Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)--The House of Councillors on Tuesday afternoon nominated Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, for the nation's next prime minister to succeed Shinzo Abe.

Tokyo, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)--Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, 71, scored a runaway victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election Sunday, setting the stage for his election as Japan's next prime minister.

Text of report by Nigerian newspaper This Day webs

Less than a year into his tenure, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is shaky. On July 29, voters dealt Abe's governing party an embarrassing defeat in a national election that many observers had billed as a referendum on the premier's leadership.

Text of report by Indian news agency PTI New Delhi, 2 March: India and Russia are discussing the expansion of bilateral cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy, junior minister for External Affairs Anand Sharma informed the Upper House of Parliament on Thursday [2 March].