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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule July 21-27, 2014
Monday, July 21, 2014AM12:00 At private residence (no visitors)05:58 Depart from private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo07:02 Arrive at Three Hundred Golf Club, play golf with friends and secretaries....
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Whither Japan's economy
Monetary policy as golfMainly due to a severe downturn in personal consumption stemming from the April 1 consumption tax increase from 5% to 8%, Japan's GDP in April-June tumbled a real 6.8% from the...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule July 28-August 3, 2014
Monday, July 28, 2014AM(Local time in Trinidad and Tobago)Attend Japan-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit Meeting at Hilton HotelAttend signing ceremony and joint press release with Prime Minister of...
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Policy in Japan: September in Washington
Prime Minister Abe campaigningUS-Japan Research Institute (USJI) holds an annual week of programs in Washington, DC on Japanese public policy featuring speakers from the Institute's associated...
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Asia-Pacific Economic Integration: Japan Looking beyond TPP
Abe planting rice, Fukushima May 2014Boston University Professor and APP member William W. Grimes wrote this essay for CSIS.August 27, 2014A little over a year ago, on July 23, 2013, Japan formally...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule August 4-10, 2014
Monday, August 4, 2014(1993, Kono Statement issued)AM09:34 Finish tour of 5 South and Central American countries with wife Akie. Arrive at Haneda airport in personal government aircraft09:50 Depart...
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Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet Reshuffle or not
APP's Director Mindy Kotler and Deputy Director George Lazopoulos, Ph.D. had an essay on what to expect for the Abe Administration's September 3rd cabinet reshuffle in The Diplomat on September 02,...
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Monday in Washington, September 8,2014
KOREA, TURKEY, AND EURASIAN CONTINENTALISM. 9/8, 9:00am-4:00pm. Sponsor: Reischauer Center, SAIS. Speakers: TBA.DEATH, HEALTH, POVERTY AND TOBACCO TAXES. 9/8, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Center for Global...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule August 11-17, 2014
Monday, August 11, 2014AM12:00 At holiday home (no visitors)08:00 At holiday home in Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture (no morning visitors)Stay at holiday home throughout morning (no...
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Myths About Japan's Resistance to Collective Self-Defense
Hyuga - DDH 16 - Hyuga class helicopter destroyerReexamining "Myths" About Japan's Collective Self-Defense Change -- What critics (and the Japanese public) do understand about Japan's constitutional...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule August 18-24, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014AM12:00 At holiday home (no visitors)08:00 At holiday home in Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture (no visitors)Stay at holiday home throughout the morning (no visitors)PM12:40...
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Monday in Washington September 15, 2014
JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA, TAIWAN AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS. 9/15, 8:30-Noon. Sponsor: Freeman Chair in China Studies and Japan Chair, CSIS. Speakers: FUKUDA Madoka, Associate Professor of...
View ArticleAbe’s female Cabinet picks warrant a closer look
Reprinted with APP annotation for educational use from the Japan Times, September 20, 2014Abe’s female Cabinet picks warrant a closer lookBY PHILIP BRASORIn a Sept. 5 Twitter post, university...
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Monday in Washington, September 22, 2014
ADDRESSING CORRUPTION IN GLOBAL TRADE. 9/22, 8:30-10:00am. Sponsor: US and International Anti-Corruption Law Program, American University Washington College of Law. Speakers: (Keynote) Pascal Lamy,...
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Monday In Washington, September 29, 2014
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING (NAE) 50TH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL MEETING: ENGINEERING'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY IN THE PAST 50 YEARS AND ITS VITAL ROLES IN THE FUTURE. 9/28-29. Sponsor: The National...
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Abe's Anti-TPP Cabinet
Mr. Moriyama meets with Cargill in WashingtonShinzo Abe Bows to the Farm LobbyThe conditions were ripe for Japan's prime minister to act on structural reform. Instead, he's allowed trade talks for the...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule August 25-31, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014AM12:00 At private residence (no visitors)07:25 Depart from private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo07:54 Arrive at Haneda Airport08:09 Depart from airport on Air Self-Defense Force...
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Monday in Washington, October 6, 2014
BANGLADESH: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES. 10/6, 9:00am-4:30pm. Sponsor: American Security Project. Speakers: Major General A.N.M. Muniruzzaman (Retd), President and Founder of the Bangladesh Institute of...
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Scholars adamant that Yoshida memoirs had no influence in US
Joint Response to Mainichi article on Congress and the Comfort Women ResolutionSeptember 25, 2014 issued in The Nelson ReportOn September 11th, the centrist Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun...
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This Week in Washington, October 13-18, 2014
Monday is Columbus Day, a federal holidayIn New York the UN General Assembly Third Committee will begin discussions on the advancement of women. South Korea is expected to raise the Comfort Women...
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