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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule September 1-7, 2014
Monday, September 1, 2014AM12:00 At private residence (no visitors)07:40 Depart from private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo07:55 Arrive at LDP Party Headquarters07:56 Depart from LDP Party Headquarters...
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Chinese Comfort Women
Click to order bookAmong the thousands of girls, women, and boys swept up in Imperial Japan's Comfort Women system were Chinese. Some were part of expropriated brothels, some trafficked by brokers who...
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Monday in Washington, October 20, 2014
DOES DEMOCRACY MATTER? 10/20, 8:30am-2:30pm. Sponsor: Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Wilson Center (WWC). Speakers include: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human...
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The Big Lie Behind Japanese Whaling
Dr. Kirby's BookThe following New York Times (10/13/14) op ed by Oxford University researcher Peter Wynn Kirby discusses Japan's rationale behind its insistence upon Antarctic whaling. He argues it is...
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Monday in Washington, October 27, 2014
EBOLA: U.S. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY OPTIONS. 10/27, Noon-1:00pm. Sponsor: Heritage Foundation. Speakers: Robert Kadlec, managing director of RPK Consulting LLC; Tevi Troy, president of the American...
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Retrogressive education leads to retrogressive thinking
Japanese schoolgirl 1920It was reported on October 23rd, that Japan's Finance Ministry will ask the Education Ministry to increase the maximum number of students per class for first-graders at public...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule September 8-14, 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014AM(Local time in Sri Lanka)View Kelaniya Temple on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri LankaDepart from Colombo (Bandaranaike) International Airport on private government...
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Why are Japan's female cabinet members so conservative?
The five women ABE Shinzo selected for his Cabinet on September 3rd are not evidence of women's advancement in Japanese society, as SHIRAI Satoshi (白井 聡) argues in GQ Japan. Instead, they are...
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Monday in Washington, November 3, 2014
OECD DATA HARVEST – AGRICULTURE POLICIES & GLOBAL MARKET OUTLOOK. 11/3, 9:30-Noon. Sponsors: OECD, Washington Center; Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA. Speakers: Ken Ash, Director, OECD Trade...
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Abe's Anxious Commitment
Can He Take Back Japan? is purported a book review in The New York Review of Books (November 6, 2014 Issue)of Chewing Gum and Chocolate: Photographs by Shomei Tomatsu. The book is an excuse for Ian...
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Monday in Washington, November 10, 2014
MONEY LAUNDERING ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE. 11/9-11. Sponsors: American Bankers Association, American Bar Association. Keynote Speakers: David Cohen, Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial...
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Japan Is Turning Right
Right-wing witch hunt signals dark days in JapanBY Dr. Jeff Kingston, Director of Asian Studies, Temple University Japan.The Japan Times, November 8, 2014for educational useMany Japanese and long-time...
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Lane Evans, Comfort Women Advocate in Congress, Dies at 63
None of the obituaries written about former Congressman Lane Evans (D-IL) note that he originated the Comfort Women resolution. All mention he was a dogged advocate for his fellow veterans, but not...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule September 15-21, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014AM12:00 At private residence (no visitors)10:00 At private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo (no morning visitors)Stay at private residence throughout the morning (no...
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Comfort Women issue in the Sunday New York Times
Sunday Review | OPINIONThe Comfort Women and Japan’s War on TruthBy MINDY KOTLER, APP DirectorRobert G. FressonWASHINGTON — In 1942, a lieutenant paymaster in Japan’s Imperial Navy named Yasuhiro...
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Monday in Washington, November 17, 2014
THE ECONOMIC AND SECURITY FUTURE. 11/17, 8:30am-1:30pm, Breakfast. Sponsor: Economists for Peace and Security. Speakers: Richard Kaufman, Bethesda Research Institute; Carl Conetta, Project on Defense...
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Zombienomics by Abenomics
Zombie AbenomicsJapan's Missing Economic RevivalBy Richard Katz, APP member and editor of The Oriental EconomistForeign Affairs, November 20, 2014Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic revival...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule September 22-28, 2014
Monday, September 22, 2014AM12:00 At official residence (no visitors)08:00 At private residence (no morning visitors)09:15 Depart from private residence09:42 Arrive at Haneda Airport09:51 Interview...
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Events for Thanksgiving Week
This is Thanksgiving Week in the United States. Congress is in recess and most people in Washington go "home."Yet there are still a few programs in Washington of interest to the Asia policy expert. And...
View ArticleInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
UN End Violence Against Women CampaignJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCNovember 25, 2014Today, we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the start of 16...
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