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25 May 2016, 11:39 am by Tom Smith
SHIMA, Japan (AP) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday he plans to use his historic visit to Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to reflect on the suffering of war and the need to take steps to prevent it. [read post]
13 May 2016, 5:45 am by Chris Mirasola
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the Coast Guard to avoid escalating the issue and President-elect Tsai Ing-wen met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s brother to talk about the situation. [read post]
4 May 2016, 2:14 pm by Elina Saxena
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in what will be the 13th meeting between the two leaders. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 11:04 am by Miracle Jones
The measure, backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [BBC profile], would allow for Japan to work with other international government entities in the fight against terrorism. [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 1:27 pm by Chris Mirasola
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, heralding the law, said, “the bond of the [U.S. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 1:42 pm by Alex R. McQuade
” China has accused Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whom China called a “warlord,” of threatening peace in the region. [read post]
25 Mar 2016, 10:45 am by Maira Sutton
Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe introduced some bills earlier this month to approve the agreement during the current Diet session, paving the way for the TPP to be debated by the legislature in April and possibly ratified by the summer. [read post]
18 Mar 2016, 10:42 am by Zack Bluestone
This Wednesday, the Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe passed a resolution urging the government to consider bringing an arbitral claim against China over its drilling in the East China Sea, unless the two sides can overcome stalled talks and reach a “prompt resolution. [read post]
12 Feb 2016, 8:02 am by Lawfare Staff
Nippon’s Suzuki Yoshikatsu suggests that Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s “Democratic Security Diamond” has started to shine in recent months. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 7:12 am by Lawfare Staff
” As a sign of growing tensions, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe expressed his “strong concerns over China’s unilateral attempt to change the status quo in the South China Sea, and also the unilateral development of resources in the East China Sea” during a joint Nikkei-FT interview. [read post]
18 Dec 2015, 8:11 pm
Source: The Guardian (18 December 2015)http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/18/japan-executes-first-man-convicted-by-citizen-judgesJapan on Friday carried out the first execution of a man who had been convicted by lay judges, as part of a pair of hangings that were condemned by human rights groups.The two executions bring to 14 the total number of death sentences carried out since Shinzo Abe became prime minister three years ago.Japanese media quoted a justice ministry… [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 12:35 am by INFORRM
Japan A Japanese court has thrown out a defamation suit against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by former premier Naoto Kan, who claimed Abe published false accusations relating to Kan’s handling of the Fukushima nuclear crisis. [read post]
20 Nov 2015, 3:14 am by Zack Bluestone
Nonetheless, as promised, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe broached the subject of Chinese maritime aggression. [read post]
13 Nov 2015, 3:48 am by Zack Bluestone
  Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced over the weekend that he plans to raise issues related to the South China Sea at several upcoming international meetings, including the G-20 summit in Turkey, the APEC Forum in the Philippines, and the East Asia Summit in Malaysia. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 3:03 am by Zack Bluestone
  Japan Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang managed to overcome strained bilateral relations on the sidelines of a trilateral meeting between the PRC, South Korea, and Japan. [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 8:27 am by Zack Bluestone
First, punctuating recent security legislation that will allow Japan to defend foreign allies for the first time since WWII, the fleet review served as a power symbol of what PM Shinzo Abe described as policy of “proactive pacifism. [read post]
16 Oct 2015, 12:21 pm by Zack Bluestone
  Japan Takeshi Onaga, the governor of Okinawa, revoked permission for construction to continue on a local U.S. military installation—the latest setback in PM Shinzo Abe’s push to relocate USMC Air Station Futenma from Ginowan to Henoko Bay. [read post]
9 Oct 2015, 7:45 pm by Zack Bluestone
”   This interpretation of the TPP was underscored on Tuesday, when Japanese PM Shinzo Abe discussed the deal in terms of a new era of U.S. [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 12:23 am
There are no clear limits on the length of interrogations, which are not fully recorded and which lawyers are not permitted to attend.Twelve people have been executed since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012. [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 5:09 pm by Tom Smith
The US, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim economies have reached agreement to strike the largest trade pact seen anywhere in two decades, in what is a huge strategic and political win for US President Barack Obama and Japan's Shinzo Abe. [read post]