{
  "id": 13646127,
  "title": "Former Japanese PM’s wife Akie Abe meets RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/former-japanese-pms-wife-akie-abe-meets-rss-general-secretary",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T04:57:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-japanese-pms-wife-akie-abe-meets-rss-general-secretary-dattatreya-hosabale/article71569403.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 8, Akie Abe, the wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, met Dattatreya Hosabale, the general secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), at the organisation's office in New Delhi. The meeting was attended by Tomohiko Taniguchi, the chairman of Nippon Kaigi, a right-wing organisation in Japan.\n\nAccording to a communique issued by the RSS, the primary focus of the meeting was to explore avenues for strengthening India-Japan relations. The communique highlighted a particular emphasis on civilisational ties, cultural cooperation, and people-centric initiatives. The meeting concluded over an hour later, with participants engaging in an exchange of views on deepening bilateral engagement, as reported by Sunil Ambekar, the RSS publicity in-charge.",
  "summary": "A communique issued by the RSS said the meeting focused on ways to strengthen India–Japan relations, with particular emphasis on civilisational ties, cultural cooperation and people-centric initiatives.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}