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Japan Returns to Militarism

December 17, 2018

Japan is embarking on a military spending surge which is inconsistent with the provisions of its Constitution, but entirely in line with the anti-China alliance forged by Washington

Brian Cloughley

Bromance Before Business as Modi Visits Abe’s Holiday Home

October 30, 2018

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe invited Indian Premier Narendra Modi so his holiday home on Sunday in what is reportedly a diplomatic first as the two leaders kicked off their two-day summit in chummy fashion.

Bromance Before Business as Modi Visits Abe’s Holiday Home

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Japan: Shinzo Abe Scores Major Electoral Victory

October 26, 2017

Since WWII, Japan has been known as a country oriented towards pacifism, which disavowed war as an instrument of national policy. This may change soon. On October 22, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scored a major victory in national elections.

Andrei Akulov

Elections, Abductees, Nuclear Weapons and North Korea

October 21, 2017

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to call an early Lower House election, due this Sunday, was a puzzle. Together with its coalition partner, Komeito, his Liberal Democratic Party held an unassailable majority. Even though the newly formed Kibo no To (Party of Hope) under Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike seemed certain to eat into that majority, he was still safe. Maybe he felt he could somehow exploit the current opposition disarray to his advantage.

Elections, Abductees, Nuclear Weapons and North Korea

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Japan Expands Military Role Abroad

September 25, 2015

On September 17, Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe rammed through a legislation allowing sending the nation's troops to fight in overseas conflicts for the first time since World War II. It marks a significant departure from Japan’s pacifist posture. The nation has forever dumped the restrictions governing its self-defense forces (SDF) operations outside the country…

Andrei Akulov

Japan: Mr. Abe Wins Real Big In Upper House Election, What Next?

July 24, 2013

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has won a majority in the upper house to give him control of both houses of parliament for the first time in six years. He came to power last December promising to get the country out of 20 years of economic recession – stagnation period… Shinzo Abe traveled to Moscow April 29 for a state visit, the first such visit by a Japanese head of state in a decade. In many ways, the recent summit can be seen as not just an important meeting but even as a landmark event in the history of Russo-Japanese relations…

Andrei Akulov

Japan: Mr. Abe Wins Real Big In Upper House Election, What Next?

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