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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe condemned the North’s missile launch

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North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on sunday, the first provocation since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The JCS said the missile was believed to be an ungraded version of the Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), considering its speed. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is currently visiting the U.S., condemned the North’s missile launch in a hurriedly arranged joint news conference with Trump hours after the surprise provocation. Trump said he fully sides with Shinzo Abe in condemnation of the North, but fell short of disclosing how he would react to the North’s provocations.

PM Shinzo Abe commemorated the victims of Japan’s 1941 Pearl Harbor attack

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid flowers for American soldiers, including those killed in Japan’s 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, at a cemetery in Hawaii on Monday, the day before his scheduled visit to the harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama. After arriving on the island of Oahu in the morning, Abe visited the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, in which remains of about 50,000 officers and soldiers — including those who lost their lives during the attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy — are buried.

The Japanese government has approved a record increase in its defense budget

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Marking its fifth straight annual increase, the Japanese government has approved a record increase in its defense budget. Marking a rise of 1.4 percent from the initial budget for the current fiscal year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved the $43.6 billion (5.13 trillion yen) budget for the country’s defense, for the fiscal year starting in April. The recent rise in defense plans has come in light of growing threats from North Korea and China. North Korea has conducted two underground nuclear tests and more than 20 missile launches this year, that have put Japan on a constant alert.

Flights of Osprey transporters resumed by U.S. forces in Japan

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U.S. forces in Japan resumed flights of Osprey transporters on Monday, after the aircraft had been grounded in response to a crash-landing off the coast of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.
However, considering the fact that the Osprey aircraft crash-landed due to damage to its propellers while conducting an air refueling exercise, U.S. forces will suspend the same kind of training for the time being. In the prefecture, there is strong opposition to the lifting of the flight suspension less than one week after the crash-landing.

Japan will submit its long overdue annual contribution to UNESCO by the end of the year

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Under the threat of violating international laws and hurting its global reputation, Japan will submit its long overdue annual contribution to UNESCO by the year-end, according to government sources. The government’s decision also reflects concerns that its continued refusal to pay could allow China to hold more sway in UNESCO, while eroding Japan’s standing in the organization. Tokyo has held back its annual obligatory contribution of 3.85 billion yen ($32.63 million) after the Paris-based organization decided last year to add Chinese documents concerning the 1937 Nanking Massacre to its Memory of the World Register. Japan paid its voluntary contribution of 770 million yen in November.

“Secial system” for conducting joint economic activities with Russia might face twists and turns

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during talks on Thursday and Friday to start discussing a “special system” for conducting “joint economic activities” on the four islands of the northern territories.
The Japanese government intends to use such economic collaboration to eventually resolve the issue of the northern territories and conclude a peace treaty with Russia. However, similar ideas have not come to fruition in the past, so twists and turns are expected in designing the system.

PM Abe and President Putin will start negotiations on joint economic activities

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up a two-day meeting on Friday afternoon, but -closely watched- talks on the territorial issue between their nations appeared to make little progress.

“We agreed to start negotiations on a ‘special system’ to conduct ‘joint economic activities’ on the four islands [of the northern territories],” Abe said during a joint press conference held at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence in Tokyo after the talks on Friday.

PM Shinzo Abe and Russian President Putin discuss the terms for a peace treaty between Japan and Russia

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting Russian President Vladmir Putin held talks on Thursday evening to seek common ground on the longstanding issue of the northern territories and set a course for the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two nations.
The meeting took place at a hot spring ryokan inn in the city of Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture, which is Abe’s home turf and a part of his constituency.

Japan’s decision to impose sanctions against Russia is the major barrier towards progress in negotiations

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signaled that a breakthrough is unlikely on the thorny Northern Territories issue during his visit to Japan starting Dec. 15.
Putin’s hard-line stand stems from Japan’s decision two years ago to join other Group of Seven nations in imposing sanctions against Russia after it annexed Crimea in Ukraine.It may also be due in part to the upcoming inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president. The billionaire property developer has repeatedly praised Putin. The Russian leader made clear that Japan’s decision to impose sanctions remains a major barrier towards progress in negotiations as it shattered trust between the two countries.”Japan joined in the sanctions against Russia,” he said. “How are we going to further economic relations at a higher level amid such sanctions?”

Russia doesn’t have territorial problems with Japan

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On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin denied that there is a territorial dispute over the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands of Hokkaido, and said Japan must make concessions to conclude a bilateral World War II peace treaty.

“We believe we have no territorial problems at all. It is only Japan that believes it has territorial problems with Russia. We are ready to talk about this,” the Russian President said in an interview with Japanese TV ahead of his visit to Japan this week for a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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