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SHINZO ABE

BUSINESS
Jan 5, 2017
Abe urges business leaders to address working hours, equality issues in 2017
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged business leaders Thursday to push for fundamental reform of working conditions to limit long working hours and promote equal treatment of workers regardless of their employment status.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 5, 2017
Government plans to submit conspiracy bill in upcoming Diet session
The bill would aim to enhance Japan's ability to ward off terrorism connected to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 5, 2017
Day after 'economy first' comments, Abe promotes revising postwar Constitution to LDP
A day after stressing that the economy will be his top priority this year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a different message to members of his party on Thursday, saying he will promote discussion on revising the postwar Constitution.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 5, 2017
Trump should visit Japan, Indo-Pacific region soon: aides
An aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a congressman close to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday affirmed the importance of Trump visiting Japan and the Indo-Pacific region at an early date.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 4, 2017
Economists see growth on horizon for 2017
Economists say growth is expected on the back of the weak yen and due to government steps to stimulate sluggish consumption.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 4, 2017
In New Year's speech, Abe prioritizes economic growth
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe maintained Wednesday that his top priority for the new year will continue to be the economy and that he will first try to have the Diet enact the fiscal 2017 budget as quickly as possible.
EDITORIALS
Jan 2, 2017
Abenomics four years on
With economic growth remaining fragile and uneven, it's time for the Abe administration to pursue structural reforms more vigorously.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 1, 2017
Abe has no reason to rock the boat by calling early-2017 snap election
After weeks of speculation that 2017 may start with a snap election in late January, the prime minister said on NHK that it will not happen.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 31, 2016
Why Abe's Russian gambit is doomed
Say what you will about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, he is a glutton for punishment. Too bad his bravado is not matched by canny discernment. Case in point is his plan to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin to follow up on the recent fiasco in Japan. In December, Abe came away from his 24 hours with...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 31, 2016
For sake of summit, Japan snubbed G-7 leaders in condemning Russia for Syria crisis
Prime Minister Abe's decision not to join Western leaders in December in condemning Russia over the Syrian civil war because of his summit with Putin is being criticized.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2016
Inada's visit to war-linked shrine draws U.S. criticism
U.S. officials have reacted negatively to Defense Minister Tomomi Inada's visit Thursday to a controversial war-linked shrine just after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 30, 2016
Who had the worst year? How Asian leaders fared in 2016
In a year dominated by Brexit and Donald Trump's surprise U.S. election win, Asia felt like a relatively stable part of the world. A closer look shows that the region endured its own seismic events in 2016, from a Philippine leader embracing China to massive street protests in Seoul to the elimination...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 29, 2016
Abe's disputed-isle economic deal may work to strengthen Russia's hand
Hoping to break a decades-old stalemate in a row with Russia over ownership of a string of islands off Hokkaido, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has taken a new tack.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 29, 2016
Honolulu paper hails Abe's Pearl Harbor visit, calls it 'sense of closure'
A Hawaiian newspaper on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the symbolic site of Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 28, 2016
Leaders' Hawaii remarks include veiled message for Trump: experts
Two mavens say the speeches of Abe and Obama contain a message for the incoming leader about the Japan-U.S. relationship.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2016
Abe's Pearl Harbor visit hailed in Japan, but some question lack of apology
Japanese war survivors on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor to offer condolences for those who died in the 1941 surprise attack there, but some questioned the lack of an apology or mention of the state's responsibility for pursuing war.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2016
Abe offers 'everlasting condolences' at Pearl Harbor as Obama praises partnership in peace
Abe's historic visit to Hawaii wraps up with addresses from himself and U.S. President Barack Obama.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2016
Full text of Abe's address at Pearl Harbor
The following is the full text of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's address Tuesday at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, following a summit with U.S. President Barack Obama and a visit to the USS Arizona Memorial.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2016
Chinese scholar urges Abe to follow Pearl Harbor with Nanjing visit
Now that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama in a show of reconciliation between the two World War II foes, a U.S.-based Chinese scholar has suggested that Abe take a step further to achieve rapprochement with China over wartime history.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2016
China dismisses Abe's Pearl Harbor visit, suggests Japan is unrepentant
China on Tuesday poured cold water on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor, saying Japan must reconcile with parts of Asia victimized by its wartime aggression if it wants to put that history behind it and move forward.
Cutting ties with JCP not easy for CDP despite Renho's defeat
When Renho (center) announced her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on May 27, the head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, Akira Koike (far left), was also in attendance.
Japan soccer player Sano arrested for alleged sexual assault
Professional soccer player Kaishu Sano has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in her 30s at a Tokyo hotel.
Taro Kono says central bank needs to raise rates to lift yen
Taro Kono, Japan's digital transformation minister, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Trump says Taiwan should pay for defense, sending TSMC stock down
Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple and Nvidia supplier, closed 2.4% lower on Wednesday.
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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