2017-07-11, 16:59 | Link #481 |
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Abe's Defence Minister Inada under fire for going out as her troops sent to aid Kyushu
These are people in charge. Ideologically extremely dubious. Entangled in one scandal after another. Incompetent in the execution of their duties. This is the Japanese leadership some posters here consider capable of managing Japan's domestic policies and changing roles abroad. How long will they be insulated from justified criticism? Contrary to assertions, quite a few people in Japan are getting fed up with Abe, Suga and Inada for very good reasons. |
2017-07-11, 21:22 | Link #482 |
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There is a mixed naval war games to go on in the Indian Ocean between the Americans, Japanese, and Indian navies, with each using carriers....to practice to potentially counter Chinese moves in the region.
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2017-07-18, 17:02 | Link #483 | |
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Renho discloses family registry as critics call move setback for minorities
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Abe to speak on favoritism claims at committee sessions next week
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2017-07-27, 06:16 | Link #485 |
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Mainichi - "BREAKING NEWS" - July 27, 2017
"Defense chief Inada to resign over troop data cover-up claims". Hopefully that will have further reaching repercussions. Mainichi July 21, 2017: "Yet, instead of ousting Inada, Prime Minister Abe protected her. The fact that Inada has continued to make blunders has only served to highlight the misguided decisions made by the prime minister. As it was Abe himself who scouted Inada and brought her into his Cabinet, the problems she creates have a very direct impact on the Abe government as a whole." https://mainichi.jp/english/articles...4000c#cxrecs_s Edit: Inada's press conference on Friday morning made the resignation official. Last edited by Verso Sciolto; 2017-07-27 at 22:11. |
2017-08-03, 23:50 | Link #487 |
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Would Japanese nukes stop North Korean aggression? Tokyo
taboo weakens amid NK testing: "As North Korea advances its nuclear ambitions with yet another test of a long-range missile system, the once unthinkable has started to go mainstream in Japan: a discussion of the idea that Japan needs to have a nuclear deterrent of its own to survive in an increasingly unstable region." "Today, experts tell Fox News the idea that Japan can and should possess nuclear weapons on its own soil, whether they are domestically developed or provided by the U.S., is no longer the exclusive realm of Japanese extremists. "There are some Japanese security analysts who are starting to think about stationing nuclear weapons in Japan and they are mainstream. That is new in Japan," said Mark Fitzpatrick, Washington Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of the book “Asia's Latent Nuclear Powers.”" See: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08...k-testing.html Will North Korea's nuke program and China's increasing assertiveness cause Japan to go nuclear? |
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No more Hiroshimas.
From the website of the Peace Memorial Museum: Communicating the Message of Hiroshima to the World. From The City of Hiroshima - Peace Declaration website, the concluding remark from, About the Peace Declaration: Quote:
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2017-08-29, 22:13 | Link #492 |
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Japan's Deputy PM Regrets Saying Hitler Had 'Correct Motivations'
( Bloomberg, August 30, 2017 - By James Mayger and Maiko Takahashi) How many times have this Aso's real thoughts about Hitler and the nazis spilled out now? How many more "slips" will he "regretfully" have to retract until we're finally rid of him? |
2017-08-30, 00:35 | Link #493 | |
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Looks like Abe hopes the rising belligerence of the DPRK will help give him a resounding electoral victory.
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2017-10-08, 09:18 | Link #495 | |
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Will Yuriko run for the Diet?
She has just two more days to declare. If she really wants to be Prime Minister, she'll have to take this route, but maybe she's waiting for the next election? Quote:
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2017-10-09, 07:22 | Link #498 |
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It is really unexpected, that the sudden public support for amending the Constitution is really triggered by the lack of faith in the United States. For decades, the main argument for having a small army is because America had Japan's back. But this has become weakened because the United States choose a literally incompetent man as their commander in chief.
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2017-10-09, 10:37 | Link #499 | |
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My understanding is that the pressures to rewrite the more pacifistic clauses in the Japanese Constitution go back much further than 2016. Trump may have aggravated the problem, but he is certainly not the reason. Domestic Japanese politics play a greater role. For instance, here's an article from The Economist that was published in 2013:
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2017-10-09, 16:09 | Link #500 | |
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from a foreigner's point of view, Abe has always been a war hawk and Koike was an unknown to me |
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