Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in Saudi Arabia for talks with King Salman recently as part of a tour of oil-producing Gulf Arab states aimed at promoting peace amid a spike in tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Japan has a deep alliance with the United States, but it also has ties with Iran, which until 2017 supplied Japan with about ...

In the wake of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on all parties in the conflict to solve their problems through diplomatic means. Abe is deeply concerned about the situation in the Middle East following the killing of Qasem Soleimani. Abe also urged parties to avoid any escalation in the region and stressed the importance ...

India and Japan are particularly focusing on information sharing on development of digital infrastructure to improve architecture design, according to a joint statement recently released by the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, the Japan External Trade Organization, and the Indian Software Product Industry Roundtable. Well-designed digital social infrastructure is expected to play a significant role in enhancing the efficiencies of societal services ...