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SHINZO ABE

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2013
Bureaucrat to be first female aide to leader
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appoints senior bureaucrat Makiko Yamada as his official secretary, the first time in history a woman as ever held the post.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2013
Tokyo cries foul over China's declaration of air defense zone
Beijing's setting up an air defense identification zone over a section of the East China Sea violates a basic rule under international law and is a 'very dangerous' move that could lead to 'an unexpected event,' a high-ranking Japanese official warns.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 23, 2013
Back to the future: Shinto's growing influence in politics
Immaculate and ramrod straight in a crisp, black suit, Japan's education minister, Hakubun Shimomura, speaks like a schoolteacher — slowly and deliberately.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 23, 2013
'Black' firms exploit staff, 'black' state taxes them
Burakku kigyu014d' refers to companies where management has no desire to reward workers, and where labor laws are intentionally violated. Wages tend to be low, working hours long — with unpaid overtime — and employees are often subjected to 'power harassment' at the hands of their supervisors.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2013
Ruling camp fends off rewrite of secrets bill
The ruling bloc keeps its contentious state secrets bill intact though it gives the appearance of compromising with Nippon Ishin no Kai to attach minor requirements on government bodies seeking to classify information.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Nov 20, 2013
For 'no war' Article 9, any reinterpretation will do
Since the conclusion of the Article 9 debate — that it permits Japan to participate in collective security efforts — is already known, all that is really called for is some kind of excuse that the public can give the nod to before returning to their smartphones.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 20, 2013
Abe touts women in first Kennedy meeting
New U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy met Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the first time Wednesday in a courtesy visit, and Abe took the opportunity to highlight one pet initiative — promoting the status of women in male-dominated Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Nov 17, 2013
Abe's 'third arrow' of structural reform being deflected by vested interests
So far, so good. This is exactly how the global community and the Japanese public felt about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's deflation-busting economic program dubbed "Abenomics" — until a few months ago.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 16, 2013
Writer-farmer seeks hope in country life's future
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his administration have recently been mulling major changes to the country's farm policy. The move comes against the backdrop of high production costs and average farm size not having grown much since 1965.
COMMENTARY
Nov 15, 2013
Mentor Koizumi shows protege Abe how to reboot
By lending his popularity to the anti-nuclear chorus and exciting the public about a pro-growth energy future, Junichiro Koizumi isn't just counseling a better way. He's offering his protege Shinzo Abe an invitation into the pantheon of true Japanese reformers.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2013
Massive SDF dispatch set for Philippine relief mission
The Self-Defense Forces are planning what may be their largest overseas relief operation ever to help survivors of the Philippines' Typhoon Haiyan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2013
ASEAN ties key to Abe's China policy
Once he winds up his two-day trip to Laos and Cambodia from Saturday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will have visited all 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in less than a year since taking office.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 12, 2013
Koizumi calls on Abe to ditch nuclear power
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has abundant political capital and should declare an end to nuclear power, as the public mood for such a decision couldn't be better, predecessor Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday.

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