Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe
Shinzō Abeis the current Prime Minister of Japan, re-elected to the position in December 2012. Abe is also the President of the Liberal Democratic Party...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth21 September 1954
CityTokyo, Japan
CountryJapan
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Thinking ahead, in 2013, the Japanese government, together with pharmaceutical companies and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established a fund for promoting research and development of medical products for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The importance of planning for disease outbreaks was made clear with the Ebola virus.
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Generally speaking, we don't think that land-to-sea or very short-range missiles, even if fired from North Korea, have a particular immediate impact on our national security.
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I think we received wide support from the public on this point.
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... I have heard that the North Korean side also expressed views and questions of their own.
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I have no idea who first coined the word 'Abenomics.' It was not my original term for the set of anti-deflation, growth-promotion policies I am now pursuing.
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There is no wavering in our relationship of trust, ... We have not overcome deflation yet so the priority should be on that. We'd like the BOJ to cooperate.
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Innovation and corporate governance are extremely important to improve the profitability of Japanese companies and encourage them to increase wages, capital spending, and dividends.
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The door is always open for talks, but to build more future-oriented and stable ties, I think that China needs to take a step forward now.
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This is the kind of survey every country does. I would hope the South Korean side understands this. Japan will calmly proceed with its activities in line with international law.
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Any imperial visit would take into account his position as a private individual as well as the societal situation and other considerations. The Imperial Household Agency has dealt with this carefully and will continue to do so.
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This is a Cabinet to actually implement the reforms.
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Japan will calmly proceed with its activities in line with international law.
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On the 26th of December of last year, I took office for my second term as prime minister. And it is the first time ever since then-Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, during the occupation period, that a prime minister is taking this position for the second time with a number of years in between.
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In 1957, which is now 57 years ago, my grandfather and then-Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi welcomed Prime Minister Menzies as the first Australian Prime Minister to visit Japan after World War II and drove the conclusion of the Japan-Australia Agreement on Commerce.