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Know your Abe Administration - Directory for Sale
Shinzo AbeDo you know who's who in Abe's 4th Cabinet, 2nd reshuffle?Directory of the Abe AdministrationShinzo ABE created a new Cabinet on November 1, 2017 after his party's landslide victory in the...
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Northeast Asia unraveling amid US retreat
Bolton and KonoWe are left now watching events unfold in East Asia in the absence of American leadership and a cogent strategyBy Daniel Sneider,Stanford University lecturer, Asia Policy Point member,...
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Monday in Washington, July 29, 2019
U.S. CHINA RELATIONS: THE VIEW FROM CITIES AND STATES. 7/29, 9:30-11:45am. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Cheng Li, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy;...
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The emboldened nationalism of Japan and Korea
Will he or won't heIs There Any End To The Japan-ROK Dispute? The Strategic Choices Being MadeComparable to the deep freeze after then-prime minister Koizumi visited Yasukuni ShrineBy Dan Sneider,...
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A New Opposition in Japan
Yamamoto Taro: New Prospects for Progressive Politics in JapanElections are coming up in Japan, and Shinzo Abe faces a challenge from the leftBy Emanuel Pastreich, director of The Asia Institute First...
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In Memoriam Jan Ruff-O'Herne
Mrs. Jan Ruff-O'Herne died on Monday, August 19, 2019. Jan was the Dutch Comfort Woman who traveled from her home in Australia to testify to a subcommittee of House of Representatives Foreign Affairs...
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The Contradiction between the symbolic emperor system and the Constitution...
By Watanabe Osamu, Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi UniversityTranslation by Lawrence Repeta for the Asia-Pacific Journal. He is a former professor of law at Meiji University in Japan, an Asia-Pacific...
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Shusenjo - The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women IssueA Documentary by Miki DezakiThe “comfort women” issue is perhaps Japan’s most contentious present-day diplomatic quandary. Inside Japan, the...
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The Japanese prime minister’s end game
Abe’s cabinet changes reflect tension between pragmatism and ideologyAsiaTimes, September 15, 2019By Daniel Sneider, a Stanford lecturer and APP member, is associate editor of the Washington-based...
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The Politics of Hate and Artistic Expression in Japan
statue in questionOrganizers of the 2019 Aichi Triennale, a sprawling showcase of contemporary art, got more publicity than they bargained forBy Jeff Kingston, Temple University, The Diplomat,...
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Viewing the Comfort Women history battle West Coast
See the documentary Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue in October at the following universities:🎥October 2nd - University of Minnesota🎥October 3rd - University of...
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Monday in Washington September 23 2019
IMPLEMENTING INNOVATION: THE 21ST CENTURY NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE. 9/ 23, 2019 10:00am-12:45pm. Sponsors: CSIS, Northeastern University. Speakers: Joseph E. Aoun, President,...
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Monday in Washington September 30, 2019
JOONGANG ILBO-CSIS FORUM 2019: NAVIGATING GEOSTRATEGIC FLUX IN ASIA: THE UNITED STATES AND KOREA. 9/30, 9:00am-4:00pm. Sponsors: CSIS; JoongAng Ilbo. Keynote Speaker: Ambassador John. R. Bolton,...
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Monday in Washington October 7, 2019
MORE THAN A WALLET: THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN DEVELOPMENT. 10/7, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Richard Crespin, CEO, CollaborateUp; Melissa Scudo Gasmi, Senior Vice President, Middle...
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Monday in Washington October 14 2019
Columbus Day Holiday - Indigenous Peoples’ DayPROSPECTS FOR A NUCLEAR DEAL WITH NORTH KOREA.10/14, 3:00-5.00pm, Sponsors: GW Institute for Korean Studies; GW East Asia National Resource Center....
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Monday in Washington October 21, 2019
THE SCIENCE OF BUREAUCRACY. RISK DECISION-MAKING AND THE LEGITIMACY OF THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. 10/21, 8:30-1030am. Sponsor: Consortium for Science and Policy Outcomes. Speaker: author,...
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How Impeachment May Reshape American Foreign Policy
By Daniel Sneider, Lecturer, International Policy at Stanford University and APP member.Toyo Keizai, October 25, 2019Japanese are understandably riveted by the procession of deadly storms marching...
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Can the Statue of Peace find Peace?
On Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 3:00pm on the front lawn of 7601 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, Virginia a Comfort Woman Statue will be unveiled.Known as the "Statue of Peace," and also called Sonyeo...
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Monday in Washington October 28, 2019
PROSPECTS OF THE RUSSIAN PROTEST MOVEMENT. 10/28, 2:00pm. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Dr. Olga Khostunova, Author; Ms. Ksenia Kirillova, Author; John Herbst, Ambassador; Dr. Maria...
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