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...Another reminder of that fact came on Jan. 9, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially elevated the Defense Agency to a cabinet-level ministry. Although the change is mostly symbolic, it gives more prestige to a defense establishment accustomed to keeping a low profile since the disasters of World War II. Abe told reporters that he was "truly proud as the Prime Minister to have produced a Defense Ministry," and the name change is just a start-Abe has said he intends to revise Japan's pacifist constitution, and may move to do so this year. Normally, such a change...
...have potentially earned the regime billions in Japanese aid and World War II reparations - and given Japan significant leverage over North Korea. Instead, shocked by the abductions, Japanese public opinion turned overwhelmingly against North Korea, and any possibility of a deal was dashed. Koizumi has since been succeeded by Shinzo Abe, a conservative who won the top job on the back of his public support for the abductees and their families. Abe won't compromise on North Korea - and even if he wanted to, the public wouldn't let him, or any Japanese politician...
...most inspired political acts of 2006 occurred on Oct. 8, when newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stepped off a plane in Beijing. Relations between China and Japan were at their lowest ebb in decades, largely because Abe's predecessor Junichiro Koizumi had repeatedly visited the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, including 14 Class-A war criminals. Abe's momentous trip to China broke a political stalemate between Asia's two leading powers and portended closer economic and diplomatic ties between these historical rivals...
...traditional state visit perks, including meetings with top Japanese corporate leaders and a ceremony with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. But by also according Singh the unusual honor of addressing a joint session of the Japanese parliament, the Diet, Tokyo is signaling just how seriously Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is taking the summit with Singh...
...band's trip to Tokyo last week, U2 frontman and global do-gooder Bono visited Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss Japan's work on development aid. After Abe donned a pair of the rock star's shades, Bono pronounced the new Prime Minister "very cool...