Japan and the United Arab Emirates inked a nuclear agreement Thursday as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is visiting the country, pushes to sell Japanese nuclear technology overseas. It is the first bilateral nuclear agreement signed by Japan since the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. "I want to provide Japan's high-level nuclear technology," Abe told reporters.

Japan and the United Arab Emirates are set to sign a nuclear agreement on Thursday as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is visiting the country, pushes his bid to sell Japanese nuclear technology overseas. The two countries' representatives will ink the deal following a meeting between Abe and UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in Dubai.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he sees no need to explain to China and South Korea his cherished goal of rewriting Japan's pacifist Constitution. "It is our country's Constitution, so it is not an issue that needs to be explained" to China and South Korea, Abe told reporters accompanying him on his visit to Saudi Arabia. To achieve the goal of revising the Constitution, Abe said he will aim to secure a two-thirds majority in this summer's upper house election.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday there is no problem for his Cabinet members to visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, even if there is criticism from China or South Korea. "My ministers will not yield to any kind of intimidation," Abe said during a session of parliament. "It's a matter of course to secure the freedom to express one's respect and worship to precious souls of the war dead."