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Japan panel warns of dangers of debt mountain

21 May 2013

A Japanese government panel warns there is “absolutely no guarantee” that domestic investors will keep financing the country’s massive public debt, citing the risk of a spike in bond yields that...

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Japan never had smooth ties with China, says deputy PM Taro Aso

5 May 2013

Japan has never in the past 1,500 years had a smooth relationship with China, Japanese deputy prime minister Taro Aso was quoted on Sunday as saying during a visit to India.

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How they see it

28 Apr 2013

We have to wonder what the Shinzo Abe administration has in mind when it comes to Japan's strained relations with its neighbours. Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and two cabinet members visited war...

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Shinzo Abe should stay away from Yasukuni shrine

24 Apr 2013

Japanese politicians have a simple enough calculation when deciding whether to honour the country's war dead at the Yasukuni Shrine. To go is an act of nationalism that will win points with right-...

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Japan policy sparks Davos fears of ‘currency war’

27 Jan 2013

Japan’s controversial new economic policy emerged as one of the hot topics at this year’s Davos forum, with talk of currency wars and strong rebuttals from Japanese officials.

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A bad week for … , January 27, 2013

27 Jan 2013

Taro Aso

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Opinion

China keeping its edge despite grim talk

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Aso retracts 'hurry up and die' gaffe

Taro Aso, Japan's deputy prime minister, was forced to deny that he advocated the elderly should "hurry up and die" to save the government the cost of providing medical care for them.

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Japan minister pledges Myanmar debt relief, loans

Japan’s new government will stand by pledges to waive Myanmar debt and extend new loans, its finance minister said on Thursday on a visit to boost economic ties.

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Japanese finance minister leads push into Myanmar's market

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso met Myanmar's president and senior officials yesterday in a sign that Tokyo wants to tap a market of 64 million people that has been dominated by neighbouring...

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Briefs, October 7, 2012

Rebel leader captured at Quezon City hideout

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Japan's Aso ‘to meet S.Korean leader to mend ties’

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is planning to meet South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in a bid to mend ties soured by a territorial dispute, a report said Saturday.

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Japan's security concerns are those of the Asia-Pacific

With all eyes on a rising India, an awakened China and a roiling Islam, we tend to take good old solid Japan (still the world's second-largest economy) as a given. But it's a mistake: these are...

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