Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe is president of the Liberal Democratic Party and was elected prime minister of Japan in December 2012. He also served as prime minister in 2006 after being elected by a special session of Japan’s National Diet, but resigned after less than a year.

Abe quotes Thatcher on Falklands and the need to uphold rule of law at sea

1 Mar 2013

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose country is embroiled in a row with China over the tiny Diaoyu islands, which it calls the Senkakus, on Thursday quoted former British Prime Minister...

Economy comes first in Obama-Abe meeting

27 Feb 2013

Abe is determined to revive the economy. Speaking at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, Abe said that not only was he personally back as prime minister, but "...

US radar to boost missile defence in Japan

24 Feb 2013

Tokyo and Washington plan to install a US early-warning radar system at a coastal base near Kyoto to bolster defences against the North Korean missile threat, reports said on Sunday.

Japan's PM Shinzo Abe fails to win Obama's support in Diaoyus row

24 Feb 2013

While Abe kept up his hardline comments about Japan's territorial dispute with China, he avoided disagreement with Obama during their talks on Friday. The Japanese leader declared that both...

US, Japan focus on trade to boost both economies

24 Feb 2013

In White House discussions on Friday, US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took up a range of security concerns. But their minds were largely focused on one thing:...

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Japan PM wants ‘good relationship’ with S. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday he wanted a strong relationship with South Korea, which responded angrily over a rally in Japan against Seoul’s control of a set of islands.

Abe, Obama firm on North Korea, measured on China

US President Barack Obama on Friday pledged with Japan to take a firm line on a defiant North Korea while apparently seeking to calm rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

In yen's fall, the end of Japan's higher living standards

The Japanese yen has plunged 17 per cent against the dollar and more against the euro since its high in November last year. Some officials in the Abe government gleefully egged on the currency...

Netizens agree with Abe on China's patriotic education

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is obviously not the most popular person in China. But his recent criticism of China’s system of patriotic education has won him some support - amid angry...

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Japan seeks firm stance with US against China

Japan’s new conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday opened a visit to the United States in which he hopes to show a firm, unified line to an assertive China and a defiant North Korea....

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JAPAN: ANALYSIS

LDP charter change will return Japan to pre-war authoritarianism, critics warn

Some of the proposed changes to the constitution, introduced shortly after Imperial Japan was defeated in the second world war, are such an about-face that they indicate a desire to return to a...