Japanese Prime Minister
Flood death toll hits 20 as Japan warned of more rainfall
World
July 5, 2020
Flood death toll hits 20 as Japan warned of more rainfall
TOKYO (Reuters) – The death toll from floods and landslides unleashed by torrential rains on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu…
Japan lifts Tokyo’s state of emergency, eyes fresh stimulus
World
May 25, 2020
Japan lifts Tokyo’s state of emergency, eyes fresh stimulus
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a state of emergency for Tokyo and four remaining areas on…
Japan’s elderly workers, once key to Abenomics, suffer as pandemic closes businesses
World
May 22, 2020
Japan’s elderly workers, once key to Abenomics, suffer as pandemic closes businesses
TOKYO (Reuters) — On a recent Saturday in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district more than 100 people, many of them elderly men,…
Many Japanese defy appeals to stay home to curb virus
World
April 30, 2020
Many Japanese defy appeals to stay home to curb virus
TOKYO (AP) — Under Japan’s coronavirus state of emergency, people have been asked to stay home. Many are not. Some…
Canada pulls out of Olympics, Japan says delay may be ‘inevitable’
World
March 23, 2020
Canada pulls out of Olympics, Japan says delay may be ‘inevitable’
Canada pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus fears as Japan’s prime minister Monday admitted a delay may be…
Abe could be big loser if Tokyo Olympics canceled, postponed
World
March 17, 2020
Abe could be big loser if Tokyo Olympics canceled, postponed
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe might be the biggest loser if the Tokyo Olympics don’t go off…
China hosts Japan, South Korea with eyes on nuclear North
World
December 24, 2019
China hosts Japan, South Korea with eyes on nuclear North
China hosted the leaders of squabbling neighbors South Korea and Japan for their first meeting in over a year on…
US, North Korea talks ‘more important than anything’, South Korea tells China
World
December 23, 2019
US, North Korea talks ‘more important than anything’, South Korea tells China
BEIJING (Reuters) – It is “more important than anything” to keep up the momentum for talks between the United States…
Iran’s Rouhani to visit Japan amid heightened tensions with US
Middle East
December 17, 2019
Iran’s Rouhani to visit Japan amid heightened tensions with US
TOKYO (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Japan on Dec. 20-21 and meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as…
Rescue workers battle mudslips, waist-high waters in typhoon-hit Japan
World
October 14, 2019
Rescue workers battle mudslips, waist-high waters in typhoon-hit Japan
NAGANO, Japan (Reuters) – Rescue workers waded through muddy, waist-high waters on Monday searching for missing people after one of…