of the…

Land über alles? Note that the goals of war expand after initial victories; they should not be equated with the underlying cause of the bloodshed. Greed must carry too much explanatory weight, though Overy insists that in the 1930s, "the…

The message that India has conveyed is quite transparent. He would like to stay out of Cold War politics. He would not abandon his…

Former German lawmaker says EU economic integration strategy for Eastern Europe 'failed'Heiner Flassbeck, honorary professor of economics and politics at the University of Hamburg and former state secretary at the German Federal Ministry of…

Geneva - Nations aiming to agree on a global plan to save the environment ended their first in-person meeting in two years on Tuesday, saying negotiations needed more time, as observers called for greater political momentum in the…

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Sunday he is committed to strengthening post-COVID-era development cooperation with countries in Africa, where the influence of China has steadily grown, following a…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shooting an almost cartoonish film massive intercontinental ballistic missile In…

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Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida speak at a press conference in Phnom Penh on Monday. MPS Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged the 23 Cambodian families living in Ukraine to 'show solidarity' with the Ukrainian…

The world's governments have done only a fraction of what is needed to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C or even 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Why is this, when the science of climate change is so clear?First, all…

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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday urged other countries to join forces to end attempts to forcibly change the status quo in Asia, targeting China's asserted territorial claims in the region.During a visit to Malaysia, the…

~~ Second of 3 games. Part 1: MAINTENANCE | Ukraine's envoy to Japan on mapping Russian offensive On the evening of March 8, the Ministry of Defense sent a plane to Poland containing equipment donated by the Japanese…

Hello,Patrick Brown, the former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, has settled a lawsuit with CTV News and says he is now set to decide whether he will run for the leadership of the federal Conservatives.At issue is a 2018…

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk through a shopping arcade in Tokyo's Asakusa district, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Koji!-->…

The Paleolithic period, also known as the Old Stone Age, is known for its primitive stone tools embedded in rocks dating back to 3.3 million years ago. A recent dig at an architectural site in Beijing, China, unearthed remains from the…

SINGAPORE — Much of the world has united against Russia following its foray into Ukraine. The emissaries left the meetings rather than listen to a senior Russian diplomat speak. Western nations have been pretty much on board with…

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday that Japan should break a long-standing taboo and hold an active debate on nuclear weapons - including a possible NATO-like "nuclear sharing" program - at the following Russia's invasion…

TOKYO (AP) — Twenty million dollars in UN humanitarian funds for Ukraine. A series of tougher new sanctions against Russia from Japan, Australia, Taiwan and others. And a cascade of convictions at the highest level.As Russian bombs and…

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Prime Minister Hun Sen sent a condolence letter to Michiko Kanzaki on February 18 for the loss of her husband Koji Kanzaki, a prominent Japanese philanthropist living in Cambodia, who has contributed greatly to promoting mutual…

AdvertisingThe stakes for Chinese Olympians have never been higher than at Beijing 2022. Although Chinese President Xi Jinping States he “doesn't care” how many gold medals China has won at the Winter Olympics, behind the scenes these…

TOKYO — Women have never found a welcoming home in Japanese unions. Sexism is entrenched. Issues such as wage discrimination and sexual harassment at work are often overlooked. Many women, speechless, have abandoned the movement.So when…

Myanmar will not attend this week's meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, rejecting an invitation to send an apolitical representative in place of its chief diplomat, his…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile programsThrough AUDREY McAVOY Associated PressFebruary 13, 2022, 02:23•…

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Russia could invade Ukraine during the Beijing Winter Olympics, so Americans would have to leave the…

Despite the pandemic, Canada remains the fastest growing G7 country, largely thanks to immigration, according to 2021 census data released Wednesday. Recently released census figures put Canada's population at 36,991,981 in the spring of…

Ten years after the start of the modern Olympics, Irish long jumper Peter O'Connor climbed a pole in an Athens stadium and replaced the Union Jack with a green flag celebrating Ireland. Defiant after learning he was to compete…

Hours after one of Boris Johnson's oldest allies quit - with a scathing rebuke of his judgment - Britain's Prime Minister gathered shocked staffers in Downing Street to tell them 'change is good ".But as Johnson has tried to put his…

No tickets sold for Olympic events due to COVIDXi and Putin proclaim 'boundless' friendshipLeaders publicly back their positions on Ukraine and TaiwanBackdrop for a rivalry not seen since Cold War-era boycottsBEIJING, Feb 4 (Reuters) -…

Shintaro Ishihara, a Japanese author turned incendiary nationalist politician who served as governor of Tokyo and stoked diplomatic tensions with China over disputed islands, died in Tokyo on Tuesday. He was 89 years old.His death was…

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Author and former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, who left his mark on Japanese politics as a staunch hawk and whose nationalist views often ruffled the feathers of Japan's neighbors, has died. said a source close to him…

TAIPEI – Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen thanked democratic nations for their support for the island in her Lunar New Year message on Sunday and pledged to 'walk' the world, sounding a note of defiance in the face of Chinese pressure…

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government said Friday it would monitor the World Health Organization's…

The Royal Australian Air Force will join its American counterpart and the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force in Guam for military exercises in February.The drills, scheduled for February 2-18, are the first between Australia and Japan since…

Yanita Antoko has been waiting for more than a year in Indonesia to join her husband in Japan. She has her papers and has closed her business selling homemade spice mixes, but remains excluded.The 30-year-old is one of more than 370,000…

Taiwan's two major chipmakers plan to hire more than 10,000 engineers this year to bolster their aggressive expansion plans and maintain their technological edge as global economies push to cultivate their own domestic…

TOKYO, January 22. /TASS/. Japan's attempts to threaten Russia in the context of the situation around Ukraine with "decisive actions in close coordination with the United States and other allies" are unacceptable, senseless and…

Greater security cooperation between the United States and Japan is expected to be the focus of the first substantive talks between their leaders since Fumio Kishida became Japanese prime minister last year, amid growing concern over…

Taipei, Jan 18 (CNA) Japan should consider drafting its own version of the US Taiwan Relations Law, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker Chao Tien-lin (趙天麟) suggested at a meeting on Tuesday. with Japanese politicians, saying it…

Support for populist parties and politicians, and agreement with populist sentiment, has declined during the pandemic, according to a 'mega dataset' taking into account the attitudes of more than half a million people in 109 country…

Two Japanese have been appointed honorary consul generals of Vietnam in the cities of Nagoya and Mie who pledged to do everything possible to develop Vietnam and its ties with Japan.Vietnam's Ambassador to Japan, Vu Hong Nam, hands over the…

In the first of several elections in Okinawa this year with national political and defense implications, voters in Nago will head to the polls on Jan. 23 to choose a mayor. Their choice boils down to a candidate who is broadly in…

Hayao Miyazaki is one of the world's most famous animators, producing Studio Ghibli who created critically acclaimed animated films like My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Abducted as if by magic. The man does not hesitate to…

Washington - It was a watershed moment: Joe Biden swore in a scorching speech on the one-year anniversary of the Capitol Riot to defend American democracy from mortal danger, while also hooking up his predecessor, Donald Trump. But…

(Bloomberg) - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi urged the United States to impose restrictions on troops stationed in Japan amid outbreaks of viruses believed to originate from bases, which have strained allied ties.In a phone…

All is not gloomy and catastrophic to come. There is good news amid the headlines of the world grappling with the Omicron Wave's massive footprint as travelers are grounded, flights canceled, homework extended and…

Good riddance until 2021. May 2022 bring new hope. It was a common feeling as people around the world started to welcome the New Year. In many places, New Years celebrations have been cut or canceled for the second year in a row due to a…

Negima !? Creator Ken Akamatsu decided to take action and change Japanese censorship laws by running for office. Japan's censorship laws have become a more frequent topic of discussion among…

~~ ~ As the year draws to a close, tensions between India and China show no sign of abating. The two sides were caught fighting over a series of issues. On the one hand, the border issue has divided the two sides for a long…

The India-Sri Lanka bilateral relationship was put to the test in 2021 after Colombo unilaterally reneged on a tripartite agreement with India and Japan to build a deep-water container port here, and frequent incidents involving fishermen…

Taipei, December 24 (CNA) The Progressive Democratic Party (DPP) insisted on Friday that no timetable had been discussed to lift the ban on agricultural imports from prefectures affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, following…

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The Japanese prime minister said the government had overestimated the value of some construction orders received from builders for years, undermining the credibility of official statistics widely used by investors and economists.Officials…

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It is also part of Australia's "step up" in the Pacific, aimed at countering China's growing influence in the region.Over the past decade, China has loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to Pacific countries for various projects, including…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Strengthening Taiwan's defenses is an urgent and essential task to deter the threat of invasion by China, the top Pentagon official for Asia said on Wednesday, adding that the US partners were stepping up their…

Tokyo, December 7 Japanese household spending fell 0.6% real-year-on-year in October, down for the third month in a row, due to a drop in purchases of furniture and other household items, revealed government data Tuesday.The average…

New Delhi, December 5 India is the fourth most powerful country in Asia, according to the Lowy Institute Asia Power Index 2021.The annual Asian Power Index launched by the Lowy Institute in 2018 measures the resources and influence to rank…

Washington - The approach of the United States and Europe towards China is "more and more convergent", declared Friday the American Assistant Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, after meetings with the head of the diplomatic service of…

MOSCOW, December 2. / TASS /. Russia maintains the political will to continue talks with Tokyo to seek solutions that will lead to the signing of a peace treaty, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday. "Japan is our…

BRUSSELS (AP) - The economic powers of Japan and France reported their first cases of the omicron variant on Tuesday, while new findings indicate that the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe almost a week before South Africa don't…

New Delhi | Jagran Press Office: In today's blog “Breaking News, Latest Updates” on Jagran English, we will focus on the Omicron strain of COVID-19, first detected in South Africa, which has been described as a “variant of concern” by the…

The International Olympic Committee was under siege.Three-time Olympian from China Peng Shuai had not heard from it for weeks after making allegations of sexual abuse against a former senior politician, a man who had played a central…

Shillong, on November 25, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma and Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Suzuki on Thursday opened the three-day Cherry Blossom Festival at Polo 5th Ground here.The festival, which was unable to take…

MOSCOW, WASHINGTON - Russia's defense minister accused US bombers of repeating a nuclear strike against Russia from two different directions earlier this month, complaining on Tuesday that the planes were within 12 miles of the…

Nadda urges the pit presidents to redouble their efforts for the victory of the saffron party, as they did in 2014, 2019 and 2017 GORAKHPUR Bharatiya Janata (BJP) party chairman JP Nadda on Monday denounced opposition parties, saying the…

HALIFAX, Canada (AP) - The United States and its allies must act with a greater sense of urgency amid mounting tensions and increasingly assertive military actions by China, the command chief said on Saturday. American Indo-Pacific.Admiral…

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan kicked off its presidential campaign on Friday, with four candidates vying to reinvigorate the country's largest opposition party after its poor general election results last month.The…

The Christmas holiday season is approaching, but another season is already here. This is the season when the nations of the world are “waking up” on a…

Tokyo, November 11 Wholesale prices in Japan jumped 8% in October year-on-year, the largest increase since January 1981, amid rising crude oil prices and a weaker yen, said Thursday the country's central bank.The prices of goods traded…

Amid global uncertainties, it is vital to strengthen the bonds of like-minded nations to face these challenges. In the Indo-Pacific region, cooperation between Australia and Japan has been where the action is. These key allies of the…

NAHA - The central government "aims to proceed on a regular basis" with the relocation of US Marine Corps Futenma Air Base to Okinawa Prefecture, Cabinet Secretary General Hirokazu Matsuno said on Saturday.Matsuno made the remarks…

As Thursday marked a month since taking office, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's international debut was behind him, but a series of domestic issues awaited him.Kishida produced results in his diplomatic debut in Scotland, analysts…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has chosen Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi for the ruling party's No.2 position, a powerful role that includes policy making and campaign finance. Motegi will replace Akira Amari who has…

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose ruling coalition according to media polls is expected to remain in power in Sunday's general election, appears poised to differentiate himself from his predecessor Yoshihide Suga in order to avoid…

After weeks of bitter recriminations, French President Emmanuel Macron has won a diplomatic victory over Joe Biden that he can take to the bank six months from an election.On the eve of the Group of 20 summit in Rome, the US president…

Scott Morrison says the world is reaching a critical point in the health and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.The Prime Minister is on his way to Rome for the G20 summit, which has the theme "People, Planet and Prosperity".The…

The scenario, sketched in a report of the Center for a New American Security, began with China using military force to take control of Dongsha, a small atoll in the South China Sea between Taiwan and Hong Kong, where about 500 Taiwanese…

TOKYO, Oct.26 (Reuters) - Princess Mako of Japan, the emperor's niece, married her college boyfriend on Tuesday and left the royal family after years of engagement under the scrutiny that left the princess with post-traumatic stress…

Tokyo, October 22 Local governments in Tokyo and Osaka in Japan are planning to lift Covid-19 restrictions on restaurants and bars next week in light of falling infections across the country.Restrictions on restaurants serving alcohol or…

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan is likely to lose a few seats in the October 31 lower house election, but the ruling coalition it forms with the Komeito Party is expected to retain a majority, several newspapers said Thursday,…

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's confirmation hearing on Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Japan is attracting above-average attention, and not because of the importance…

Almost overnight, Japan became an astonishing and somewhat mysterious coronavirus achievement.New daily COVID-19 cases have fallen from a peak of nearly 6,000 in mid-August in Tokyo, with the number of cases in the densely populated capital…

New Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for the War Dead for the Fall Festival, Kyodo News Agency reported on Sunday, prompting the South Korean government to voice its…

Orange, California - Former US President Bill Clinton's health is improving, but he will stay in a California hospital for at least another night to receive intravenous antibiotics for a urologic infection that has spread to his…

TOKYO / NEW YORK - Members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue - the United States, Japan, Australia and India - concluded joint defense exercises in the Indian Ocean on Thursday, strengthening their security partnership in the context…

The main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, pledged Wednesday to revive Japan as a nation "of the whole middle class" by promoting the redistribution of wealth.In its political pledges for the October 31…

Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy party will not participate in the upcoming "patriotic-only" parliamentary elections after none of its members meet the party's deadline for candidacy on Monday.The move means that the December…

The political leaders of the ruling and opposition parties, in a television broadcast on Sunday, stressed the need to promote the distribution of wealth in order to revive the economy, which has been damaged by the coronavirus…

~~ ~ The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Friday, October 8, to two journalists who had led a "courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia". Maria Ressa from the…

In a message to the new Japanese Prime Minister, Raisi, on behalf of the Iranian government and nation, congratulated Kishida Fumio on taking office.He hoped that during Kishida's tenure as prime minister, a new chapter would begin in the…

BREAKTHROUGH - Elfren S. Cruz - The Filipino StarOctober 7, 2021 | 00h00 In stable and functioning democracies, the common finding is…

Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called parliamentary elections for October 31 and vowed to strengthen the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic, shortly after being officially confirmed by lawmakers as head of…

President Xi Jinping's government seems likely to stay the course even if economic growth suffers, say businessmen, lawyers and economists. “These companies are global leaders in their innovation sectors, yet the leadership is ready to…

Naha - Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki faces a crucial moment ahead of the upcoming gubernatorial elections slated for fall 2022, following a shrinking base of support including both Tories and Elders. reformists.Monday will mark the third…

Manila - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that he would not run for vice-president in 2022 and will step down from politics, potentially paving the way for his daughter to run for the country's top office.Duterte,…

TOKYO - Who will Fumio Kishida turn to for expertise as he tries to form a government capable of achieving his political goals?The elite Tokyo boys school that Kishida attended will likely prove to be an asset in her quest for talent.…

Japan has fully emerged from the coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country begins to gradually ease antiviral measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-stricken economy as infections slow .At…

Then came the Delta variant. Despite keeping their countries largely closed, the virus has found its way. And when it did, it spread quickly. In the summer, South Korea battled its worst wave of infections; hospitals in Indonesia ran…

The Japanese Imperial Household Agency (IHA) is expected to officially announce Princess Mako's marriage to a former classmate as early as Friday, media reported, after years of scrutiny that cast her engagement in a little light.…

The Democrats' last attempt to lure Republicans came on Monday, when the Senate passed a bill to continue funding the government - an absolute necessity by September 30 - with a temporary increase in the cap of debt, as well as disaster…

By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business WriterTOKYO (AP) - Japanese prosecutors accused former Nissan executive Greg Kelly of joining a "plot" to illegally pay his former boss Carlos Ghosn, as they finished their pleadings in a lawsuit on Wednesday.…

Sanofi recently expanded testing of this recombinant protein vaccine as a booster dose to expand the immunity of people inoculated with a variety of other vaccines. The results of this study are expected later this year.Messenger RNA…

TOKYO, Sept.28 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks ended lower on Tuesday, as heavy losses by chipmakers and shippers overshadowed investors' hopes for sustained economic growth under new political leadership as they approached ruling party…

TOKYO (Reuters) - A group of young lawmakers have become a force to be reckoned with in the leadership race of Japan's ruling party, facing party barons in the big vote race on Wednesday, which will also determine the post of Prime…

~~ ~ September 5e a single black swan flew to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, not far from the Zhongnanhai high-security complex where key Chinese leaders and their families reside. The bird then lingered there for some time.…

Baghdad - War-scarred Iraq will hold parliamentary elections next month, but Sajad, a 23-year-old man sitting with his friends in a Baghdad cafe, doesn't care."I see the posters of politicians in the street, but I do not know the…

Scott Morrison is not getting ahead but wants to bring people together in the coalition to fight climate change with the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.The Prime Minister spent the last week in the United States where he met…