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SHINZO ABE

Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2016
Abe's 'made-in-Japan' gift for Trump produced by China-owned firm
The gold-colored golf driver was manufactured by Tokyo-based Honma Golf Co., which went bankrupt in 2005 is now owned by a Chinese company.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 24, 2016
Japan leaves unapproved asylum seekers and kids born in-country with dire choices
Visa please fall on deaf ears as justice ministry insists on executing deportation orders.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Nov 23, 2016
Three steps to making Japan — and its pedestrians — safer
Prime Minister Abe, allow me to suggest three things you could begin implementing right now that would hugely increase the safety of people in Japan, guaranteed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2016
Trump to dump TPP on first day in office
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he will withdraw his country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact on the day he takes office, dealing another blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 21, 2016
Abe to seek bigger fiscal policy role in '17 budget
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is pushing for a greater role for fiscal policy next year, according to draft guidelines for the 2017 budget seen by Bloomberg.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2016
Abe tells APEC Tokyo will continue pushing free trade for sake of global growth
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit that free trade is a source of global economic growth and Tokyo intends to keep promoting the policy, a Japanese government spokesman said.
EDITORIALS
Nov 20, 2016
Reopening Diet Constitution panels
Changes to the Constitution should be made only if it's necessary, not just because Shinzo Abe has the needed votes in the Diet to call a referendum.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 20, 2016
China sees THAAD deployment as 'weather vane' under Trump
Whether President-elect Donald Trump goes through with a deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea will be a key indicator to how political ties unfold with China, sources with ties to the leadership in Beijing said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 19, 2016
Will Trump join forces with Abe or push him toward Putin?
What do intellectuals know?

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