i'm kathryn kobayashi in tokyo. japanese prime minister abe met in paris. abe said he hopes the g 7 member countries will come out with strong statements on counterterrorism. the global economy, europe's migrant crisis and other issues. he welcomed abe's suggestion that the international community needs to work together to fight terrorism. the two leaders also agreed to work on strong statements aimed at stabilizing the global economy including the possibility of fiscal stimulus measures. >> translator: the g 3 leaders have the terrorism migrant crisis. milan supported my idea. our meeting was significant. >> translator: the leaders have to agree on the action plan. the prime minister abe will show at the summit. we share views on syria, ukraine and north korea. >> abe is on a tour of european countries aimed at laying the ground work at the g 7 summit he'll chair. it opens on may 26th in the area of central japan. japan says it's maritime self-defense force will lease up to five aircraft for the training of and use by the philippine military. telephone tal

i'm kathryn kobayashi with the "newsline." published the names of more than 200,000 companies and individuals found in the so-called panama papers. the air national investigative journalist or icij says the database is the largest ever released of its kind. the icij published the database online monday. it contains information on offshore companies that were created in 2 1 locations around the world through a law firm. the documents were originally leaked to german newspapers. setting up an offshore company isn't illegal on its own and the law firm says it followed the rules. the panama papers have exposed the secret financial dealings by high profile people and raised many questions. the data released includes names and entities set up by around 230 people living in japan as well as japanese companies. about 20 companies are thought to be involved in setting up entities and tax havens. the companies include leading trading firms and it related businesses. the papers led to political casualties. iceland's prime minister and sp

i'm kathryn cobb kobayashi in tokyo.olitical showdown, japan's prime minister with a tax hike and oppositions parties with a no confidence motion against his cabinets in response. >>> recovering from trama. a psychiatrist with disaster experience helps children there after the quake. >>> and display, people around the world get a chance to see mars during its closest approach to the earth in a decade. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has confirmed he intends to delay a planned consumption tax hike by another two and a half years, and he vowed to do it without dissolving the lower house for a snap election. abe told his plans to senior members of his liberal democratic party and its coalition partner komeito on monday. the tax is supposed to rise from 8 to 10% in april, but the government will need to pass another bill to approve the delay. he also met with finance minister taro aso, who had until now taken a cautious stance on the idea, and had called for an election to get the approval of voters. but he eventually

i'm kathryn kobayashi in tokyo. japanese prime minister abe met in paris.abe said he hopes the g 7 member countries will come out with strong statements on counterterrorism. the global economy, europe's migrant crisis and other issues. he welcomed abe's s

i'm kathryn kobayashi with the "newsline."ames of more than 200,000 companies and individuals found in the so-called panama papers. the air national investigative journalist or icij says the database is the largest ever released of its kind. the icij published the database online monday. it contains information on offshore companies that were created in 2 1 locations around the world through a law firm. the documents were

i'm kathryn cobb kobayashi in tokyo.olitical showdown, japan's prime minister with a tax hike and oppositions parties with a no confidence motion against his cabinets in response. >>> recovering from trama. a psychiatrist with disaster experience helps children there after the quake. >>> and display, people around the world get a chance to see mars during its closest approach to the earth in a