The Abe government, intent on stoking nationalistic fervor, was rebuffed earlier this year in its effort to have revisions made to a 1996 United Nations human rights report on the women Japan forced into sex slavery.
Despite what has happened at Fukushima, the Abe Government is determined to restart Japan's nuclear reactors that were all shut down after the 2011 earthquake.
The Abe government has been actively preparing for war with China using North Korea as a pretext, and was totally surprised by the move towards peace, the sources explain.
The Abe government has policies in place to increase the birth rates(subsidies to young families, free preschool education, etc) but the scale of the change is outpacing the impacts of the policy interventions.
In order to deal with labor shortages and low productivity, the Abe government recently planned to loosen Japan's laws regulating overtime, making it easier for employees to work more.
The Abe government has been providing housing subsidies to those who were evacuated, but its recent announcement means those subsidies will no longer be provided.
安倍政権は、近代日本の侵略、植民地支配の歴史を直視し、その反省を世界に対して明確に表明すべきです。
The Abe administration should look honestly at Japan's history of invasion, colonization and militarism in the modern era, and make a clear apology to the world.
It will be important for the Abe administration to speak to the public, in specific terms, that the security-related legislation is functioning as a legal base for the defence of Japan's peace.
If Japan attempts to play a meaningful diplomatic role in responding to North Korea's provocations, Abe will have to find a way around the abduction issue that hamstrings Japan's policy options.
Even so, the Abe administration has made a Cabinet decision to enable the exercise of such a right, albeit limited, and is trying to make laws based on this decision.
On assuming power, Abe's government announced a $122 billion stimulus package aimed at spending on infrastructure, particularly in areas affected by the March 2011 disasters.
The Administration of Prime Minister Abe is seeking to achieve economic revival through a plan consisting of"three arrows" namely; bold monetary policy, flexible fiscal policy, and a growth strategy that encourages private sector investment.
Abe Administration should establish International Organization for nuke puke management- 3 ways to solve safety for 100,000 years"(Japanese), and article of Nikkei Business line, February 18.
Meridian 180: Another important issue in this election is amending the constitution. Will the Abe administration go forward with amending Article 9(the“no-war” clause)?
Post-summit meeting prospects To cut a long story short, it appears that the Abe administration expected that at least the Shikotan and the Habomai Islands would be returned to Japan immediately if they went back to the Soviet-Japan Joint Declaration of 1956.
More specifically, the Abe government envisages the female labor-force participation ratio rising to 73% by 2020 from the current 68% for women 25-44 years of age; the target ratio for managerial and leadership positions in corporations is 30.
Nevertheless, the Abe Administration is proceeding with a new strategic plan of“proactive pacifism,” which includes increasing military spending, closer military alliance with the US, and new security ties with ASEAN countries.
New Socialist Party Struggles with All Might The Abe government attempts to worsen the labor law; it is to replace regular workers with non-regular workers and use women, the elderly and immigrant workers as cheap labor with unstable employment conditions.
In June 2013, the Abe administration announced an action plan to promote Private Finance Initiatives(PFIs)- a PPP method that seeks to make the best possible use of private-sector funds and management skills for public sector infrastructure development projects.
While falling into line with US plans at present, the Abe government is intent on extending Japanese influence and interests in Asia and overcoming the memories of the crimes of Japanese militarism during the 1930s and 1940s.
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