Japanese PM pledges to hike military capacity
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Sunday to beef up Japan’s naval and military capacity, warning that nations must prepare to ...
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Japan to approve $200-b extra budget to tackle inflation
Tokyo—Japan’s cabinet was expected to approve an extra budget worth $200 billion Friday to cushion the economy from the weak ...
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As Xi seals red-letter third term
Within sniffing distance, as the 69-year-old Xi Jinping secured a consequential third term as China’s leader on Sunday, diplomatic eyes ...
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VP Duterte arrives in Japan, meets PM Kishida ahead of Abe’s funeral
Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio arrived in Japan Monday to attend the state funeral of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe ...
Read moreJapan eyeing ‘more resilient’ economies to develop Africa
TUNIS, Tunisia—Japan will cooperate closely with African countries to promote “more resilient” economies, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the final ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.