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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 26, 2014 | World
Tokyo, Reuters—Advisers to Japan’s foreign minister urged the government on Thursday to include richer nations among its foreign aid recipients, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushes for Tokyo to play a bigger role in global security and diplomacy. Japan is the...
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File photo of Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
by Adel Al Toraifi | Feb 25, 2014 | Interviews
Tokyo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Japanese Muslims first visited Saudi Arabia in 1909 to perform the hajj. Since then Saudi–Japanese ties have strengthened and deepened into the comprehensive partnership that exists between the two countries today. In an exclusive interview with...