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The gathering also featured the first bilateral meeting between South Korea’s Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 15 months. read more

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s trip was cancelled a day after Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen and home minister Asaduzzaman Khan called off visits to India following the passage of the CAA. read more

India and Japan had officially announced December 15-17 as the dates for Abe’s visit but both sides had refrained from naming the venue. Officials from both sides had confirmed to HT that Guwahati was to be the venue. read more

The cancellation would be a blow to Abe’s policy of cultivating ties with India to balance out China’s growing power in the region. Abe had been scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Assam, one of the regions where demonstrations have... read more

New Delhi and Tokyo should absorb each other’s best strategic attributes read more

India has announced the summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe will be held during December 15-17. read more

A Japanese magazine that advised women to compliment men on their intelligence by saying “You sound like Socrates” has been ridiculed in the country ranked one of the world’s worst for gender parity. read more

At a time of global geopolitical flux, the two champion freedom, norms, inclusivity, and free and fair trade read more

A joint statement issued after India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar met their Japanese counterparts on Saturday condemned terrorism and described it as a major threat to regional peace. read more

The 2+2 dialogue, which has previously been held at the level of officials since 2010, will also prepare the grounds for the visit next month of Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the annual summit with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. read more

Nuclear disarmament has been a key theme of the pope’s trip to Japan, a country not only haunted by the memory of the two attacks that ended World War Two but also alarmed by the nuclear programme and missile tests of nearby North Korea. read more

Modi and Abe are expected to cap the two-day summit with a visit to the new Peace Museum in Manipur’s capital Imphal, which commemorates one of the fiercest battles of World War 2 in 1944 in which thousands of Japanese soldiers were killed. read more

The talks between foreign and defence ministers of India and Japan in New Delhi will focus on advancing cooperation for peace and progress in the Indo-Pacific region. read more

Wednesday marks Abe’s 2,887th day in office, topping the record previously set by Taro Katsura, a revered politician who served three times between 1901 and 1913. read more

Emperor Naruhito, 59, who became monarch on May 1 following the abdication of his father, Akihito, will proclaim his enthronement in an Oct. 22 ceremony before foreign and domestic dignitaries. read more