Shinzo Abe
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech in Tokyo on May 17, 2013. Japan's premier will unveil the next stage of his plan to reboot the economy, reports said, as he seeks to capitalise on the feel-good mood of a soar away stock market and a plunging yen.
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I am of a view that we can make a similar argument about Yasukuni, which enshrines the souls of those who lost their lives in the service of their country
I will sweep away any impediments to domestic investment, whatever they may be
The GDP data would suggest that things are going well for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heading into the upper house election.More quotes »
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Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slavery
Asian women into sexual slavery before and during World War II.A parliamentary statement signed Tuesday by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged the government had a set of documents produced by a postwar international military tribunal containing testimony Read more »
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Asia stocks mixed, Japan's Nikkei up as yen falls
benchmark stock index jumped Monday after Group of 20 finance officials refrained from directly criticizing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 's government for trying to force down the yen. Other Asian stock markets were mixed.Currency policy was centerstage at the Read more »
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Japanese manufacturers’ mood turns positive - Reuters poll
straight month in May, turning positive for the first time in a year and reinforcing recent evidence that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s expansionary policy has generated more confidence in the economy. The Reuters poll showed that increasing optimism among manufacturers 5/19/13 from SCMP Read more »
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Politics › Abe vows to seek talks with N Korea over abduction issue
Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Sunday to seek talks with Pyongyang in a bid to settle the nagging issue of North Korea’s abductions of Japanese, without risking its alliance with Washington and Seoul. Abe made the comment after a surprise visit to North Korea by 5/19/13 from Japan Today Read more »
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The Nikkei Is Soaring. Is Now the Time to Buy In?
decades of lackluster growth, Japan has had enough. Enter Shinzo Abe. The Japanese prime minister has set the market on fire with infrastructure spending and quantitative easing. The Nikkei is up 70% in the past six months. But is now the time to buy in Japan? 5/19/13 from WalletPop Read more »
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Japan Discovers QE Has Risks
that was fast. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive pro-inflation policy is only a few months old and a fight has erupted over its early effects. And this while there is no economy-wide inflation.On Wednesday, the Nikkei 225 closed above 15000 for 5/19/13 from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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Japan: ICRC president meets Japanese emperor and prime minister
Maurer, the president of the ICRC, today concludes a two-day official visit to Japan, during which he met Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Minister of Defence Itsunori Onodera and Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masaji Matsuyama. Mr Maurer 5/19/13 from Humanitarian News Read more »
