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US President Donald Trump raised North Korea’s missile tests during talks on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump meets Japan, Australia leaders, discusses trade, N Korea threat

Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said North Korea’s ‘recklessness’ needed to be stopped.

13 Nov 2017 10:28 AM

Hope Hicks, White House communications director. (Photo: AP)

Girls, it’s time to embrace the tux

For a woman looking to step out of her fashion comfort zone, a tuxedo is a refreshing alternative to the flowy gown.

11 Nov 2017 12:30 AM

Special sauce and tricky prawn on Trump's South Korea menu

The dinner, at the Blue House compound next to a former royal palace, includes a beef rib dish accompanied by a gravy.

07 Nov 2017 1:54 PM

US First Lady Melania Trump poses with 4th graders at the Kyobashi Tsukiji elementary school in Tokyo. (Photo: AFP)

Japan will shoot North missile with US tech, says Donald Trump

Trump also pressed Japan to lower its trade deficit with the United States and buy more US military hardware.

07 Nov 2017 6:22 AM

Trump loses patience, dumps fish food at one go into koi pond

The US leader apparently lost patience with this method and upended his entire wooden box into the pond.

06 Nov 2017 7:02 PM

‘The US has suffered massive trade deficits with Japan for many, many years. So we will have to negotiate and we will do this in a friendly way,’ added the president. (Photo: AFP)

US-Japan trade relations not open, unfair, says Trump

Trump has formed a strong bond with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the pair already discussed trade.

06 Nov 2017 5:39 PM

Trump is in Tokyo on the second-day of an Asian swing during which North Korea and trade are expected to top the agenda. (Photo: AP)

Japan backs Trump, says ‘all options on table’ in dealing with N Korea

Japan will freeze the assets of North Korean groups and individuals as a new sanction, said Shinzo Abe.

06 Nov 2017 4:50 PM

US President Donald Trump held talks in Tokyo, kicking off an Asia tour under heavy security, police said Monday. (Photo: AP)

Rare bomb threats collide with Trump’s visit; Japan on alert

Bomb threats are extremely uncommon in Japan. No explosives were found and no arrests so far.

06 Nov 2017 1:30 PM

In Asia, will Trump ‘rebalance’ US role?

South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in does not have the personal equation with Trump that Abe enjoys.

06 Nov 2017 12:23 AM

North Korea's recent actions, including several missiles that overflew Japan and Pyongyang's sixth and largest nuclear test, have raised the stakes in the most critical international challenge of Trump's presidency. (Photo: AP)

Trump in Japan to meet Shinzo Abe, vows to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea

Trump, at the start of a 12-day Asian trip, is looking to present a united front with Japan against North Korea.

05 Nov 2017 12:32 PM

The singer, apparently a favourite of Trump’s grandchildren, will attend a dinner hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo: Video Screengrab)

‘Pineapple pen’ star to serenade Donald Trump on Japan visit

Trump is also set to play a round of golf with Japanese pro Hideki Matsuyama during his visit.

30 Oct 2017 1:58 PM

Chinese submarines are posing a real-time threat – it has a fleet of 66 boats and at least 10 more are in the pipeline. (Photo: AP)

Japan: Indian Navy’s best partner?

Abe’s dream to transform his country’s self-defence forces into a full-fledged military that can play a proper role in regional security.

25 Oct 2017 12:48 AM

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Photo: AP)

Shinzo Abe pledges to contain N Korea after poll win

North Korea, which has threatened to “sink” Japan and fired two missiles over its northern islands.

24 Oct 2017 6:00 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in New Delhi (Photo: PTI/File)

PM Modi greets ‘dear friend’ Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe won the snap polls held on Sunday, with his LDF-led coalition bagging two-thirds majority in the lower house of Parliament.

24 Oct 2017 1:05 AM

Super-majority vs popularity: Post-win, voters still suspicious of Abe

Abe won polls as the oppn 'couldn't put up a united front' against him, said a prof at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

23 Oct 2017 12:04 PM

Modi and Abe share a great relationship and have met several times over the last three years. (Photo: File/PTI)

Modi wishes Abe on re-election, hopes to strengthen India-Japan ties

Shinzo Abe won the snap polls held on Sunday, with his LDF-led coalition bagging two-thirds majority in the lower house of Parliament.

23 Oct 2017 11:30 AM

Japanese shares jumped on a weaker yen on Monday as an election win for Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc gave a green light for more super-easy policy stimulus. (Photo: AP)

Japan shares hit two-decade high, yen at three-month low on Abe's victory

The U.S. dollar was the major beneficiary as President Donald Trump and Republicans took a small step toward tax cuts.

23 Oct 2017 10:39 AM

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, listens to reporters' questions during a TV interview on ballot counting for the lower house elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo. (Photo: AP)

Shinzo Abe sweeps to huge victory, takes aim at Kim

Abe’s ruling conservative coalition was on track to win more than 310 seats in the 465-seat parliament.

23 Oct 2017 6:37 AM

Japan PM and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe at party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Shinzo Abe to be Japan’s longest-serving leader

In 2006, Shinzo Abe became country’s youngest-ever Prime Minister, first born after WWII.

23 Oct 2017 6:30 AM

A trailblazer who became Japan's first woman in key jobs like defence minister and governor of the capital, Koike has played on her natural appeal and reformist zeal to win over voters and some in the old-school political world. (Photo: AFP)

Yuriko Koike shocks Japan with her ‘Party of Hope,’ may become 1st woman PM

The charismatic former television anchorwoman has a ruthless stomach for the fight, observers say.

22 Oct 2017 3:14 PM

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