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Shinzo Abe calls for enforcement of sanctions on North Korea amid growing threat of nuclear attack
•The international community must remain united and enforce sanctions against North Korea after its repeated launch of ballistic missiles, Shinzo Abe said
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe likely to call for snap elections in October amid improving approval ratings
•Abe is considering calling a snap election as early as next month to take advantage of an uptick in approval ratings and disarray in the main opposition party, domestic media reported on Sunday.
Japan: Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party suffers 'historic defeat' in Tokyo poll
•Shinzo Abe's party suffered a significant defeat in the Tokyo Metropolitan assembly election on Sunday, signaling trouble ahead for the premier
US Navy destroyer collides with container ship off Japan: Shinzo Abe sends condolences to Donald Trump
•Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has sent a sympathy message to President Donald Trump over the fatal collision involving an American navy destroyer.
Narendra Modi addresses Indian diaspora in Japan, assures demonetisation wasn't in haste
Fp Staff •Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he was aware of the hardship people were facing in India because of the demonetisation move, but emphasized that it was necessary in the larger interests of the nation.
China, Japan should 'put aside disruptions', Xi Jinping tells Shinzo Abe
•Chinese President Xi Jinping offered Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe an olive branch at their first meeting in over a year on Monday.
Japan goes to poll in July; President Shinzo hopeful of a win
•"The biggest topic of this election is economic policies," Abe told a crowd in Kumamoto, a southern city struck by deadly earthquakes in April.
Shunned in the west, Mugabe gets welcomed by Shinzo Abe in Japan
Fp Archives •Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday, welcomed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe — the 92-year-old former guerrilla fighter who is widely shunned in the West but frequently courted in Asia.
India’s cabinet clears $14.7 billion bullet train deal ahead of Shinzo Abe trip
Fp Archives •India’s cabinet has cleared a $14.7 billion Japanese proposal to build its first bullet train line, an Indian government minister and official said on Thursday, one of India’s biggest foreign investments in its infrastructure sector.
Major embarrassment: Indian 'tiranga' hoisted upside down during PM Modi's and Japan's Abe photo-op
Fp Archives •The tricolour was seen hoisted upside down during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo-op with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe before bilateral talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit.