News | JAPAN Forward - Part 991

Pearl Harbor at 75

Abe's Visit to Pearl Harbor: An End to Postwar Politics?

Makiko Takita, Sankei Shimbun December 26, 2016

On December 26 and 27, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama plan...

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Lee Teng-hui: Japan “Must make constitutional reform a reality”

Yasuto Tanaka December 22, 2016

In an exclusive interview with the Sankei Shimbun, former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui expressed...

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Lee Teng-hui: "I had high hopes for Tsai Ing-wen"

Yasuto Tanaka December 21, 2016

In an exclusive interview with Sankei Shimbun, former president of Taiwan Lee Teng-hui offered...

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Transcript: Interview with Lee Teng-hui, Former President of Taiwan

Yasuto Tanaka December 21, 2016

Former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui sat down for an interview with Sankei Shimbun Yasuto...

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Carlos Ghosn: Why Nissan is investing in Mitsubishi Motors

Carlos Ghosn December 19, 2016

Carlos Ghosn, the Chairman & CEO, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, contributed this comment on...

Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Mitsubishi Motors Corp's Chairman and CEO Masuko attend their joint news conference in Tokyo

Ghosn’s skill at reform to be tested at Mitsubishi

Yuji Imai December 19, 2016

On December 14, Carlos Ghosn, formerly CEO of Nissan, officially took over as president...

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Antlers show spirit of Zico and do Japan proud

Sean Carroll December 19, 2016

DATELINE: YOKOHAMA, Japan The ‘Spirit of Zico’ banner hung high and proud over...

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Antlers lock horns with Madrid for world title

Sean Carroll December 18, 2016

Kashima Antlers have already made history, becoming the first ever Asian side to progress...

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Maps: What are the Northern Territories?

Paul Nadeau December 15, 2016

The Northern Territories (part of an island chain called the Kuril Islands in Russian)...

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The Hot Spring Summit, Part 1: The Treacherous Ground of Territorial Negotiations

Masataka Mine, Sankei Shimbun December 14, 2016

This is the first in a two-part series: On December 15, Prime Minister Shinzo...

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The Hot Spring Summit, Part 2: “I Will Not Leave this to the Next Generation”

Masataka Mine, Sankei Shimbun December 14, 2016

This is the second in a two-part series. You can read part one here...

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Abe & Putin: Why There Won't Be a Breakthrough on Territory

James D.J. Brown, Temple University Japan Campus December 14, 2016

On May 6, 2016, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe emerged from a meeting with President...