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TOKYO - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has been elected leader of the country's leading Liberal Democratic Party, which enables him to succeed Shinzo Abe as the next…
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TOKYO - Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, confirmed his resignation on Friday, citing ill health. Abe said his health started declining around the middle of last…
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By Philip Roddis – Originally at OffGuardian – Published Aug 11, 2020 FRN Of course the people don’t want war. That is understood … But after all it is the leaders who determine the…
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TOKYO - Japan decided to suspend a plan to deploy the US-developed Aegis Ashore missile defense system, officially designed to counter the alleged threat of North Korean ballistic…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States will continue military exercises with Japan and South Korea as it sees the trilateral alliance "vital for the stability" in the Pacific "challenged…
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TOKYO - Three US soldiers stationed in an American military base in Okinawa were arrested in separate incidents on assault and shoplifting charges, according to Japanese police. US news…
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Okinawa, Japan - Relocating the US airbase in the city of Ginowan in Japan's Okinawa prefecture to the less crowded Henoko Bay will have to be extended from the initially planned five…
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TOKYO - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that Japan had thought of a way to topple economic sanctions against Tehran. Rouhani made the statement after returning from…
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PYONGYANG - North Korea has harshly criticized Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and warned that the launch of a "true ballistic missile" could come soon. Deputy Director-General of…
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PYONGYANG - North Korea criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for failing to distinguish Pyongyang’s recent rocket launch from a ballistic missile, warning that Tokyo may see…
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