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Japan PM Ishiba meets ex-Singapore PM Lee in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R) and former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (far L), now a senior minister, hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba meets ex-Singapore PM Lee in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R) and former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (far L), now a senior minister, hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba meets ex-Singapore PM Lee in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) shakes hands with former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, now a senior minister, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba meets ex-Singapore PM Lee in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) presents the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a conferment ceremony following their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2025. Lee, who is visiting Japan to attend the National Day event at the World Exposition in Osaka, was among the eight people honored with the decoration by Emperor Naruhito in April for their notable contributions to Japan.

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UK: Dewsbury Scrapyard Fire Prompts Smoke Warning

A large fire broke out at a scrapyard in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on Monday, May 12. Officials asked nearby residents to keep doors and windows closed due to a large plume of smoke.

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UK: Freight Train Derails In Audenshaw, Greater Manchester

A freight train derailed in Audenshaw, Greater Manchester, on Friday, September 6, causing the tracks to be closed. No injuries were reported in the incident, and trains scheduled to use this route will be diverted.

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INDONESIA-BOGOR-SINGAPOREAN PM-VISIT

(240429) -- BOGOR, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) meets with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Bogor Palace in West Java, Indonesia, April 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)

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SINGAPORE-LEE HSIEN LOONG-PM-SUCCESSOR

(240415) -- SINGAPORE, April 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 26, 2024 shows a portrait of Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong, in Singapore. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he will relinquish the office on May 15, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Monday. Lee will formally advise the country's president to appoint Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong to succeed him, said the statement. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-LEE HSIEN LOONG-PM-SUCCESSOR

(240415) -- SINGAPORE, April 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 27, 2024 shows a portrait of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in Singapore. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he will relinquish the office on May 15, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Monday. Lee will formally advise the country's president to appoint Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong to succeed him, said the statement. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-CPC-LIU JIANCHAO-VISIT

(240328) -- SINGAPORE, March 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Secretary-General of the People's Action Party and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) in Singapore, March 27, 2024. Liu led a CPC delegation on a visit to Singapore from Monday to Thursday. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-CHINGAY PARADE-CELEBRATION

(240224) -- SINGAPORE, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (C) attends the Chingay Parade as part of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Singapore's F1 Pit Building on Feb. 23, 2024. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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Singapore PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) holds talks with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd from L) in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Singapore PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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SINGAPORE-CHINA-HAN ZHENG-LEE HSIEN LOONG-MEETING

(231108) -- SINGAPORE, Nov. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore, Nov. 8, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

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SINGAPORE-PM-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

(230811) -- SINGAPORE, Aug. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R, Center) meets with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L, Center), who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in Singapore, Aug. 11, 2023. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-PM-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

(230811) -- SINGAPORE, Aug. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) meets with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in Singapore, Aug. 11, 2023. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI QIANG-SINGAPOREAN PM-TALKS (CN)

(230401) -- BEIJING, April 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang holds a welcoming ceremony for the visiting Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the Northern Hall of the Great Hall of the People prior to their talks in Beijing, capital of China, April 1, 2023. Li held talks with Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing on Saturday. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-ZHAO LEJI-SINGAPOREAN PM-MEETING (CN)

(230331) -- BEIJING, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing, capital of China, March 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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CHINA-BEIJING-ZHAO LEJI-SINGAPOREAN PM-MEETING (CN)

(230331) -- BEIJING, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing, capital of China, March 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG HUNING-SINGAPOREAN PM-MEETING (CN)

(230331) -- BEIJING, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing, capital of China, March 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG HUNING-SINGAPOREAN PM-MEETING (CN)

(230331) -- BEIJING, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing, capital of China, March 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

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CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-SINGAPOREAN PM-MEETING (CN)

(230331) -- BEIJING, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing, capital of China, March 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-SINGAPOREAN PM-MEETING (CN)

(230331) -- BEIJING, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing, capital of China, March 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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World leaders attending Boao forum call for cooperation to meet challenges

STORY: World leaders attending Boao forum call for cooperation to meet challenges DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:17 LOCATION: BOAO, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of venue of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 2 various of the opening ceremony 3 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BAN KI-MOON, Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PEDRO SANCHEZ, Spain's Prime Minister 5 SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DATUK SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM, Malaysia's Prime Minister 6 SOUNDBITE 4 (English): LEE HSIEN LOONG, Singapore's Prime Minister 7 SOUNDBITE 6 (English): KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund 8 various of venue of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 STORYLINE: The opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 was held on Thursday in China's island province of Hainan. World leaders attending the ceremony called for cooperation and renewed action to meet global challenges and highlighted Chi

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-BFA-ANNUAL CONFERENCE-OPENING (CN)

(230330) -- BOAO, March 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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Boao Forum for Asia

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks during the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference on March 30, 2023, held in Boao in China's southern island province of Hainan.

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Boao Forum for Asia

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks during the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference on March 30, 2023, held in Boao in China's southern island province of Hainan.

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of ASEAN countries and Japan (from L to R) - Myanmar's President Thein Sein, Philippine President Benigno Aquino, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan - join hands for a group photo at the State Guest House in Tokyo before their summit on Dec. 14, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Singaporean prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2013. Lee was in Tokyo for a summit between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Summit talks between Japanese PM Abe and Singapore PM Lee

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shake hands at Lee's office in Singapore on May 31, 2014, after their joint news conference. The two leaders met on the sidelines of an Asia security conference in the city state.

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Summit talks between Japanese PM Abe and Singapore PM Lee

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) talks with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd from R) at Lee's office in Singapore on May 31, 2014. The two leaders met on the sidelines of an Asia security conference in the city state.

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Summit talks between Japanese PM Abe and Singapore PM Lee

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hold a joint news conference at Lee's office in Singapore on May 31, 2014, after their talks. The two leaders met on the sidelines of an Asia security conference in the city state.

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Summit talks between Japanese PM Abe and Singapore PM Lee

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shake hands at the latter's office in Singapore on May 31, 2014, prior to their talks. The two leaders met on the sidelines of an Asia security conference in the city state.

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ASEAN-Japan summit

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (5th from L) and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations join hands prior to the ASEAN-Japan summit meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Oct. 9, 2013. They are (from L) Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Abe, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

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Singapore PM in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (2nd from L) holds talks with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (far R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 26, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Singapore PM in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 26, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shake hands after a joint press conference in Singapore on July 26, 2013.

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Japan PM in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hold a joint press conference in Singapore on July 26, 2013.

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Japanese prime minister in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (far R) at the start of their talks in Singapore on July 26, 2013.

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Japanese prime minister in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shake hands prior to holding talks in Singapore on July 26, 2013.

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Singapore's Lee writes to Yudhoyono over smog crisis

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tells a press conference at the presidential palace on June 20, 2013, that he has written to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang to express Singapore's strong concern over its worst-ever smog crisis caused by forest fires in the neighboring country.

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Singapore premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) and Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso hold talks in Tokyo on May 22, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Singapore premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before their meeting at Abe's office in Tokyo on May 22, 2013.

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Singapore premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before their meeting at Abe's office in Tokyo on May 22, 2013.

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Wang in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) holds talks with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore on May 3, 2013.

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ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Leaders join hands at the summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh on Nov. 18, 2012. Shown (from L to R) are Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos' Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak and Myanmar's President Thein Sein.

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Singapore PM, Myanmar president

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) holds talks with Myanmar President Thein Sein at the presidential office in Singapore on Jan. 30, 2012.

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Singapore PM Lee meets Japan FM Gemba

TOKYO, Japan - Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) hold talks in Singapore on Oct. 12, 2011. Lee expressed hope Japan would soon join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement negotiations.

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Singapore premier meets Japan business leader

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of Japan's largest business lobby Nippon Keidanren, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Singapore on Feb. 17, 2011. The two expressed hope for the Japanese government to join negotiations on a U.S.-backed Pacific free trade agreement at an early date. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan-Singapore summit

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd from R) hold talks in Hanoi on Oct. 30, 2010. Lee voiced hope for Japan to consider favorably the idea of joining talks on a trans-Pacific free trade agreement. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)