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Will Japan confront China? A visit to Washington may offer a clue SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 15, 2021, 03:22 PM IST Share Synopsis But even as relations between the two countries are calming, Japan faces a perilous moment, with the United States prodding it to more squarely address the most glaring threat to stability in Asia: China. Reuters Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on their way to the Pacific in this handout photo taken by Japan Self-Defense Forces and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan on April 4, 2021 Re...

With just a year until the French head to the polls to elect a new president, those hoping to replace Emmanuel Macron are emerging from the shadows. Macron, 43, swept to power in 2017 by creating his own party -- La République En Marche! -- and vowing to reshape French politics. His term has so far been shaped by domestic issues including the months-long Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) street protests, planned pension reforms and his government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. He is expected to run again, experts have told Euronews, but has not yet officially joined the race. With just 12 m...

ANKARA: Mehmet Hakan Atilla, CEO of Turkey’s Istanbul Stock Exchange (Borsa Istanbul), resigned from his post on Monday, triggering doubts about the motivations behind this abrupt move at the one of key economic managerial posts of the country.  Atilla was appointed to his post in October 2019 in a controversial decision just after being sentenced to 32 months in prison in the US for helping Iran circumvent sanctions while he was deputy executive at Turkey’s state-run Halkbank — a case Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan considered a politically motivated assault against the Turkish...

Nigeria aims to have 50 mines in operation by 2023 and can make up for time lost because of the impact of COVID-19 on development of the nascent sector, the country’s mining minister said in an interview. Even as The Government has given six billion naira lifeline to the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development to tackle the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, made the disclosure to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. He said that the lifeline, to serve as a palliative for the sector, would be expended on setting up six mi...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Japan's leader Suga tried to soften image with talk of pancakes. Polls say it hasn't worked. Simon Denyer, The Washington Post Feb. 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo Jan. 28 after a phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden.Japan News-Yomiuri photo. TOKYO - When Japan's incoming prime minister was looking for an image makeover, he probably figured you couldn't go wrong with pancakes. So out went the grim-faced bureaucrat with a reputation as a ruthless behind-the-scenes ...