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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule Nov 12-18
November 12, 2012 (MON)AM07:03 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Mitani and Mr. Ogushi, Special Advisors for PM08:01 Mr. Mitani leave08:25Mr. Saito and Mr. Ogushi leave08:43...
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Torpedoing Pearl Harbor Day
Churchill MugThis essay by your editor first appeared 12/07/12 in The Hill, a newspaper and website focused on issues affecting Capitol Hill. Last year, Congress stopped remembering Pearl Harbor. For...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule Nov 19-25
November 19, 2012 (MON)* ASEAN-related Summit Meetings and Others (Second Day)AM Japan-ASEAN Summit in Cambodia Prime Minister’s office, Phnom PenhPM ASEAN+3 SummitASEAN+3 Summit LuncheonConversation...
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Monday in Washington
This month cannot get over soon enoughASSESSING THE SOUTH KOREAN AND JAPANESE ELECTIONS. 12/10, 2:00-3:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Asian Studies, Heritage. Speakers: Dr. Michael Green, Senior...
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Prime Minister of Japan's schedule Nov 26-Dec 2
November 26, 2012 (MON)AM 08:19 JR Tokyo Station 08:33 Leave the station on Hikari Express #550 09:58 Arrive at JR Toyohashi Station, Aichi Prefecture 10:14 Leave the Toyohashi Station on Kodama...
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The New Year
Mt Fuji from Kamakura by Baron Ryosuke Kamiin memory of Beate Sirota GordonJanuary 1, 2013Requiescat in pace
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Japan Can Champion Women’s Rights
Jan Ruff O'HerneThis op ed appeared in the International Herald Tribune on January 2, 2013. The author is APP Member, Mary M. McCarthy. She is an assistant professor of politics and international...
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US-Japan Relations
Security, Alliance, and the Japanese Political LandscapeTuesday, January 8, 2013 – 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Asian Studies Center, The Heritage FoundationFeaturing Keynote Remarks byThe Honorable...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule Dec 3-29, 2012
December 3, 2012 (MON) AM09:17 Office10:02 Press Group Interview11:00 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister11:25 Mr. Gemba, Foreign Minister; and Mr. Sugiyama, Director General, Asia-Oceanian Affairs...
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Mixed views in Washington of Abe’s rebooted administration
By William L. Brooks, APP Senior Fellow, Adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. He retired from the U.S. State Department in September 2009 after a 35-year career as a diplomat and research...
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Abe Shinzo worries the US
At a January 10 conference on Asia at the Carnegie Endowment, Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell confirmed that US government was concerned about the Abe Administration's statements on history....
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An encounter with a denier
The sick man of Asia: costs of denialBy Richard TanterNautilus Institute, January 10, 2012Let me tell you a story. It’s a bit long, and about a friend of mine and her family, but it might explain why I...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule Dec 31, 2012-Jan 6, 2013
December 31, 2012 (MON)AM Home in Tomigaya, Tokyo PM12:44 Hotel Grand Hyatt Tokyo, exercise in Nagomi Spa and Fitness 04:44 Home i January 1, 2013 (TUE) AM10:31 Imperial Palace, attend new year’s...
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Australian APP member interviewed on Japan's Foreign Minister's visit
Jenny Corbett, Executive Director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre and Professor of Economics, at the Australian National University and APP member discussed on January 14 with Liam Cochrane of...
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What values do the US share with Japan
Sakurai & Abe atGlobis Summit 2011Ms.Yoshiko Sakurai, President of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals, is a prominent conservative nationalist journalist and longtime adviser to Prime...
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Constitutional amendment only damages Japan's international stature
Japanese planes ready to take off to attack Pearl HarborAPP member Paul Giarra was interviewed for this POINT OF VIEW article in the January 17, 2013 of the Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch. Mr....
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Japan's deniers use anti-Semitism
In the October 2012 issue of the popular Japanese monthly magazine, Seiron, is an unattributed commentary on the Bataan Death March. The author dismisses the brutality of the March by asserting that...
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OUT 2012 IN 2013Exposed Corrupt Officials More Corrupt OfficialsYouth League FactionPrincelings"Leftover Women"Leftover MenForeign JournalistsAndrea YuThe World-Wide...
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Mongolia in 2012: A Steady Path Toward Democracy and Development
This essay by Mendee Jargalsaikhany, a political science PhD student at the University of British Columbia, first appeared in the Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 9, January 17, 2013 Mongolia...
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LDP Official wants review of war apologies
Shinzo Abe and Sanae TakaichiThe 1995 Murayama Statement, is Japan only official apology for Japan's war in Asia. It is the only Cabinet-approved apology by Japan. There have been several other...
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