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Mike Mochizuki in Australia
On the RocksJapan-China Tensions and the East China SeawithProfessor Mike MochizukiGeorge Washington University31 May 20134:30-5:30pmJapan InstituteAustralian National UniversityLecture theatre 2,...
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Introducing the Indo-Pacific
Over the past few months, the phrase "Indo-Pacific" has begun to overtake "Asia-Pacific" in referring to Asia. As the article from APP's Australia National University's members show, the origin of the...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule May 6-19
May 6, 2013 (Mon)AM 07:11 Fujisakura Country Club; Golfing with Mrs. Abe; Mr. Kouichi Hagyuda, LDP Lower House member; Mr. Honda, Councilor of Cabinet Secretariat; and secretaries PM03:49 JR Ootski...
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Asia in this week's Washington
MANAGING TENSIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. 6/5-6, 8:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: CSIS, Southeast Asia Program. Speakers: Dr. Patrick M. Cronin, Senior Advisor and Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program,...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule May 20-27
May 20, 2013 (Mon)AM09:22 Office10:32 Ministerial Council on Monthly Economic Report and Other Relative Issues10:52 Economic Revitalization Minister Amari; Mr. Matsumoto, Administrative Vice Minister...
View ArticleAbe's Nationalist Japan
Australian National University Professor and APP member Rikki Kersten was interviewed on June 2nd byABC News about the consequences of Abe's retrogressive views of Japanese history and society. His...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule May 27-June 3
May 27, 2013 (Mon)AM09:43 Leaves private residence in Tomigaya09:59 Arrive at Imperial Palace. Report of return home10:06 Leave Imperial Palace10:13 Arrive at office10:15 Hiroshige Seko, Deputy Chief...
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Japan as a Tier 2 country
In his February speech in Washington, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saidLast year, Richard Armitage, Joseph Nye, Michael Green and others published a paper about Japan in which they asked if Japan...
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Spamming the Comfort Women
American legislatures are fast becoming aware of the Comfort Women issue. Two factors appear to be at play. One is a greater awareness and prosecution of human trafficking. The other is the growing...
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Monday in Washington
ONE MILLION BONES. 6/8-10. National Mall. Large-scale social arts practice, combining education, hands-on art making, and public installation to raise awareness of ongoing genocides and mass atrocities...
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All quiet on Abe
Signatories of November 4, 2012 The Facts AdShinzo Abe and the media: Self-censorshipRichard Katz, editor of the Oriental Economist and APP member, published the article below in OE's June 2013 issue...
View ArticleAsian Americans push back
On June 11, San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim introduced a resolution asking Mayor Ed Lee to urge his Osaka counterpart, Toru Hashimoto to apologize to the Comfort Women victims, retract his demeaning...
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Monday in Washington
EIA ENERGY CONFERENCE. 6/17-18, 8:45am. Sponsor: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Keynote Speakers: Ernest Moniz, Energy Secretary; Neelash Nerurkar, State Department Senior Adviser,...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule June 4-11
June 4, 2013 (Tues)AM08:03 Leave private residence in Tomigaya08:14 Arrive at office08:23 Cabinet meeting08:34 Seko Hiroshige, Chief Cabinet Deputy Secretary09:52 Leave office09:54 Arrive at National...
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South Korea: The Enduring Alliance
THE ENDURING ALLIANCECELEBRATING THE 60THANNIVERSARY OF ROK-US RELATIONSJune 24 9:00am-6:40pmJune 259:00am-6:00pmSponsor Asan Institute for Policy Studies SpeakersHahm Chaibong, Asan Institute; Burwell...
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Monday in Washington
THE ENDURING ALLIANCE: CELEBRATING THE60TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROK-US RELATIONS. 6/24, 9:00am-6:40pm, 6/25, 9:00am-6:00pm. Sponsor: Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Speakers: Hahm Chaibong, Asan...
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Happy Birthday Raphael Lemkin
Today, June 24, is the 113th birthday Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959). A linguist, a lawyer, a scholar, he devoted most of his life to making the world understand and recognize a crime so horrific that...
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Don't get MAD, get MAP
ties that bindMutual Assured Production: Why Trade Will Limit Conflict Between China and JapanBy Richard Katz, editor Oriental EconomistAPP memberFirst appeared in the July/August 2013 edition of...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule June 12-19
June 12, 2013 (Wed)AM09:40 Leave private residence in Tomigaya09:59 Arrive at office11:15 Toshiro Yonemura, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis ManagementPM01:25 Lower House Member Yasuhisa...
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North Korean Sanctions Report
Global NampoOn May 31, the UN's 1718 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee met to discuss its latest annual report from the Panel of Experts (PoE) assisting the Committee.*...
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