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Ishiba's exit may lead to turmoil
News, Tomoyuki Tachikawa, Published on 28/07/2025
» Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation could herald a political turmoil in Japan, as no decisive winner emerged from the latest House of Councillors election, in which the ruling bloc suffered a major setback.
PM's resignation opens the door to a chaotic era
News, Gearoid Reidy, Published on 16/08/2024
» In the end, Fumio Kishida could not escape the pull of gravity.
Srettha heads to Japan summit
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 14/12/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will attend the Asean-Japan Commemorative Summit from Thursday until next Monday in Japan where he will also promote EVs and the land bridge megaproject, said government spokesman Chai Wacharonke.
Behind US-China smiles, Taiwan face-off risks peril
News, Peter Apps, Published on 28/11/2023
» When John F Kennedy became US president in January 1961, he was determined to meet his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev, directly. It was better, he told advisers, "to meet at the summit rather than the brink".
Srettha to meet global leaders
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 17/11/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will on Friday meet with several world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, as San Francisco hosts the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit.
Japan's media has to account for its own failures
News, Gearoid Reidy, Published on 16/10/2023
» The recent downfalls in Japan of the Unification Church and J-pop agency Johnny & Associates seem to be, on the face of it, victories for justice: Two odious groups that used their outsized clout for years to cover up noxious acts have at last been hobbled, if not eliminated.
Japanese firms upbeat on Thailand, Asean
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 14/10/2023
» Japanese businessmen remain confident about their investments in Thailand and are keen to stay here, particularly in businesses related to automobile manufacturing, according to Hideyuki Tanaka, Chair of the Subcommittee on Asean Economic Relations, Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organisations).
India's G20 presidency cast doubt on bloc
News, Takatoshi Ito, Published on 25/09/2023
» Following the latest G20 summit, held in New Delhi earlier this month, there is no longer any doubt about India's central position in global power politics. But questions about the G20 itself are gaining traction.
North Korea's human rights violations
News, John J Metzler, Published on 28/08/2023
» Most countries politely prefer to look the other way when it comes to confronting widespread reports of North Korean human rights violations. After all what can you do about what goes on in one of the world's most closed and repressive communist regimes?
What did the Hiroshima G7 summit accomplish?
News, Takatoshi Ito, Published on 25/05/2023
» Geopolitics dominated the just-concluded G7 summit in Hiroshima, where the most prominent participant was not a G7 leader, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.