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Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's Rapidly Diminishing PM
Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy and making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister looked at risk of coming unstuck on Sunday.
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Japan's Big Shift In Defence Policy In View Of China, North Korea Threats
Japan is expected to announce its biggest defence overhaul in decades this week, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China.
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Japan's Shinzo Abe Sought To Revive Economy, Fulfil Conservative Agenda
Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, launched his "Abenomics" policies to lift the economy out of deflation, strengthen Japan's military and sought to counter China's growing clout in a historic two-term tenure.
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North Korea Wants Military 'Equilibrium' With The US, Kim Jong Un Says
North Korea is seeking military "equilibrium" with the United States as a way to stop American leaders from talking about military options for dealing with Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un said after supervising the launch of another missile over Japan.
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Japan And India To Build Military Ties With Eye On China: Foreign Media
Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley agreed in Tokyo on Monday to increase military cooperation with Japan, which could potentially complicate U.S. policy in the region.
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Defence Shift Could Be Excuse For Attack: Japan's PM Hopeful
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's defence policy shift to allow the military to fight abroad for the first time since 1945 could be used by militants as an excuse to attack Japan, a ruling party lawmaker who hopes one day to succeed Abe said today.
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Japan Bills to Expand Military Role Near Enactment Despite Protests
Japan's parliament drew near on Friday to enacting contentious defence legislation that could ease the constraints of the pacifist constitution to let troops fight overseas for the first time since World War Two, despite public protests and delaying tactics by the opposition.
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Unpopular Japan Security Bills Approved by Lower House
Legislation for a dramatic change in Japan's defence policy that loosens constraints on the military was approved by parliament's lower house on Thursday, despite huge popular protests and a dent in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ratings.
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Japan Joins US-Australia War Games Amid China Tensions
The United States and Australia kicked off a massive joint biennial military exercise on today, with Japan taking part for the first time as tensions with China over territorial rows loom over the drills.
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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Support Lowest Since 2012 Amid Doubts About Security Bills
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet has fallen to the lowest level since he took office in 2012, to just over 40 percent, with nearly two-thirds of voters opposed to his muscular defense policy that would end a self-imposed ban on the military fighting overseas, a weekend media survey showed.
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Looking to Complement India's 'Act East' Policy: US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter
Ahead of his India visit next week, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter today said America is looking for new ways to complement India's 'Act East' policy and find meaningful areas of cooperation in the Asia Pacific.
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Shinzo Abe's Cabinet to Approve Japan Security Bills; Voters Wary, Confused
Japan's cabinet was set to approve on Thursday bills to implement a drastic shift in security policy allowing the military to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, although the public is divided and wary of the change.
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Aged Japan Veterans Voice Concerns About Military Policy Shift
Tokuro Inokuma, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier, got his first taste of the horrors of war in 1945 when he scrambled to gather up the scattered limbs of his fellow servicemen, blown apart by a US air raid in Japan. He was 16.
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US Vice President Joe Biden Praises Japan's New Military Policy
US Vice President Joe Biden is welcoming Japan's decision to loosen restrictions on its military to allow greater use of force to defend other countries.
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Japan's Ruling Bloc Approves Larger Military Role
Japan's ruling coalition has given formal approval to reinterpreting the constitution to allow greater use of military force, paving the way for Cabinet endorsement later on Tuesday of one of the biggest changes to Japanese security policy since World War II.
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Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's Rapidly Diminishing PM
Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy and making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister looked at risk of coming unstuck on Sunday.
-
Japan's Big Shift In Defence Policy In View Of China, North Korea Threats
Japan is expected to announce its biggest defence overhaul in decades this week, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China.
-
Japan's Shinzo Abe Sought To Revive Economy, Fulfil Conservative Agenda
Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, launched his "Abenomics" policies to lift the economy out of deflation, strengthen Japan's military and sought to counter China's growing clout in a historic two-term tenure.
-
North Korea Wants Military 'Equilibrium' With The US, Kim Jong Un Says
North Korea is seeking military "equilibrium" with the United States as a way to stop American leaders from talking about military options for dealing with Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un said after supervising the launch of another missile over Japan.
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Japan And India To Build Military Ties With Eye On China: Foreign Media
Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley agreed in Tokyo on Monday to increase military cooperation with Japan, which could potentially complicate U.S. policy in the region.
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Defence Shift Could Be Excuse For Attack: Japan's PM Hopeful
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's defence policy shift to allow the military to fight abroad for the first time since 1945 could be used by militants as an excuse to attack Japan, a ruling party lawmaker who hopes one day to succeed Abe said today.
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Japan Bills to Expand Military Role Near Enactment Despite Protests
Japan's parliament drew near on Friday to enacting contentious defence legislation that could ease the constraints of the pacifist constitution to let troops fight overseas for the first time since World War Two, despite public protests and delaying tactics by the opposition.
-
Unpopular Japan Security Bills Approved by Lower House
Legislation for a dramatic change in Japan's defence policy that loosens constraints on the military was approved by parliament's lower house on Thursday, despite huge popular protests and a dent in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ratings.
-
Japan Joins US-Australia War Games Amid China Tensions
The United States and Australia kicked off a massive joint biennial military exercise on today, with Japan taking part for the first time as tensions with China over territorial rows loom over the drills.
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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Support Lowest Since 2012 Amid Doubts About Security Bills
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet has fallen to the lowest level since he took office in 2012, to just over 40 percent, with nearly two-thirds of voters opposed to his muscular defense policy that would end a self-imposed ban on the military fighting overseas, a weekend media survey showed.
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Looking to Complement India's 'Act East' Policy: US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter
Ahead of his India visit next week, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter today said America is looking for new ways to complement India's 'Act East' policy and find meaningful areas of cooperation in the Asia Pacific.
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Shinzo Abe's Cabinet to Approve Japan Security Bills; Voters Wary, Confused
Japan's cabinet was set to approve on Thursday bills to implement a drastic shift in security policy allowing the military to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, although the public is divided and wary of the change.
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Aged Japan Veterans Voice Concerns About Military Policy Shift
Tokuro Inokuma, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier, got his first taste of the horrors of war in 1945 when he scrambled to gather up the scattered limbs of his fellow servicemen, blown apart by a US air raid in Japan. He was 16.
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US Vice President Joe Biden Praises Japan's New Military Policy
US Vice President Joe Biden is welcoming Japan's decision to loosen restrictions on its military to allow greater use of force to defend other countries.
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Japan's Ruling Bloc Approves Larger Military Role
Japan's ruling coalition has given formal approval to reinterpreting the constitution to allow greater use of military force, paving the way for Cabinet endorsement later on Tuesday of one of the biggest changes to Japanese security policy since World War II.
