He said: “In the circumstances in which bullets are flying like rain and wind, the soldiers are running around at the risk of losing their lives, if you want them to have a rest in such a situation, a comfort women system is necessary. Anyone can understand that.”
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a ritual offering of a pine tree to a shrine seen as a symbol of Japan’s former militarism on Sunday, a gesture likely to upset Asian victims of Japan’s war-time aggression, including China and South Korea.
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Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of State William J. Burns to travel to Japan, China, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea and Mongolia
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The National Police Agency (NPA) is poised to urge Internet service providers to voluntarily block communications if an anonymous software system called “Tor” — short for “The onion router” — is found abused online.
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Commodity prices have been falling since September, culminating in a rout over the past two weeks. That is a classic warning for the global economy.
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The Obama administration on Friday put Japan on notice that it was watching its economic policies to ensure they were not aimed at devaluing the yen to gain a competitive advantage.
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Japan and the United States agreed on Friday on a deal that paves the way for Tokyo to join talks on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement. I wonder if the whole bogus North Korea crisis has something to do with this?
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Japan has deployed Patriot missiles in its capital as it readies to defend the 30 million people who live in greater Tokyo from any North Korean attack, officials said Tuesday.
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The inhabitants of Okinawa are furious about the US presence and some recent very unpleasant incidents involving US servicemen. This is a huge deal in Japanese politics, and the current PM promised to solve the issue.
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And everybody sing along; “And we will all go down together…”
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