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SHINZO ABE

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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2015
Kono urges Abe to erase doubts over war history
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must erase doubts — sparked by his own words and deeds — that he wants to water down accounts of Japan's wartime wrongs, according to a former leader of the Liberal Democratic Party.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 18, 2015
In development bank battle, surge to China rattles Japan, U.S.
Tokyo is expressing doubts over the credibility of China's planned development bank, as European nations seek to join the new institution.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 18, 2015
Exports rise more than forecast, supporting recovery
Japanese exports rose more than forecast in February, supporting the nation's emergence from a recession last year.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2015
Taxpayers shouldn't fund war on Asahi Shimbun
The Abe administration's 'kulturekampf' against Asahi Shimbun makes it look like the Chinese Communist Party in its hostility to a free press.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 16, 2015
Ban urges Japan, China and S. Korea to engage in 'forward-looking' dialogue
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls on the leaders of Japan, China and South Korea to engage in a dialogue 'in a forward-looking manner' and lay the foundation for peace and reconciliation in the region.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 14, 2015
Indonesian preview for pending Abe statement?
Next month Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will attend the 60th commemoration of the 1955 Bandung Conference of Asian and African leaders in Jakarta.
EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2015
Amending for amendment's sake?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party are moving to put amendment of the Constitution at the forefront of their agenda, with specific timetables already discussed for revising text that has remained unchanged since it took effect in 1947.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2015
China eyes new venue for end-of-war parade
China's planned military parade to mark the end of World War II is likely to be held at the site Japan attacked in 1937 to trigger the Second Sino-Japanese War, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the plan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 11, 2015
Victims seek redress for 'unparalleled massacre' of Tokyo air raid
Why has one of the deadliest wartime events in history never been properly memorialized in Japan?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 10, 2015
Abe's new policy on foreign aid risks playing with fire
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is playing with fire in declaring that Japan may give non-lethal assistance to foreign military forces.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami