For the First Time Since he took office in september. Abe described the relationship between japan and australia as special. He said it plays a central role in the peace and prosperity of the asiapacific region. Abe and turnbull turned their attention to the chinese artificial islands in the south china sea. They agreed to call for an end to Land Reclamation and construction and for the islands not to be used by the military. They promised to work more closely on security with the united states. Abe and turnbull also touched on defense cooperation between japan and australia. They said they will work toward simpler immigration procedures for troops. They want personnel to be able to enter each others countries more easily to deal with disasters and to train. Ethiopias foreign minister is pushing for closer ties with japan on the economic front. He says he wants much more investment. He is visiting tokyo for a business forum. He told nhk his country is getting more and more Corporate In
Attackers were killed and no more hostages are being held. The news agency is quoting sources saying at least 18 bodies were found. Reuters quotes a u. N. Official as saying 27 bodies were found on two separate floors. An al qaedarelated group based in northern mali claimed responsibility for the attack on twitter. The hotel is in the center of bamako. Its often used for Embassy Receptions and frequented by foreigners, including airline crews. French prosecutors say a third body has been identified from an Apartment Building in the paris suburb that police raided on wednesday. Officers stormed the building in saintdenis looking for abdelhamid abaaoud. Hes the suspected mastermind of last weeks terrorist attacks in paris. They have confirmed that abaaoud and a woman died in the operation. The woman detonated an explosive belt. Police found a passport that appears to be hers. The third body was a 26yearold woman. She was identified based on fingerprints. Interior and justice ministers ga
Deeper, stronger and more enduring. Turnbull is visiting japan for the First Time Since he took office in september. Abe described the relationship between japan and australia as special. He said it plays a central role in the peace and prosperity of the asiapacific region. Abe and turnbull turned their attention to the chinese artificial islands in the south china sea. They agreed to call for an end to Land Reclamation and construction and for the islands not to be used by the military. They promised to work more closely on security with the united states. Abe and turnbull also touched on defense cooperation between japan and australia. They said they will work toward simpler immigration procedures for troops. They want personnel to be able to enter each others countries more easily to deal with disasters and to train. Ethiopias foreign minister is pushing for closer ties with japan on the economic front. He says he wants much more investment. He is visiting tokyo for a business forum
Sales hit 1. 5 billion in 12 minutes. And over 14 billion by the days end. Chinas in the midst of a massive web shopping boom. 2013 saw the country surpass the u. S. In Online Transactions with a total of some 300 billion. Many of the products sold online in china come from 212 east shopping villages spread across nine rural provinces and one metropolitan area. From car parts to shoes, Childrens Clothing and toys, each community has a particular specialty. One such town is dongfeng in a northern province. Until several years ago it was a poor Farming Community where the only other employment came from a plastic processing plant. But today the local economy is based around making and selling furniture. Its a change thats been a huge success. Up around 5,000 residents, some 70 are involved in web retail. Between them they run over 2,000 online stores. Each day the town dispatches all kinds of furniture the length and breadth of china. The town enjoys annual sales of almost 160 million. I
Sheer, whos our assistant secretary of defense for east asia in the pacific. You know that david was had come back from hanoi to do this job. He was our u. S. Ambassador there. David is an expert on china and Southeast Asia. I think for many of us who are sort of in the trenches every day on these issues, couldnt think of a better person for the pentagon to put into this role. Next to him is one of the top Southeast Asiaenists in the United States, and he also is singapores ambassador to the United States. Aspoke. He was most recently singapores ambassador to indonesia. He was in the past has been singapores ambassador also to australia. And to quaul la lumpur and has a long history in Singapore Foreign affairs working on asiarelated affairs. And finally, a good friend and a real hero of Southeast Asia and asian policy in the senate is chris bros. He works with senator mccain in senator mccains office. Previous before that he was senior staffer in the Senate Armed Services committee. A