Greater co-operation in this area offers a vital opportunity for both nations to renew their security alliance, says John Alkire
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The US and Japan are seeking to overcome frictions over a controversial military base and focus their alliance on North Korea and China
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Japan's new Minister of Foreign Affairs Katsuya Okada lays out his plans for a potentially historic shake-up of Japan's international strategy: a drive to adopt a more assertive global role and to recalibrate a military alliance with the US
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All eyes are on Mr Obama's first visit to Tokyo as president for signals as to the future of a US-Japan alliance that has been a pillar of regional stability for half a century
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Given the unspoken tensions over military bases, Japan's pacifism and relations with China, Washington should be giddy at the DPJ's promise to build a more equal, open alliance, writes David Pilling
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began a one-week Asia visit by praising the US-Japan alliance and saying the United States and Asia needed to work together on the global financial crisis and climate change
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The Bridge to Japan website is maintained by the Japan Library group. It is a useful directory of Internet sites and web resources relating to all aspects of Japan and Japanese studies. Topics cover all areas including Japanese culture, history, politics and contemporary news. Many of the sites indexed are Japanese language and/or based in Japan.
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Unite is holding a massive Unite for Jobs March and Rally on 16th May in Birmingham. Ahead of May 16th Unite would like to assess the opinions of members on matters that affect working people. Unite would be grateful if you could help by completing the survey which will only take a couple of...
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The idea behind the proposals, say security experts, would be to weaken the NATO military alliance and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 27th Jul 2008 (via iht.com)
And then there is the impact on our own living standards. For comparisons and precedent, we need only look at Japan. Our politicians and central bankers have not learned from Japan’s crisis, which preceded our own. We are, therefore, destined to follow Japan’s disastrous record of lost decades of economic activity. As in Japan, so
Japan’s economy certainly looks to be one of the worst case scenarios globally at the moment. Indeed, as Claus Vistesen puts it (in a very fine and thoroughly argued post - Engine Failure - that you can see here): “Final estimates from Q4 2008 suggested that Japan contracted at an annualized 12.1% which puts Japan
