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06 January 2013

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Publication Date : 06-01-2013

 

Public diplomacy is the key to closer ties, China Daily quotes Japanese Ambassador to China Masato Kitera as he makes his first public appearance since his appointment. Meanwhile, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stresses focus on economic recovery, according to The Yomiuri Shimbun. There is a growing call for a total gun ban in the Philippines after a 7-year-old girl was killed by celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve, Philippine Daily Inquirer says. A Thai drama was axed because of concern over its content, The Nation says. A report in The Korea Herald states that the husband of an actress who committed suicide four years ago also apparently killed himself.

 

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