Japan preparing for summit talks with Iran: PM
Tokyo, April 6 (IANS) The Japanese government is arranging summit talks with Iran, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday, local media reported. “We are preparing dialogues at the leadership level at an appropriate time,” Takaichi told a parliamentary committee in response to a question from an opposition lawmaker about Japan’s diplomatic efforts amid the ongoing […]
Japan polls: PM Takaichi set to retain power as LDP sweeps lower house elections
Tokyo, Feb 8 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is set to win a comfortable majority on its own, and may even clinch a two-thirds majority with allies, in the snap elections held on Sunday, as per exit polls in the Japanese media. An exit poll by public broadcaster NHK showed […]
Former Japanese PM Ishiba criticises Takaichi’s remarks on China
Tokyo, Nov 27 (IANS) Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has criticised current Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s erroneous remarks on China’s Taiwan once again, stressing the importance of building stable relations between Japan and China, the Mainichi Shimbun reported. Ishiba on Wednesday (local time) stated in a speech in Tokyo that since the normalisation of […]
