Diplomacy & Security
Shinzo Abe Embarks on Successive Summits to Contain North Korea
Beginning with the Japan-United States Summit on April 17, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to embark on […]
Author Archives for Makiko Takita, Sankei Shimbun
Makiko Takita is a political reporter with the Sankei Shimbun.
Diplomacy & Security
Behind Xi Jinping ‘Smiling Diplomacy’ Is a Strategy to Stop the Revision of Japan’s Constitution
On his trip to Da Nang in central Vietnam, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Chinese President Xi […]
Special Reports
Trump Rekindles the Hope of Abductees’ Return
At a joint press conference on Monday, November 6th, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and United States President Donald […]
Special Reports
Japan Mulls Over Leaving UNESCO Should ‘Comfort Women’ Material Be Registered
The government of Japan will consider the possibility of withdrawing from the the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural […]
Politics
A Woman’s View On Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Attraction to ‘Disastrous Women’
People are whispering about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his political femme fatales—women who cause great damage. He touted […]
Diplomacy & Security
The Japanese Government Weighs in with the Supreme Court
The Japanese government has submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court expressing its opinion that the Supreme Court […]
Diplomacy & Security
43 Hours on the Road with Trump and Abe
On the night of February 13, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government jet returned to Japan from the United States after […]
Diplomacy & Security
Abe’s Visit to Pearl Harbor: An End to Postwar Politics?
On December 26 and 27, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama plan to honor the dead at Pearl […]
Politics
Abe & Trump: A Good Start, but Can it Last?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in New York on the evening of Thursday, November 17 […]