More Japanese will Protest Abe’s Security Shift for the Country & Other News on Japan

• Experts: Japan Budget Boost Won’t Hit Goals – Defense News

  http://www.defensenews.com/…/2015/…/japan…shinzo–abe…/21…

  Defense News

  Jan 19, 2015 – Japan’s defense budget for fiscal 2015 is edging up 0.8 percent to ￥4.82 trillion … under the administration of the conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. … boost its naval fleet to strengthen its deterrence posture against China’s Navy.… “First, the Japanese are serious about their security, and they are  …

• Remorse Without Apology: Shinzo Abe and the Second …

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  The Diplomat

  Jan 6, 2015 – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that he will express. … Asia’s 2015 would be overshadowed by the 70th anniversary of World War II. …. Chinadid and Japan did not have a war against Veitnam in 1979 and … Finally, they can perhaps not make horrifying insults by calling rape victims whores.

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• Okinawa: The Small Island Trying to Block the US Military’s …

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  Right Web ‑ Institute for Policy Studies

  Dec 19, 2014 – The landslide victory of a new governor in Okinawa who opposes U.S.… Marine Osprey helicopters, which he called the “biggest obstacles to … againstJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s deepening alliance with … his enlisting because his grandfather returned from World War II “not … Whose Security?

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• Japan Opposition’s Divide on Defense Gives Abe an Edge …

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  The Wall Street Journal

  The opposition Democratic Party of Japan’s divisions over “collective self-defense” give Prime Minister Shinzo Abe an edge as he moves to … Jan 19, 2015 … U.S. in regional conflicts that threatened Japan’s security even if it wasn’t directly attacked. …the campaign, referring to islands held by Japan and claimed by China.

• Japan’s Abe ‘fighting against time’ – China Daily

  www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2015…/content_19374703.ht…

  China Daily

  (Agencies) Updated: 2015-01-22 09:32 … Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacts at a meeting at his official residence in Tokyo January 21, 2015. … Kenji Goto and 42-year-old Haruna Yukawa, the founder of a private security company.

• Shinzo Abe Taking More Risks In Geopolitics – Businessweek

  http://www.businessweek.com/…/2015…/shinzo–abe-t…

  Bloomberg Businessweek

  5 days ago – Worried about China’s growing influence, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making a risky push to expand Japan’s role worldwide. … By Bruce Einhorn January 21,2015 … in late 2012, Abe has been trying to break free of Japan’s postwar policy restricting the country’s influence on issues related to security.

• ISIS claims it’s beheaded one Japanese hostage, offers a …

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  CNN International

  Updated 0419 GMT (1219 HKT) January 25, 2015 …. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that the video is “highly credible. … and to build a safer, more securefuture for our citizens,” Cameron said in a statement. … coalition that, for months, has been carrying out airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria.

• ONS: 21 January 2015 | The Rendon Group

  http://www.rendon.com/ons-21-january-2015/

  6 days ago – (AFP); Japan: PM Shinzo Abe admitted it was a “race against time” to …its international airport to protest against attacks by Shiite militiamen on  …

• Japan’s security policy shift: ‘A blow to ties with East Asia’

  http://www.dw.de/japans–security-policy…a…/a-17748656

  Deutsche Welle

  Jul 1, 2014 – PM Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet has endorsed plans to allow Japan’s military to… of one of the biggest changes in Japan’s security policy since WWII. … and aprotester’s suicide bid, Japan’s Cabinet approved on Tuesday, …. And the broader public in both China and South Korea remains staunchly opposed to  …

• Israel Targets Japan in ‘Look East’ | The Diplomat

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  The Diplomat

  Jan 19, 2015 – During 2013, Israeli exports to Japan stood at $0.72 billion, againstimports of $1.1 billion. … Israel’s decision in early January 2015 to open a trade office in … Netanyahu and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Tokyo. …. Disturbing trend:Japanese protesters use Nazism to attack Chinese, Koreans.