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Zaitokukai and Shinzo Abe: Japanese Cabinet Plagued by Neo-Fascist Sympathizer Allegations
Members of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Parliament Linked to Right-Wing, Anti-Korean Group Zaitokukai Members of Japan‘s parliament are allegedly linked to ultra-nationalist right-wing group Zaitokukai, a xenophobic cadre of pseudo-fascists known to terrorize the Korean population living in Japan. Prominent figures in the Abe administration have denied their involvement with Zaitokukai after the revelation […]
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Japan’s National Debt Problem Visualized
Addogram provides us with a visual representation of an otherwise complicated concept – government accumulation of sovereign debt obligations. How has Japan, once one of the world’s top, booming economies, drifted into malaise and stagnation? A combination of low interest rates and deficit government spending has led to a situation in which the Japanese central […]
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J Pop Group Machikado Keiki Japan Draws Inspiration from the Nikkei Stock Average
Kanon Mori, Yuki Sakura, Hinako Kuroki and Jun Amaki comprise the J Pop girl group Machikado Keiki Japan, the latest singing sensation in the land of the Rising Sun but this time with a twist – their songs and music videos draw inspiration from the ups and downs of Japan’s stock market, the Nikkei. The girls range in ages from 16 […]
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North Korea and the Opportunity for a Chinese-Led Solution
- February 3, 2013
- Asia
- Beijing
- China
- Chinese-led solution
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Diaoyu Islands
- DPRK
- East Asia
- Japan
- Kim Jong-Un
- Kim regime
- Korea
- Missile Test
- North Korea
- Nuclear Program
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Pyongyang
- Red Dynasty
- rocket launch
- rocket test
- Senkaku Island
- Shinzo Abe
- South Korea
- UN sanctions
- United Nations Security Council
- United States
- UNSC resolution
- Xi Jinping
Often the People’s Republic of China takes a lenient stance towards its ally the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is why it was surprising that China signed a UNSC resolution condemning North Korea’s missile tests and authorizing the imposition of further sanctions on the regime in Pyongyang. China’s willingness to rein in its […]
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Japan Records High Trade Deficits in 2012 Due to Fall in Exports to China
Japan’s economy had record high deficits during 2012 due to falling exports to Europe and China in a trade gap estimated at $78 billion. Newly elected Liberal Democratic Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed an aggressive round of stimulus spending to stoke the fires of economic development in the world’s third largest economy. The […]
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United States and Japan to Review Security Agreement Amid Tensions with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Over the Senkaku(尖閣諸島)/Diaoyu( 釣魚台列嶼) Islands
- January 17, 2013
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- East Asia
- Europe
- International Relations
- Japan
- Japanese politics
- Japanese Self-Defense Forces
- LDP
- Liberal Democratic Party
- military affairs
- North Korea
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Reform
- Senkaku Islands
- September 11
- Shinzo Abe
- Territorial Dispute
- United States
- US
- 尖閣諸島
- 自由民主党
- 釣魚台列嶼
The United States and Japan will be conducting a thorough review of their joint security arrangements after the election of Shinzo Abe returned the US-friendly Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党) to power in Tokyo. Amid worsening tensions with China over the Senkaku Islands(尖閣諸島)/Diaoyu Islands (釣魚台列嶼), and the spectre of a nuclear North Korea capable of […]
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The Return of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to the Diet: Will Shinzo Abe Reverse Japan’s Course?
Newly elected though not unfamiliar to the office, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces a daunting task ahead of him as his Liberal Democratic Party successfully retakes the reins of Japan’s government from the upstart Democratic Party of Japan. The return of the LDP to power in Japan signals a shift back to the post-war […]
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