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Don’t Do It, Shinzo Abe!
Credit: Hajime Takashi/ZUMA Press/Newscom Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has an unenviable task. While Mr. Abe may prove to be exactly what the country needs in terms of foreign policy,...
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Heritage Welcomes Conservative Victories in South Korea and Japan
Credit: Yonhap News/YNA/Newscom Park Geun-hye achieved a historic victory in South Korea, becoming the first woman president in the country’s history. Park is a member of Korea’s National Assembly and...
View ArticleJapan’s Economy – What Really Matters
Japanese gross domestic product (GDP) fell for the third straight quarter (October–December) and was essentially flat for 2012 as a whole. This continues two decades of stagnation in annual...
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Japan: Looking to Shinzo Abe for a Brighter Future
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Following a statement by the World Health Organization on the low predictive rate for cancer in Fukushima, Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was quoted Thursday...
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Japan: Two Years After 3/11
Newscom Yesterday marked the anniversary of the three-tiered terror that happened to Japan two years ago. On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan. The quake,...
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Japan’s Step Closer to TPP
Newscom Today, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan will officially join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This comes a day after Prime Minister Abe received the okay to join TPP by his...
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Turning Down the Heat: Japan and Taiwan Reach Senkakus Accord
Kyodo/Newscom The Japanese press today announced that Tokyo and Taipei had reached an accord on fishing rights around the disputed Senkaku Islands. This marks a significant step forward in reducing...
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Dealing the Right Cards in Japan's Upper-House Shuffle
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom) On Sunday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) took majority power in Japan’s upper house, giving...
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Japan’s Revolving Door Tax
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to increase Japan’s sales tax from 5 percent to 8 percent next year. Abe and his close ally Haruhiko Kuroda, head of the...
View ArticleWhy Japan Should Reengineer Innovation
The Japanese are good at innovation. It was their reengineering techniques that propelled them to a top world competitor in the 1980s. But since stagnation began 20 years ago, Japan’s skill of...
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Chinese Military Plays Greater Role in South China Sea Disputes
Newscom China appears increasingly willing to escalate tensions along its periphery as it asserts its claims over various disputed islands and shoals. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently...
View ArticleYoung Heritage Researchers Group in Japan
A group of 10 young researchers from The Heritage Foundation arrived in Narita International Airport on Japan’s national Foundation Day holiday (also known as Kenkoku Kinen no Hi), which celebrates the...
View ArticleJapan: On-the-Ground Perspective of Volatile Disputes
On a recent visit by 10 young Heritage Foundation researchers to Tokyo, Japan, the issue of torn relations between Japan and China dominated the majority of our meetings with Ministry of Defense and...
View ArticleGovernment of Japan Oversteps Its Bounds
The Japanese state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy told reporters last week that the government of Japan would “react” to those firms who don’t fall in line to Prime Minister Shinzo...
View ArticleSouth Korea Needs Trustpolitik…with Japan
Just when relations between South Korea and Japan appeared unalterably on the road to perdition, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proffered an off-ramp. Abe defied predictions by affirming rather...
View ArticleAs Fed Tapers, More Central Bank Independence Needed
This week finance ministers and central bank officials from around the world will converge on Washington for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Discussions of...
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Amid Chinese Aggression, Obama Affirms U.S. Defense of Japan’s Senkaku Islands
Photo: Xinhua/Sipa USA During his trip to Japan, President Obama publicly affirmed long-standing U.S. policy that the bilateral security treaty applies to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. China...
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Don’t Do It, Shinzo Abe!
Credit: Hajime Takashi/ZUMA Press/Newscom Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has an unenviable task. While Mr. Abe may prove to be exactly what the country needs in terms of foreign policy,...
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Heritage Welcomes Conservative Victories in South Korea and Japan
Credit: Yonhap News/YNA/Newscom Park Geun-hye achieved a historic victory in South Korea, becoming the first woman president in the country’s history. Park is a member of Korea’s National Assembly and...
View ArticleJapan’s Economy – What Really Matters
Japanese gross domestic product (GDP) fell for the third straight quarter (October–December) and was essentially flat for 2012 as a whole. This continues two decades of stagnation in annual...
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