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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo: AFP)

Amid North Korea tensions, Japan's Abe calls for snap election

If re-elected, it would be Abe's fourth term at the helm of the world's third top economy.

25 Sept 2017 3:13 PM IST

The Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine on Wednesday reported that Education Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi visited a yoga studio in the hip Ebisu district in Tokyo using a state car, and took private lessons there. (Photo: AFP)

Japan Education Min Yoshimasa Hayashi apologises after 'Sexy Private...

'I apologise for creating confusion amid a tense parliamentary situation,' Hayashi said.

25 April 2018 3:14 PM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will travel to South Korea for the opening ceremony of the Games, where he is expected to hold talks on Korean comfort women used by the Japanese as war-time sex slaves. (Photo: File)

Japan's Shinzo Abe re-elected as as party head, to continue as PM

With a third term as party leader, Abe is poised to become Japan's longest-serving leader in August 2021.

20 Sept 2018 11:22 AM IST

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo: AFP)

Japan PM Abe to make first visit to Pearl Harbor

On the day of the bombing 75 years ago, Japanese planes swept low over the US naval base, killing more than 2,400 US...

5 Dec 2016 5:13 PM IST