He said japan will play a more aggressive role in maintaining stability around the world, and he argued it should follow active pacifism in the 21st century. Abe said its necessary to deepen discussions on revising the document enacted almost 68 years ago. The Prime Minister mentioned the people who had to flee their homes after the march 2011 disaster. Some are staying in evacuation shelters for the third year in a row. Abe said the government will redouble its efforts to help as many survivors as possible to live in new homes by 2015 and work to allowing displaced residents of fukushima return to normal life. The foreign minister of china is fielding opposition on abes visit to a shrine. Chinas staterun News Agency Says wang spoke on tuesday with south Korean Foreign minister. It says wang noted china and south korea denounced abes visit to Yasukuni Shrine in tokyo. Yun reiterated south koreas position against abes visit and says wang spoke on tuesday with u. S. Secretary of state, j
A u. N. Official in south sudan says his organization is sheltering 50,000 people displaced by fighting between Government Forces and rebels. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe has visited Yasukuni Shrine in tokyo. Its the first time an incumbent Prime Minister has visited the shrine since 2006. The Prime Minister at that time was core sooum many. Abe said he paid his respects to those who sacrificed their lives for japan and renewed his commitment to peace. China and south korea are condemning the visit. Abe arrived at Yasukuni Shrine before noon on thursday and offered prayers t. Day marks one year since he took office for the second time. Yasukuni shrine honors japans war dead. Those remembered include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by an International Tribunal after world war ii. Able did not visited the shrine during its spring and autumn festivals, nor did he go on august 15, the day japan marks the end of world war ii. Translator i showed my utmost respec
A festive mood is dominating even Prime Minister shinzo abe came to the ceremony that marked the end of trading for the year. Now the nikkei average climbed for a ninth straight session on monday at 16,291, up 0. 7 a percent and the topix up 0. 95 . Many say a big factor which has made tokyo stocks so strong is a set of policies Prime Minister abe has implemented dubbed abenomics to get the economy going again. Monetary easing, fiscal spending, and Growth Strategy aimed at pulling japan out of decades of deflation. On the back of these policies, of course, the yen has weakened significantly. The dollar traded at a fiveyear high and the euro was at its fiveyear high against japanese currency. This helped exportrelated issues. Now earlier, i spoke with head of japan equity strategy at bank of America Merrill lynch and asked about this years price movements and the outlook for 2014. The stock market was very good at the very start of this year. Mostly from abenomics. I mean, topdown polit
Honeymoon couple. The countrys president is calling it a heinous crime. Japans Prime Minister is facing a number of challenges as he gets down to business for the new year. Shinzo abe touched on some of the work ahead in his first News Conference of 2014. Hes calling for dialogue with china and south korea to improve relations. Abes faced criticism after his visit last month to Yasukuni Shrine in tokyo. The shrine honors japans war dead, including military and political leaders, convicted of war crimes after world war ii. Translator because there are challenges, and problems, i believe we should be open to dialogue with no preconditions. I would like to explain directly to the leaders of other countries my true intentions in visiting Yasukuni Shrine. For my part, the door to dialogue is always open. Abe says he will continue to try to revitalize the economy. He says his goal is to take offensive moves to boost business across the country, and end years of deflation. He hopes improved e
Autumn and on the day that japan commemorates the end of world war ii. The lawmakers taking part this time were the second highest since 1989. Prime minister shinzo abe indicated he would not attend the festival. Say Economic Growth in their country rebounded in the Third Quarter of this year. That represents for the first rise in three quarters. The National Bureau of statistics announced that Gross Domestic Product grew 7. 8 from the same period last year. The figure also rose 0. 3 Percentage Points from the previous three months. This indicates the chinese economy has stopped slowing down. We have more from beijing. Reporter public works supported growth. Chinese exports finally stopped declining. This fueled the economy growth. Translator the chinese economy is stable and improving moderately. The indicator is within a reasonable range to go ahead with structural adjustment and reform. Reporter china gdp has shown three straight quarters of decline through june. This was due to slu