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Monday in Washington
MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY. 4/29, 11:30am-1:00pm. Sponsor: Women in International Trade (WIIT). Speakers: Rachael Leman, Deputy Staff Director, House Rules Committee, Office of...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule March 23-31
March 23, 2013 (Sat)AM 08:36 Three Hundred Club, a golf course in Chigasaki City, Kawanagawa; Golf with relatives and secretaries PM 04:56 Home in Tomigaya 06:36 Dinner with Mr. Tatsunori Hara, Manager...
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Japan speaks in Washington
In Japan, this is Golden Week. For Washington this means that there will an influx of official visitors from Japan.The following Cabinet ministers are expected in Washington this week:Foreign Affairs...
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Abe in the Tank
Americans snickered this week at the viral photo of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a tank wearing a helmut. It recalled a similar image of failed presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.Above is...
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Monday in Washington
REDUCING GLOBAL WEAPONS DANGERS: BOLSTERING THE NPT AND BUILDING THE NEW ATT REGIME. 5/6, 9:00am -1:30pm. Sponsor: Arms Control Association. Speakers: Ellen Tauscher, former Undersecretary of State for...
View ArticleAbenomics explained
The catchy, clever phrase "Abenomics" is being marketed hard by the Abe team. The new Japanese Administration is trying to position its economic policy as something new and distintive; as more of a...
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Germany, not Japan, as Essential Partner of the United States
By Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman, APP member and Director, Society, Culture and Politics Program, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies/Johns Hopkins UniversityThis essay first appeared as “Der...
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China’s Evolving ‘Core Interests’
An editorial in The New York Times on May 11, 2013 (in print on May 12, 2013, on page SR10) chastises the Chinese for defining the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands as "core interests" that will be defended and...
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Monday in Washington
URBANIZATION AND POVERTY REDUCTION CONFERENCE, 2013: BRIDGING RURAL AND URBAN PERSPECTIVES. 5/13-14, 9:00am. Sponsor: World Bank. Keynote Speakers: Somik Lall, Economist for Urban Development, World...
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Japan is leashed, for now
East and West, diplomats are puzzeled by the Abe Administration's emphasis on recasting Japan's war history as either defensive or entitled. Some think its source is the Japanese reluctance to speak...
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Will history again trip up Prime Minister Shinzo Abe?
Issues of history have dominated the past few weeks of Japan's international relations. For Japan's leaders, they are defending the nation's honor, for all others Tokyo's inability to squarely confront...
View ArticleKorea Scores a Milestone with President Park's Address to Congress
Dennis Halpin, former professional staff of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has recently become a Senior Fellow at Asia Policy Point. He is a retired Foreign Service officer who served in South...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule April 1-14
April 1, 2013 (Mon)AM 09:27 Imperial Palace; Report of Return 09:44 Office 10:17 Courtesy Call from the First JENESYS 2.0 ASEAN Youth Delegation10:36 Professor Shigeki Hakamada of Niigata Prefectural...
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Monday in Washington
DOING BUSINESS WITH THE BRICS (BRAZIL, RUSSIA, INDIA, CHINA AND SOUTH AFRICA). 5/20, 9:00am-5:00pm. Sponsor: The Eurasia Center, the Eurasian Business Coalition, and the Russian Federation Chamber of...
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Tobias Harris is Back!
Tobias Harris whose detailed blog posts on Japanese politics at Observing Japan that helped explain LDP and DPJ antics is back! And we are indeed better for it.He had stopped blogging in 2011. Rumor...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule April 15-28
April 15, 2013 (Mon)AM 08:25 Office08:33 Education Rebuilding Implementation Council10:42 Courtesy Call from the Secretary of State of the United States, Mr. John F. Kerry; Foreign Minister Kishida,...
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Concerning China in Washington this Week
National Security Advisor Tom Donilon meets with Chinese officials in Beijing early this week in preparation for a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Obama on June 7-8 in Rancho...
View ArticleMayor Hashimoto defends himself
On two consecutive days (May 27 & 28) the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan hosted two press conferences about the controversial remarks of Nippon Ishin No Kai (Japan Restoration Party) Osaka...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule April 29 - May 5
April 29, 2013 (Mon)Visit Russian FederationApril 30, 2013 (Tue)Complete visit to Russia and travel to Saudi ArabiaMay 1, 2013 (Wed)Visit the United Arab EmiratesMay 2, 2013 (Thu)Continue visit in the...
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