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10 Apr 2011, 10:03 pm
On page three they report the following comment from Prime Minister Kan (my translation): “It is not right to leave things to the Americans whenever there is some trouble. [read post]
29 Dec 2013, 7:20 pm
The Prime Minister is paying respects to the Japanese war dead (from World War II). [read post]
29 Dec 2013, 7:20 pm
The Prime Minister is paying respects to the Japanese war dead (from World War II). [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 4:42 am
[JURIST] Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [BBC profile; official website, in Japanese] said his government will fully cooperate with an investigation by ruling Liberal Democratic party lawmakers into allegations that the Japanese military forced women into prostitution [JURIST report] in army-operated brothels during World War II. [read post]
17 Oct 2005, 12:59 am
[JURIST] Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi [official website, English version] honored the country's war dead by praying at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine [official website] Monday, despite conflicting court decisions on the constitutionality of Koizumi's visits to the shrine. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 9:45 am
[JURIST] Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda asked Peruvian President Alan Garcia during talks in Tokyo Monday to ensure that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] is treated fairly during his ongoing trial on murder and kidnapping charges [JURIST report], which stem from the military killings of 25 people in 1991 and 1992. [read post]
15 Aug 2006, 7:19 am
[JURIST] Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi [official profile] on Tuesday visited the Yasukuni war shrine [shrine website] on the anniversary of the day when Emperor Hirohito [PBS profile] surrendered World War II in 1945. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 4:37 pm
[JURIST] Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [official website, English version] denied Thursday that the Japanese government had pressured a Shinto shrine to honor war criminals after the National Diet Library [official website] released documents suggesting that the government was deeply involved in the decision. [read post]
23 Jun 2006, 3:48 am
[JURIST] The Japanese Supreme Court [official website, in Japanese] Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni shrine [shrine website], according to a court spokesperson who did not provide details on the ruling. [read post]
14 Sep 2020, 6:12 am
Eight months later, in July 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison discussed 5G issues and agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation on cybersecurity and technology for secure and resilient critical infrastructure. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
The document states the two countries will form an action plan to settle concerns over food safety and that they will promote the exchange of information.Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma and Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine chief Wang Yong signed the memorandum at Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Office on Monday.Hatoyama stepped down yesterday citing a broken promise to move U.S. troops off of… [read post]
15 May 2011, 2:37 pm
A poll shows that Prime Minister Kan’s policy decisions find wide support (Japan Times). [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 9:55 am
In this context, and given the difficulties associated with increasing the U.S. military presence in Japan, it is hard not to sympathize with Prime Minister Abe’s proposal to amend Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution to allow for a more potent military. [read post]
16 Sep 2007, 3:27 am
[JURIST] Japanese House of Representatives member Yasuo Fukuda [official website, in Japanese; Wikipedia profile], the leading candidate to succeed former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [JURIST news archive], said Sunday that the coalition government under the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) [party website] may take the unusual step of renewing the controversial Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law [ [read post]
27 Sep 2015, 1:01 am
On this day in history, Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany, Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano of Italy and Ambassador Saburo Kurusu of Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, creating the World War II alliance of the Axis Powers. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 8:00 am
Do its brevity and reliance on legislation to alter its impact mean that Prime Minister Abe Shinzō does not need to focus on amending the Constitution to achieve his policy goals? [read post]
25 Aug 2019, 4:31 am
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. [read post]
24 Nov 2013, 6:00 am
This is part of a broader political movement:Many of the nation’s top elected officials, including [Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Education Minister Shimomura] ... are members of ... [read post]
31 Dec 2008, 8:33 am
Hawaii will be a protectorate of Japan or China Russia will finally get Alaska, much to Pallin’s chagrin The Central North American Republic will be northern states such as Illinois that will go to Canada Crawford Kilian of The Hook points out some of the challenges that this scenario could create for us in Canada: do we inherit the Congressional representatives and senators of our new domain? [read post]
13 May 2014, 4:45 pm
Shinzo Abe, the new Japanese prime minister, is the grandson of a wartime cabinet minister and rejects the ‘apology diplomacy,’ through which Japan tried to atone for the war. . . . [read post]
