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24 Apr 2019, 8:06 am by Race to the Bottom
(Dion Rabouin, Reuters).The effects of Abenomics, which are a philosophical approach to monetary policy created by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, are a likely reason why Blackstone has recently decided to enter the Japanese private equity market. [read post]
25 Feb 2019, 12:25 pm by Nicholas Chan
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said Sunday the relocation of the US’ Futenma Airbase to Henoko would continue despite a referendum vote opposing the move. [read post]
31 Dec 2018, 8:00 am by Nathan Swire
Japan’s Constitution renounces war as well as standing military forces, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has interpreted the Constitution to allow for joint defense with other countries, and has consistently increased the size and budget of Japan’s military since coming to power in 2012. [read post]
28 Dec 2018, 10:36 am
All executions are done by hanging.Japan's Code of Criminal Procedure states the death penalty should be implemented within six months of the issuing of the sentence, but in fact that is almost never the case.The controversial system made international headlines in July when 13 members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which carried out the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, were executed.A total of 36 prisoners have now been executed since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe… [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 8:24 am by Nathan Swire
” China On Oct. 26, while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s was visiting China, the two countries signed a set of historic trade and cooperation agreements, totaling over $2.6bn. [read post]
31 Oct 2018, 9:29 am by Rachel Brown, Preson Lim
In other news ...Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with President Xi last week in Beijing. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 10:09 am by Anushka Limaye
In the first official visit of a Japanese leader to Beijing since 2011, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced an end to the foreign aid that Tokyo provides to China in acknowledgement of China’s economic dominance, reports the Times. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Kyodo News reports on a decision by a Japanese appellate court yesterday holding that a 2013 visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Yasukuni Shrine did not violate the religious freedom of the 450 citizens who brought the lawsuit. [read post]
22 Oct 2018, 11:06 am by Anushka Limaye
For the first time in seven years, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for a bilateral meeting amid growing U.S. [read post]
26 Sep 2018, 2:17 pm by Simon Lester
Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, affirmed the importance of a strong, stable, and mutually beneficial trade and economic relationship between the United States and Japan, recognizing that our economies together represent approximately 30 percent of global Gross Domestic Product. [read post]
26 Sep 2018, 2:17 pm
Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, affirmed the importance... [read post]
24 Sep 2018, 12:40 pm by Nathan Swire
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe downplayed the significance of this acknowledgement, telling reporters on Sept. 17 that the military drills were not conducted with any specific country in mind, that Japan has conducted such drills in the past, and that his country’s relationship with China was improving. [read post]
12 Sep 2018, 9:50 am by Anushka Limaye
According to the Wall Street Journal, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Russian President Vladimir Putin this morning to address a 70-year dispute over the South Kuril Islands, and to discuss a possible peace accord. [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 3:22 am by Yumiko Ohta
To address some of the above issues, on June 29, 2018, Japan passed the legislation commonly referred to as the “Work Style Reform Law” (hatarakikata kaikaku hou) (the “Law”), which had been marked by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as one of this year’s keystone legislations. [read post]
24 Jul 2018, 11:10 am by Nathan Swire
For example, in 2014 China docked a submarine and warship in Sri Lanka at the same time that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was visiting the country. [read post]
17 Jul 2018, 12:22 pm by Erin McCarthy Holliday
Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, and Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, said in a joint statement [press release, PDF]: In giving full effect to this agreement, the EU and Japan are sending a powerful message to promote free, fair and rules-based trade, and against protectionism. [read post]
10 Jun 2018, 2:23 pm
The picture was taken by Jesco Denzel, a German government photographer, and released by Steffen Seibert, spokesman for the chancellor, Angela Merkel (Merkel's G7 photo says everything about Trump's diplomacy – or does it?). [read post]
29 May 2018, 10:44 am by Sarah Tate Chambers
” Trump will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before the North Korea summit, the Post says. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 6:00 am by Timothy Saviola, Nathan Swire
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed changes to the Constitution to allow for a more active approach to self-defense, changes that the Chinese government has strongly opposed. [read post]
19 Apr 2018, 11:00 am by William Ford
During a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, however, Trump qualified that the U.S. will withdraw from negotiations with the North Korean leader if the president does not believe they will prove “fruitful,” Politico reports. [read post]