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Japan’s Ishin says ‘big progress’ made in coalition talks with LDP

17 Oct 2025

By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japan Innovation Party and the Liberal Democratic Party made “big progress” in talks towards a possible coalition, party executives said on Friday, bringing LDP chief Sanae Takaichi closer to clinching the premiership next week. “Both parties agree that big progress has been made today,” Fumitake Fujita, …

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Vietnam parliament to work on government personnel issues next week

17 Oct 2025

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s National Assembly, the country’s lawmaking body, will work on key personnel issues by the end of next week, including voting on key government and state appointments, an assembly official said on Friday. The assembly, which is set to begin its final meeting of the year on Monday, will also vote to pass …

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China willing to restart dialogue with Canada at all levels, foreign minister says

17 Oct 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -China is willing to work with Canada to restart dialogue and exchanges at all levels and to promote the resolution of each nation’s legitimate concerns, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Canadian counterpart in Beijing on Friday, his ministry said. Beijing hopes to enhance communication, eliminate interference and rebuild mutual trust with the …

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Explainer-Japan parliament votes on new PM next Tuesday – how might it go?

17 Oct 2025

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi’s bid to become Japan’s first female prime minister regained momentum this week, as alliance discussions with another political party moved forward. After the Komeito Party ended their 26-year partnership last week, the LDP – which has ruled Japan for almost all of its post-war …

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Sweden says China must release bookseller Gui Minhai from jail

17 Oct 2025

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden’s foreign minister called on China to release Swedish citizen Gui Minhai from jail on Friday, following a visit to Beijing, continuing a long diplomatic stand-off between the two countries over the Chinese-born bookseller. Gui, a Hong Kong-based publisher of books critical of China’s communist leaders, was handed a 10-year prison term by …

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Analysis-Japan’s fractured politics could ensnarl Takaichi’s economic plans

17 Oct 2025

By Makiko Yamazaki and Leika Kihara TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After a wild week, Sanae Takaichi may have found the political support she needs to become Japan’s next prime minister – but the new cross-party alliances come with risks that her economic plans get mired in an increasingly fragmented legislature. Japan’s lower house of parliament is set …

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Socialist PM Murayama issued landmark apology for Japan’s wartime deeds

17 Oct 2025

TOKYO (Reuters) -Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who died Friday aged 101, was best known for his landmark apology for Japan’s World War Two aggression 50 years after its surrender, an expression of contrition that became the standard for subsequent leaders. As head of an unwieldy coalition of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party and his …

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New Singapore law empowers commission to block harmful online content

16 Oct 2025

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore will introduce a new online safety commission with powers to order social media platforms to block harmful posts, according to a new bill that was tabled in parliament on Wednesday. The new law comes after researchers from the Infocomm Media Development Authority found in February that more than half of legitimate user …

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MI5 chief frustrated by collapse of UK China spying case

16 Oct 2025

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s MI5 spy chief said on Thursday he was frustrated by the collapse of a China spying case which has led to intense scrutiny of whether the government was to blame, saying Chinese operatives posed a daily national security threat. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service unexpectedly dropped charges last month against …

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