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by Richard Carter Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was widely expected to call a snap election Monday, hoping to capitalize on rising support as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever pitch. Voters in the world’s third-largest economy could go to the polls as soon as October 22, more than a year earlier than expected, as Abe seeks to take advantage of a political opposition in disarray. According to a weekend poll […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe guaranteed that his country will help the Philippines in strengthening its maritime defense. In a bilateral meeting between the Prime Minister and President Rodrigo Duterte, Japan agreed to give high-speed boats to the Philippine Navy and Coast Guard. Japan has agreed to give the Philippine Coast Guard 10 vessels as part of maritime safety capability improvement project. A memorandum of implementation was also signed on the […]
(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay on Monday (September 12) revealed that the ‘rock star’ description for President Rodrigo Duterte came from Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “‘Yan ay nanggaling mismo kay Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Doon sa kanilang pag-uusap ay binanggit ni Prime Minister Abe na si Presidente Duterte ay isang rock star, hindi lang sa Japan kundi sa buong mundo,” Yasay said in an interview. According to Yasay, Abe said that […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government faced a blow when his trade minister resigns due to money scandals.
Author: Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute of International Economics (Courtesy East Asia Forum) — One of the striking things about the past few decades of Japan’s economic history has been the fact that textbook macroeconomics could have predicted most of it. Back in the late 1990s, this was a controversial point of view. Many people spoke about the ‘specialness’ of the Japanese economy, just as they have about the ‘specialness’ of recent monetary policy. This over-complication seems […]
