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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed relevant ministries and agencies to ask all businesses in seven prefectures where a state of emergency has been declared, including Tokyo, to take measures to reduce the number of people working in offices by at least 70%. Abe issued the instruction at a meeting of the new coronavirus infection task force at the Prime Minister’s Office on Saturday. 

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is gearing up for his second big stimulus package in a matter of months as the coronavirus pushes Japan into what could be a deep and prolonged recession.

China and Japan agreed to delay the first state visit by a Chinese president to Tokyo in about a decade due to coronavirus worries, as Japan separately announced it would quarantine travelers from some countries hit by the illness.

Tokyo - US President Donald Trump arrived in Japan Saturday for a four-day state visit likely to be dominated by warm words and friendly images, but relatively light on substantive progress over trade.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Emmanuel Macron held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on Friday, apparently to discuss the alliance between Nissan Motor Co., Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay an official visit to China from Thursday to Saturday — the first official visit to China by a Japanese prime minister in seven years — to mark the historic milestone of the 40th anniversary of the Japan-China Peace and Friendship Treaty, signaling a turning point in the tortuous bilateral relationship.

Shinzo Abe will pay the first visit by a Japanese prime minister to China since 2011 later this month, Beijing announced Friday, in the latest sign of warming ties between the rivals.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday morning.

The Japanese and Chinese governments are considering realizing a visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to China on Oct. 23, exactly 40 years after the Japan-China Peace and Friendship Treaty entered into force, it has been learned.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially announced he will run for reelection in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's September presidential election on Sunday.

Donald Trump threatened Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe he would ship 25 million Mexicans to his country, one of a series of bizarre missives that jarred fellow leaders at last week's acrimonious G7 meet, according to a report on Friday.

President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Monday that it is "imperative" to completely dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program, the White House said.