palestinian islamist group hamas ended. japanese prime minister shinzo abe spoke at the united nations general assembly in new york. he promised his country will contribute to fighting the ebola virus and countering threats from the islamic state militant group. nhk world s mike ibara has more from new york. reporter: prime minister abe spoke thursday morning at the general assembly hall. his main message was that japan is ready to make a stronger commitment to the world s fight against global threats. mr. president, humankind faces serious unprecedented crisis. the government of japan is putting forth its best possible effort in the fight against the ebola virus disease. international communities should come together and address this crisis that affects directly peace and security of africa. japan regards the activities of isil, which extends across national borders and has declared unilaterally the establishment of a so-called state to be a serious threat to internati
prisoner swap. in return for releasing him they want jordan to free sajida al-rishawi. she s a convicted terrorist on death row. japanese prime minister shinzo abe has directed his administration to make an all-out effort to secure goto s release. he sent his state minister for foreign affairs to jordan to set up a task force last week. yasuhide nakayama spoke to reporters on monday in amman. translator: i want jordan and japan to closely cooperate and get the jordanian pilot and the japanese journalist returned to their homes. nakayama said both countries share the goal of securing the release of the hostages. people in jordan are urging their leaders to work for the release of a jordanian hostage before they try to free a japanese captive. lawmakers lawyers and others gathered in the capital amman. they were responding to an offer by the militants to free japan s kenji goto if jordan releases rishawi from death row. the demonstrators say jordanian pilot moaz kasasbeh sh
the man says his captors want a prisoner swap. in return for releasing him they want jordan to free sajida al-rishawi. she s a convicted terrorist on death row. japanese prime minister shinzo abe has directed his administration to make an all-out effort to secure goto s release. he sent his state minister for foreign affairs to jordan to set up a task force last week. yasuhide nakayama spoke to reporters on monday in amman. translator: i want jordan and japan to closely cooperate and get the jordanian pilot and the japanese journalist returned to their homes. nakayama said both countries share the goal of securing the release of the hostages. people in jordan are urging their leaders to work for the release of a jordanian hostage before they try to free a japanese captive. lawmakers lawyers and others gathered in the capital amman. they were responding to an offer by the militants to free japan s kenji goto if jordan releases rishawi from death row. the demonstrators say
members of japanese prime minister shinzo abe s government have approved his strategy for growth. cabinet ministers have also backed abe s policies for economic and fiscal reforms. abe met with reporters shortly after the ministers gave him their approval. translator: the economic recovery is yet to spread to all corners of japan. that s why we should not let this favorable cycle of economy be a temporal phenomenon. we should continue to push this favorable cycle strongly so that smes nationwide can be revitalized. we will have everyone in japan to realize the economic recovery. that is the mission of abenomics. one of the main items in the fiscal and economic reform package is a reduction in japan s corporate tax rate. business leaders have called for the change supporters say lowering the tax will attract more overseas investment. they say it will also help japanese companies compete internationally. the reduction would take effect in april of next year and would cut th
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