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Japan's Abe Takes Step to Enhance Military's Role
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Changing attitudes in Japan towards defense and its role in Asia
09/25/2010
Disputes with China over islands in the East China Sea are resulting in changes in how Japanese see their role in Asia and defense posture.
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Shinzo Abe, Japanese prime minister and nationalism in Japan
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Shinzo Abe's committment to change Article 9 in the consitution of Japan which limits Japan's military role. His maternal grandfather Nobusuke Kishi was commerce and industry minister during the war and was post war prime minister when the Japan-U.S. security treaty was signed. He was the first prime minister born in the postwar period when he became prime miister in 2006. He is less influenced by the legacy of the prewar and war period as described in his 2006 book "Toward a Beautiful Nation."
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Japan Finance Minister Won't Resign After Nazi Remarks
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The role of Japan's Yasukuni shrine and its war museum that arouses strong feelings in South Korea and China
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Japan's Abe Takes Step to Enhance Military's Role
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Chinese Leader, Underlining Ties to South Korea, Cites Japan as Onetime Mutual Enemy
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South Korea's Weak Hand in Pressing Japan On the War
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Ian Buruma on the tensions between Japan and China over the Senkaku islands and a historical perspective
09/25/2010
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A Dangerous Rift Between China and Japan
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China's spat with Japan: Deng's heirs ignore his advice
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Shinzo Abe's History Lesson Haunts Davos
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U.S. President Obama's trip to the Philippines, Malaysia, and Japan in 2014, to build relationships with allies in East Asia
04/28/2014
After the Russian takeover of the Crimea, the U.S. takes step to prevent a miscalculation by Beiijing about U.S. ties to Japan and its allies in the Asia-Pacific region. China declared a no-fly zone over parts of the seas bordering China without discussions with regional neighbors. The dispute over the Senkaku islands is also in the background, as the U.S. president reassures Japan about its support and treaty obligations. The Philippines called the U.S. back to naval facilities decades after the U.S. naval bases were vacated. This shows that the Obama administration's moves to remain inactive through the crises in Syria and other parts of the world may have emboldened Russia to take unilateral actions, and could lead to an accidental escalation as a result of this policy.
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Xi Jinping's ties to the military and China's defense policy
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Jinping promotes the idea of "China Dream," and China as a world power on a level with the U.S. It is not clear if this is a part of an effort to have secure relations with the military and the China Military Commission as the new leadership of Jinping and Keqiang move to make major social and economic policy changes, or simply an effort to continue peaceful development with a new assertiveness about China's rights in territorial disputes with Japan, or both.
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China Raises Stakes in Air Standoff
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Japan, U.S. at Odds Over China's Air Zone
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Japan's efforts to improve defenses in the Pacific
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China Raises Stakes in Air Standoff
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Japan's Abe Takes Step to Enhance Military's Role
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U.S.- Japan defense ties
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The Limits on Nationalism in Japan
New York Times 07/23/2013
China Raises Stakes in Air Standoff
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
Okinawa Governor Approves U.S. Air-Base Plan
Wall Street Journal 12/27/2013
China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
Japanese General Seeks to Reinforce Defenses
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2013
Japan's Abe Takes Step to Enhance Military's Role
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
Disputes between China and Japan over Senkaku islands in the East China Sea
09/25/2010
Grouped Articles
Tensions With China Shoring Up Japanese Prime Minister's Push to Build Up Military Capability
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
Japan, U.S. at Odds Over China's Air Zone
Wall Street Journal 12/02/2013
China's spat with Japan: Deng's heirs ignore his advice
Economist 09/25/2010
Shinzo Abe's History Lesson Haunts Davos
Wall Street Journal 01/29/2014
China Exhibit, Part of an Anti-Japan Campaign, Reflects an Escalating Feud
New York Times 02/08/2014
Japanese General Seeks to Reinforce Defenses
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2013
U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel's visit to Beijing in April 2014 and efforts to defuse tensions between China, the U.S. and Japan
04/08/2014
Hagel's discussions with the defense minister and meetings with military officers to defuse tensions in the Asia Pacific region. Hagel's failure to make progress on the issues relating to cybersecurity and China's insistence on sovereignty over disputed islands in a trip intended to improve relations and dialogue. The trip only partly achieved its goals.
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Hagel Spars With Chinese Over Islands and Security
New York Times 04/08/2014
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Wall Street Journal 04/28/2014
Japan's Abe Takes Step to Enhance Military's Role
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
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For U.S. Companies That Challenge China, the Risk of Digital Reprisal
New York Times 05/20/2014
Japanese companies in China and the street protests against Japan over disputed Senkaku islands
09/03/2010
Panasonic, Honda, Canon and other Japanese companies suspend operations in Sept. 2012 for days as street protests in China mount.
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Territorial Dispute Continues to Affect Japanese Car Sales in China
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Firms Face 'Unthinkable' in China, Tokyo Official Says
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China's spat with Japan: Deng's heirs ignore his advice
Economist 09/25/2010
In Japan, Obama Reassures Abe on Islands Disputed With China
Wall Street Journal 04/25/2014
Wall Street Journal 04/25/2014
Japan's Abe Takes Step to Enhance Military's Role
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
China's diplomats overseas and the campaign to "speak China's voice and disseminate China's story"
02/08/2014
Chinese diplomats overseas are trying to engage with the U.S. and worldwide public on China's progress.The emphasis is on China's peaceful rise and how it has benefitted other countries- with lower cost products expanding the buying power of the world's consumers, creating commodities demand from Argentina, Brazil and other countries, aid and infrastructure building in Africa, and expanding its own middle class to create markets for industrial goods from the U.S. and Europe. This comes as prime minister Abe of Japan is disseminating Japan's story of "Japan is back." Japan points to the increase in the military budget of China and the need for dialogue with Japan.
Grouped Articles
China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
Japan’s Foreign Minister Says Apologies to Wartime Victims Will Be Upheld
New York Times 04/08/2014
Japan's Abe Takes Step to Enhance Military's Role
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
Abe, Xi Meet at Summit of Asian and African Nations
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2015
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