Tag: Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo To Resign Over Health Issues

After days of speculation of whether he would or wouldn’t, it has been just revealed…

How PM Shinzo Abe’s ¥100,000 Stimulus Payment Is Affecting Japan’s Most Vulnerable

Covid-19, 2020. If that were a book, there wouldn’t be a person living today who…

Why Donald Trump Wishes He Were Running for Prime Minister of Japan

US presidential candidate Donald Trump probably wishes he were running to succeed Shinzo Abe instead…

Abe Pledges More Financial Aid to Syria, Still Not Accepting Refugees

In a new development from our recent article about Japan’s financial contributions to the Syrian…

PM Abe’s WWII Anniversary Speech Draws Mixed Reviews

Shinzo Abe took his softest stance yet last week in regards to his country’s contentious…

Historians, Comfort Women, Decry Textbook Amendments During Abe’s US Visit

Japan’s right wing revisionists have long come under fire for their attempts to amend textbooks…

PM Abe Stares at the Horns of a Tax-Hike Dilemma

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing an economic dilemma: aggressively tackle his nation’s massive…

Around Asia: North Korea compares Abe to Hitler

North Korea derided Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as an “Asian Hitler” in a diatribe…

Liberal Democratic Party wins landslide victory in Japan election

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party won by a landslide, handing ex-premier Shinzo Abe a second chance…

Philippines supports rearmed Japan to counter China

The Philippines expressed strong support for a rearmed Japan as a counterbalance to China’s growing…

Japan opposition leader criticizes China over Tibet

Japan’s main opposition leader criticized China over its human rights record in Tibet, a move…