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Monday in Washington, July 1
CHINA FINANCIAL CENTRE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT. 7/1, 7:30-11:45am Sponsor: Economic Strategy Institute. Speakers: Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute; Feng Yueqiu, Director, China...
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Rendezvous with Destiny
Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin Roosevelt Took the United States into World War IIOn July 3, Foreign Policy at The Brookings Institution will host Nonresident Senior Fellow Michael Fullilove,...
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War photography
Two venues in Washington this month hold exhibits of war photography that include subjects from conflicts in Asia. Both have opening receptions this holiday weekend. They are the Corcoran Gallery of...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule June 20-28, 2013
June 20, 2013 (Thurs)PM03:42 Finishes tour of Europe. Arrives from England at Haneda airport on a government plane with wife Akie03:59 Leaves airport04:24 Arrives at Imperial Palace. Report of...
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Monday in Washington July 8th
THE FUTURE OF CIVIL SPACE EXPLORATION. 7/8, 9:00-10:00am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), Ranking Member, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Subcommittee on Space;...
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Strategic Mongolia
On July 10, the eve of Mongolia's National Day, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj will be sworn in for his second term as the country’s president. The election was held June 26th. July 11 through 13 is Mongolia's...
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Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is keen on visiting soon the Yasukuni Shrine. He believes, as noted in the translation below, that his recent visits to foreign war cemeteries are equivalent to paying homage...
View ArticleCongress by the numbers
The Brookings Institution in collaboration with AEI has made public data its scholars collect on the U.S. Congress. This dataset of "Vital Statistics" documents the increasing polarization of Congress...
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Cultural tourism in Washington
SATURDAY, JULY 13, 2013 COMMUNITY TRAIL LAUNCHLogan Circle ParkWashington, DCUNVEILING: 3 PM AT LOGAN CIRCLE PARKWith emcee Derrick Ward of NBC 4, Councilmember Jack Evans, and distinguished...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule June 29-July 5
June 29, 2013 (Sat)AM11:45 Leaves private residence in TomigayaPM12:03 Arrives at Grand Hyatt Tokyo Hotel in Roppongi. Inside, exercises at NAGOMI Spa and Fitness03:18 Leaves hotel03:51 Arrives at...
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Monday in Washington July 15
POLITICS IN TOUGH PLACES: UNITED NATIONS DIPLOMACY IN TODAY'S CRISES. 7/15, 11:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs;...
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Japan stays a Tier 2 country
On June 19, the US State Department cited Japan for the 13th year in a row as a Tier 2 Country in its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report [See Japan Section below]. The country is a major...
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In the debate, he refused to take a stance on whether he believed Japan invaded China and established colonial rule on the Korean peninsula in the 20th century."I'm not saying that there was no...
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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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'How Asia Works': A New Book
Interview: Author of How Asia WorksInterview with Joe Studwell by Sam Roggeveen, Editor, The Interpreter, Lowy Institute for International Policy, July 11, 2013This interview originally appeared as a...
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Washington Book Events - Week of July 15
STRANGE REBELS: 1979 AND THE BIRTH OF THE 21ST CENTURY. 7/16, 6:30-8:00pm. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Speaker: Christian Caryl, Author, Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st CenturyTHE...
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Re-Branding Abe's Nationalism
The Re-Branding of Abe Nationalism: Global PerspectivesThe Asia-Pacific Journal, Volume 11, Issue 28, No. 1, July 15, 2013Tessa Morris-Suzuki*, Australian National University, APP MemberIn 2010, the...
View ArticleAwake Peace-addicted Japanese!
The above is a stump speech Nariaki Nakayama (J), gave for his wife Kyoko on July 17th in Otemachi, Tokyo for the Upper House elections. In it, he urges Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit Yasukuni in...
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Monday in Washington, July 22, 2013
US State Dept ReportPROTECTING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY FROM CYBER ATTACKS. 7/22, 10:00-11:00am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: International Institute for Strategic Studies – US (IISS-US). Speaker: Rep. Mike...
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Washington Book Events - Week of July 22
RESISTING IMPERIALISM, RESISTING DECOLONIZATION: MAKING 'CHINA' FROM THE RUINS OF THE QING, 1912-1949. 7/23, 4:00pm. Sponsor: Library of Congress. Speaker: Kenneth Pomeranz, Professor, University of...
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