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G20 Summit

June 26, 2019

Filipino climate activists from 350.org wearing Pikachu costumes stage a demonstration in front of the Japanese embassy in Manila, Philippines, 25 June 2019. The protesters held the demonstration try to pursuade Japan to stop funding coal as it prepares to

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No Abe-Moon meeting during G-20 Summit: S. Korean Official

June 25, 2019

Seoul–There would be no separate meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during the two-day Group of 20 summit starting in Osaka Friday, a senior Blue House official said Tuesday. The official of the

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Abe Cabinet survives no-confidence motion

June 25, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, voted down a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet on Tuesday. The focus in the Japanese political scene will shift to a triennial election for

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Turkish President Erdogan to visit Japan from Thursday

June 25, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Japan for six days from Thursday. Erdogan will attend the Group of 20 summit in the western Japan city of Osaka on Friday and Saturday, and

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Trump muses about ending Japan-U.S. Security Pact: Report

June 25, 2019

Washington–U.S. President Donald Trump, in a recent private conversation, touched on the possibility of ending the longstanding Japan-U.S. security treaty, Bloomberg reported Monday. Trump regards the accord, first signed more than 60 years ago, as too one-sided because it promises

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Duterte asks to spare him from choosing incoming Speaker

June 25, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte maintained on Tuesday that he would not endorse any nominee for the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. In a speech in Malacañang during the oath taking of administration allied congressmen, Duterte said he asked former

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Japan’s Motegi denies early farm deal with U.S.

June 25, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi denied again on Tuesday the possibility of an early farm tariff deal with the United States as part of bilateral trade negotiations. “There will be no partial agreement. It will be a package agreement,”

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Panelo not aware of Cabinet revamp

June 25, 2019

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Tuesday he was not aware of a looming Cabinet revamp.  In a press briefing, Panelo, however, said any revamp would be up to President Rodrigo Duterte. “As usual, that’s the President’s call,” he said.

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