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SUMMIT

COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2017
Xi got played, but he played it well
Imagine being guest of honor at a state dinner planned to trumpet bilateral ties only to have your host lean over and whisper, 'We're bombing Syria tonight.'
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2017
Viewed from China, summit a success
From Beijing's perspective, things went very well in Mar-a-Lago, with China taking the initiative and the Americans going along.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 25, 2016
Will Abe's new approach to ties with Russia pay off?
Anticipation is building that a breakthrough could finally be achieved in the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia. But is it merely wishful thinking?
EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 2016
What's next after the G-20 summit?
Now that the China-hosted summit is over, will Beijing ramp up its South China Sea agenda?
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2016
Tokyo to host 'Davos for women' in 2017
A leading global business and economic forum for women will come to Tokyo for the first time next year, founder Irene Natividad announced Wednesday, saying she hopes the event will empower women in Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2016
Women's empowerment: The time is now, Japan
While Japan's GDP growth is declining, the country is experiencing a rise in gross domestic power of the feminine persuasion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 4, 2016
Under Abe, Japan gets left behind at G-7 summit
For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the best thing about the recent G-7 Ise-Shima summit was that it gave him cover to wriggle out of a planned tax increase. He could pretend postponing the tax increase is a statesman-like concession to boosting global growth, rather than a way to pander to voters in the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2016
Close Abe aides eyed over last-minute change in economy slides presented at G-7 summit
The Group of Seven summit meeting last week in Ise, Mie Prefecture, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has raised suspicions about Japan's political agenda.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2016
G-7 a precursor for Abe's pivot on consumption tax hike
The prime minister may have tried to use the G-7 summit for his own domestic political goal: creating a pretext to break his consumption tax pledge.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2016
G-7 broadly agrees on ways to spur growth
Leaders agree to better cooperate on fiscal measures, but they remain sharply divided on how much each country should spend.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2016
Obama visits Hiroshima to ponder 'terrible force unleashed'
Barack Obama on Friday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, laying a wreath at the site of the world's first atomic bombing in a gesture Tokyo and Washington hope will showcase their alliance and invigorate efforts to eradicate nuclear weapons.
EDITORIALS
May 27, 2016
G-7 summit and Japan's economy
The Abe administration's economic policies should be reassessed in light of the statement made at the G-7 summit on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2016
G-7 leaders reaffirm commitment to adopting Paris Agreement
Meanwhile, Japan managed to keep the Fukushima nuclear disaster from taking center stage.

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