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 Padma […]
Tokyo: Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as the new Prime Minister to succeed Shinzo Abe in an extraordinary parliamentary session on Wednesday. Suga has been chosen as Japan’s 99th Premier in the Diet. The political transition comes after Abe Shinzo’s surprise announcement last month, that he would step […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed grief over the ill health of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and wished for his speedy recovery. “Pained to hear about your ill health, my dear friend @AbeShinzo. In recent years, with your wise leadership and personal commitment, the India-Japan partnership has become deeper and stronger than […]
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday confirmed that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s meeting in Guwahati with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi “is not happening now”. Abe was scheduled to arrive in India on a three-day visit from December 15-17. The Modi-Abe meet was to take place in Guwahati, which has been […]
New Delhi: A day after Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen cancelled his India trip, media reports quoting Japan’s Jiji Press suggests Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is now considering cancelling his trip to India. The trip was scheduled to begin on Sunday. Abe was scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 15. The […]
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. Greeting each other as […]
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for Japan to hold the annual India-Japan bilateral summit with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. This is Modi’s third visit to Japan for the summit and will be his 12th meeting with Abe since 2014. Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and in the defence and […]
Washington : US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he had spoken with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about the recent development on the Korean Peninsula. The high-profile meeting between Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday resulted in a joint commitment to denuclearisation and permanent peace […]
