POTENTIAL FOR WIDER IMPLICATIONS It’s likely that if the prime minister does depart, key programmes such as defence and semiconductor spending will be taken up by a successor. But don’t underestimate Kishida’s ability to get things done: Abe, too, dreamed of doubling the defense budget but couldn’t get it passed. Kishida has made it a … Read more
GREEN AND DIGITAL SHIPPING CORRIDOR The memorandum of cooperation to establish a green and digital shipping corridor was signed by Singapore’s Acting Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat and Japan’s Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito Tetsuo. This memorandum marks the first green and digital shipping corridor established between Singapore and Japan to develop … Read more
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a four-day working visit to Tokyo to attend a summit commemorating relations between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Mr Lee will visit the Japanese capital from Dec 15 to Dec 18 to attend the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship … Read more
