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Japan’s finance minister admitted on March 12 that official documents related to a favoritism scandal dogging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been altered, but denied any plans to step down over the row.

Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev met with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Hoshihigo Seko, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, to host a joint business forum with Japan's Foreign Trade Organization.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe restated Tokyo’s opposition to revising a 2015 agreement on “comfort women” in talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Feb. 9, calling the deal a promise between nations and the basis of two-way ties.

 North Korea's ceremonial leader will make an unprecedented visit to South Korea this week, officials said on Monday, as hopes grow for high-level inter-Korean talks during the Winter Olympics that begin in four days, Reutersreported.

BELGRADE - Tokyo has decided to appoint a special ambassador for the Western Balkan countries on the path towards the EU, says Norio Maruyama, Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who was in the delegation accompanying PM Shinzo Abe on his visit to Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbia is crucial for stability in the Western Balkans, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said in Belgrade Monday, announcing that his country would actively assist the European integration of Serbia and the region.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Monday Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's visit to Serbia was historic and a turning point that was crucial for improvement of bilateral relations, adding that he had told Abe he was hoping for improved ties, in particular in the economy.

BELGRADE - Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's visit to Serbia is of great significance for improvement of bilateral relations, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday.

"Your visit to Serbia is of historic significance for us as it comes exactly 31 years after the last visit to Serbia by a Japanese PM," Vucic told Abe in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbia is a country with a stable economy, stable public finances and a debt-to-GDP ratio of below 60 pct, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said as the delegations of Serbia and Japan met with businesspeople from the two countries in Belgrade on Monday.

BELGRADE - Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said Monday he was very pleased to be visiting Serbia for the first time, adding that the country was key to regional stability.