Tehran gears up for tough diplomacy amid tension with Washington
- 10-Jun-2019
What Abe will be able to accomplish remains unclear, as Iran already has warned Europe it will begin enrichment of uranium.
Election campaigning underway in Japan as Abe takes on Hope
- 10-Oct-2017
TOKYO: Election campaigning in Japan began in earnest on Tuesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeking to repel an upstart new party that has pledged to rid the government of cronyism in a challenge to Abe’s near-five year hold on power. The Oct. 22 lower house election pits Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition against the […]
Snubs, harsh words at Asia security meet as U.S. and Japan rile China
- 01-Jun-2014
SINGAPORE: When Japan’s defense minister greeted the deputy chief of staff of China’s army at a regional security forum this weekend, he was undiplomatically snubbed. Lieutenant General Wang Guanzhong said he was incensed by comments from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe implicitly holding China responsible for territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas […]