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Japan PM Kishida stepping down in September after bribery scandal

He was keen to secure re-election but pressured to resign amid fears over fate of his political party in next general election, says political experts

Pasukan penyelamat Jepun bergelut dengan masa untuk selamatkan mangsa gempa bumi: Kishida

Perdana Menteri Jepun, Fumio Kishida berkata, pasukan penyelamat negara berkenaan kini bergelut dengan masa untuk mencari mangsa terselamat ekoran gempa bumi kuat yang melanda Ishikawa, dalam kejadian semalam

Anwar’s visit to Japan attracts RM6.56 bil in potential investments

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s five-day working visit to Japan in conjunction with the Asean-Japan Commemorative Summit has managed to attract potential investments worth RM6.56 billion.

Anwar’s daughter married to a Japanese man? The Japan Times whips up fun facts about Asean leaders

In its special, the editors at The Japan Times allow a maximum of only seven paragraphs to be printed for each of the 10 Asean leaders as well as for their own prime minister.

M’sia-Japan ties elevated to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership focusing on five areas: nations’ PMs

These areas are peace and security cooperation; continued engagement at all levels for economic prosperity; science, technology, innovation and environment; society, cultural and people-to-people exchange; and regional and global cooperation, said the Foreign Ministry. 

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‘Very hurtful’: Chief justice exposes legal failures driven by distorted Islamic views

Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat laments misinterpretations of faith that distort justice in high-profile rulings, cites Indira Gandhi and Nik Elin Zurina cases