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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks to the press after talks with Japanese experts on geopolitics, geoeconomics and regional security at the International House of Japan.Credit: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday said he believes Germany and Japan are facing similar challenges amid a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape. Steinmeier, who met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on the second day of his three-day visit to the country, called for closer cooperation, arguing security and prosperity in East Asia and Europe are closely intertwined. "There are many things that are just as worrying here in Japan as they are here in Germany and Europe," the German president said, citing Russia's war against Ukrai...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lauded his predecessor Horst Köhler as a dedicated public servant at a state memorial in the Berlin Cathedral on Tuesday. Köhler died on February 1 at the age of 81. He was chosen in 2004 to become the country's ninth president, succeeding Johannes Rau. Before that he was managing director of the International Monetary Fund in Washington. Steinmeier praised Köhler as an "energetic and tireless servant of our community until the last days of his life." "We Germans mourn the loss of Horst Köhler. We are grateful that he was among us and worked for us. We miss him," Steinmeier added. Germany's top leaders were on hand for the state ceremony and a preceding church service, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the presidents of the Bundestag,...

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German president urges closer Japan relations amid mutual challenges

Late German president Horst Köhler remembered at state memorial