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This Monday in Washington
lantern at the Tidal BasinThe cherry blossoms will bloom in Washington this week. Congress remains in recess. The 2013 Sakura Matsuri will end the week on Saturday April 13th. HERE you can find the...
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Reference Comfort Women
The March 13th edition of the Japan Times, an English-language newspaper in Japan, reviewed the issues surrounding the Comfort Women.In Abe’s future, a nationalist rewrite of the past?By Reiji...
View ArticleAPP on Huffington Post Live!
Today, April 4, APP director Mindy Kotler joined APP member Ms. Shihoko Goto of the Wilson Center Asia Program, Ms. Yuki Tatsumi of the Stimson Centers, and Professor Thomas Berger of Boston University...
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Japanese high courts trip up the Abe government
The Australian National University's East Asian Bureau of Economic Research published on April 4th the following analysis of Japan constitutional issues by MIT's Michael Cucek (APP member) in its...
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Monday in Washington
The cherry blossoms did not bloom last week in Washington, but most certainly will this week. Congress is back. The 2013 Sakura Matsuri will end the week on Saturday April 13th. HERE you can find the...
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National Former POW Recognition Day
In 2009, President Barak Obama proclaimed April 9th to be National Former POW Day. This is an especially historic day for American and Filipino POWs of Japan.On April 9, 1942, after four months of...
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Abenomics - Seminar
FROM ABENOMICS TO THE SENKAKUS: A REPORT FROM TOKYOwithRichard Katz editor of The Oriental Economist ReportAPP Member April 11, 4:30-6:00pm Washington, DC SponsorReischauer Center for East Asia...
View ArticleUsing belligerence to forget
On April 8th, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter gave a speech to CSIS outlining American military capabilities and plans in the Indo-Pacific region. [TRANSCRIPT] He emphasized that "U.S....
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule Feb 18-March 10, 2013
February 18, 2013 (Mon)AM07:12 Office07:14 Mr. Sekou, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary08:29 Mr. Sekou leaves08:52 Parliament09:00 The Upper House Budget Committee11:58 OfficePM12:02 Mr. Kishida, Foreign...
View ArticleOutlook for the Abe Cabinet
On February 28, APP member Michael Cucek, who writes the Shisaku blog on Japanese politics, gave an analysis of the early successes of the Abe Cabinet to Temple University's Institute of Contemporary...
View ArticleNo comfort for Minister Kishida
What must have been on Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida's mind as he stood behind actress Angelina Jolie at the ending press conference of G8 Foreign Ministers Summit in London? Ms. Jolie was...
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U.S.-Japan Okinawa Agreement Not a Breakthrough
George Washington University Professor Mike Mochizuki, an APP Board Member, was interviewed on April 11th by Peter Ennis for Toyo Keizai On-Line and Dispatch Japan regarding the "new" agreement to set...
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Outliers
Lt. Gen. Tachibani surrenderingIwo Jima and Chichijima are islands on the edges of Japan. Barely 150 miles apart, both have unique histories. Neither was ever fully Japanese nor returned to Japan at...
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Monday in Washington
POWDER KEG IN PYONGYANG: HOW SERIOUS IS THE KOREAN CRISIS? 4/15, 9:30-11:00am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: Dan Blumenthal, AEI; Abraham M. Denmark, National Bureau of Asian Research; Thomas...
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Japan's Finance Minister in Washington
CSIS Statesmen's ForumHis Excellency Taro AsoDeputy Prime Minister of Japan Minister of Finance, and Minister of State for Financial ServicesWhat is Abenomics? Current and Future Steps of Japanese...
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Monday in Washington
ARAB REVOLUTIONS AND THE IMF: SUPPORTING DEMOCRATIZATION OR BUSINESS AS USUAL? 4/22, 9:00-10:30am. Sponsor: New America Foundation (NAF). Speakers: Mahinour El-Badrawi; Senior Researcher, Egyptian...
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Times echoes American frustration with Japan
Masakaki OfferingThe New York TimesApril 23, 2013Japan’s Unnecessary NationalismBy THE EDITORIAL BOARDSince taking over as Japan’s prime minister in December, Shinzo Abe and his conservative Liberal...
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Japan's TPP decision
Not everyone is happyOn Saturday, April 20th, the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries -- which include Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru,...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule March 11-22
March 11, 2013 (Mon)AM08:03 Office08:05 Mr. Katou, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary08:53 Parliament09:00 Lower House Budget CommitteePM12:07 Office12:09 Foreign Minister Kishida; and Administrative Vice...
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Finally the Washington Post Speaks Out
Prime Minister AbeReflecting the increasing dismay and exasperation of the Obama Administration with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Editorial Board of the Washington Post on Saturday, April...
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