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SHINZO ABE

JAPAN / Politics
Mar 13, 2017
Abe ally elected mayor in Yamaguchi, beating incumbent
A former secretary of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was elected mayor of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Sunday, beating the incumbent and another contender.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2017
Clash of style and substance as Merkel makes Trump serious study before their key meeting
She is controlled and cautious, a physicist from East Germany who takes her time making decisions and has never relished the attention that comes from being Europe's most powerful leader.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 12, 2017
Abe Cabinet's support rate dips six points to 55.7% amid ongoing Moritomo school scandal: poll
A poll shows the support rate for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet fell 6 percentage points from the previous month to 55.7 percent after the emergence of a scandal involving a school operator with ties to him and his wife.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 11, 2017
2017 looks more like '1984' than 1984 ever did
Goerge Orwell's '1984' is a fitting best-seller for 2017, a year of 'post-truth,' 'fake news' and 'alternative facts.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 11, 2017
Abe's revisionism nets own goals at home and away
What links Osaka, Seoul, Busan and Glendale, California? Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's championing of revisionist history.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 11, 2017
Former Prime Minister Koizumi reiterates call for Japan's complete exit from nuclear power
Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Saturday reiterated his call for Japan's complete exit from nuclear energy as the country marked the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2017
Moritomo Gakuen head to resign, withdraw controversial school application
Moritomo Gakuen President Yasunori Kagoike announced his intention to resign Friday after telling Osaka Prefecture that he was withdrawing an application to approve the opening of a new elementary school.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2017
On-site investigation at Moritomo Gakuen suddenly cut short; new fraud claims emerge
Thursday night visit by prefectural officials shut down when the school's staff allegedly interfered with the investigation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2017
What path will Japan take?
Japan's continuing importance should not need restating, but its future prospects are not so clear.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2017
As North Korea missile threat grows, Japan lawmakers argue for first strike options
Rattled by North Korean military advances, influential Japanese lawmakers are pushing harder for Japan to develop the ability to strike preemptively at the missile facilities of its nuclear-armed neighbor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 7, 2017
Trump tells Abe U.S. 100% behind Japan after missile launch
Prime Minister Abe and U.S. President Trump on Tuesday denounced North Korea's missile provocation, saying the launches into the Sea of Japan violated U.N. resolutions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 5, 2017
Abe jokes: Result of golf diplomacy with Trump 'national secret'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined to disclose the result of his high-profile rounds of golf last month with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida, joking that it's a "national secret."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 5, 2017
Rule change could see Abe become nation's longest-serving leader
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party rubber-stamps an internal rule change to extend the maximum tenure of its president from the current six years to nine.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2017
Japan eyes tripling number of nationals working at U.N. food and agriculture body
The government plans to triple the number of Japanese working at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)to signal its engagement in providing agricultural aid to developing countries, a government source has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2017
Nationalist school operator told to submit additional paperwork if it wants to open new facility in April
An elementary school at the center of an ongoing scandal over land acquired through a questionable deal with the central government will not open as scheduled unless additional documents are submitted.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2017
U.S. rights report sees Japanese media at risk from Takaichi
A U.S. human rights report raises issues with communications minister Sanae Takaichi's veiled threat to shut down “biased” broadcasters.
EDITORIALS
Mar 3, 2017
A shady deal over state-owned land
The government should address questions raised by the steeply discounted sale of public land to an Osaka-based school operator.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 2, 2017
Abe praises Trump's plan to increase defense spending
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to call for an "unprecedented" boost in defense spending.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 2, 2017
Firms tap state subsidies to start day care facilities to woo working moms
Faced with a shortage of workers, Japanese companies are taking matters into their own hands, helping the government fix a chronic lack of day care facilities that is blunting efforts to get more women into the workforce.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 2, 2017
Japan to propose joint medical services on Russian-held isles
Japan will propose to Russia that the countries jointly offer advanced medical services on the disputed islands off Hokkaido that are controlled by Moscow, a diplomatic source has said.

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