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Abe told Park that he was looking forward to the trilateral summit, which may take place in late October in Seoul, Japan’s Kyodo news agency said, citing Katsunobu Kato, Japanese deputy chief cabinet secretary.

“The next five years, with this World Cup and another in 2019, plus two Olympic Sevens tournaments, are going to be critical for us to keep building”, said Melville, who spent a year coaching coaches at Reading Football Club before taking the job with USA Rugby.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Thursday an update of his economic policies, setting a target for a 600 trillion yen ($5 trillion) economy, but providing few details.

Abe stopped short, however, of setting a timeframe for the new GDP target, which could raise doubts about the goal. Not least is the question of its constitutionality: In multiple surveys of constitutional specialists, more than 90 percent have said they believe that it violates...

The law ends the ban on collective self defence i.e. defending a friendly country if it comes under attack. Japan and South Korea both claim an island grouping called Dokdo by Koreans and Takeshima by Japanese. It should be noted that the lower parliamentary chamber passed the...

This week activists in South Korea launched balloons full of anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets across the border into the north. In the past, Pyongyang called the balloon launches provocations and demanded they be stopped before any inter-Korean engagement efforts could proceed.

Although the current post-war constitution – which barred troops from taking part in combat except in pure self-defence – was imposed by US occupiers, many Japanese feel strongly any change would alter the country’s pacifist character.

Japan will also be able to participate more fully in worldwide peacekeeping, compared with its previous, mostly humanitarian, missions. Japanﾕs ruling party says legislative committee voted security bills as opposition rejects vote. Those opposed outnumber supporters by a wide...

North Korea has deployed six more patrol vessels near the sea border with South Korea as Pyongyang continues its campaign to invalidate the maritime boundary in the Yellow Sea. The information was announced by a member of the National Assembly’s Public Administration &...

The editorial, reposted on the website of party mouthpiece People’s Daily with the headline, “Abe has planted the seeds of trouble by pushing through the security Bills”, also said Japan needs to remove USA troops now based on its soil to become a truly normal...

“This legislation betrays the constitutionalism, pacifism and democracy that Japan has built over the past 70 years since the end of World War II”, Tetsuro Fukuyama of Democratic Party of Japan said, according to Belfast Telegraph.

Similar rallies were held across Japan, with around 25,000 gathering in a park in the western city of Osaka, according to the organizer.

Flaunting its strength under such circumstances will naturally intimidate neighboring countries, and China appears aware of that – which is why at the ceremony, Xi pledged to cut military personnel by 300,000 troops and repeatedly mentioned the importance of “peace”.

However the country to underline its peaceful position pledged to cut 300,000 troops from the 2.3 million strong People’s Liberation Army.

By skipping the event, Western leaders are attempting to signal their displeasure with what they see as Chinese aggression in the East and South China Seas.