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SHINZO ABE

COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 6, 2014
Hot-air Abe can't campaign on 'womenomics'
For a guy with a two-thirds majority in the Diet, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has accomplished remarkably little since 2012.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 5, 2014
Japan's media needs to act as a watchdog, not a lapdog
Cozy relationships between Japan's mainstream media and politicians have helped to enable much of the cronyism, irresponsible behavior and policy drift that the prime minister is supposedly trying to eradicate.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2014
The elephant in the room
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to postpone the second phase of the consumption tax hike may be popular with much of the electorate, but it would be unfortunate if the decision diverts people's attention from the nation's real fiscal plight.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 5, 2014
Japan's 'zombienomics'
The hard reality is that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vaunted economic reforms will not work unless he shows more guts, much more imagination and a lot more humility in dealing with a modern economy that cannot be commanded by fiat.
EDITORIALS
Dec 4, 2014
Weighing Abe's Asian diplomacy
Japanese voters should consider the results of the Abe adminisration's diplomatic moves with regard to South Korea and China, when they cast their votes Dec. 14.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2014
Dec 3, 2014
Campaigning for election kicks off as Abe's approval rating dips
Official campaigning for the Dec. 14 Lower House election kicked off Tuesday, with 1,191 candidates across the country angling for one of the chamber's 475 seats.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 1, 2014
A vote for Abe is no gamble
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is almost certain to receive a voter mandate, not least because he lacks credible opponents.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 1, 2014
Party chiefs spar at press club debate
Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties squared off during a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Monday, a day before official campaigning got underway for the Dec. 14 Lower House election.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2014
Dairies seen losing cost battle as Abe weakens yen
apan's dairies and cake lovers just can't seem to catch a break.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 29, 2014
Newspapers take sides on 'Abenomics'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's dissolution of the Diet has become another point of contention between right- and left-leaning entities in Japan. One of the more revealing responses involved a website set up by a member of a nonprofit organization called Bokura no Ippo ga Nihon wo Kaeru (Our One Step Will...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 29, 2014
Abe seeks mandate for floundering 'Abenomics'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's call for snap elections, implausibly pitched as a referendum on "Abenomics," is a waste of time and money, and a stunning 63 percent of the public remains unconvinced there is any good reason to hold it.

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