Questions tagged [japan]
Questions relating to the government or politics of the State of Japan.
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Does Japan have any reason to ever repay its debt?
https://fortune.com/2015/02/26/japan-economic-time-bomb/
Takatoshi Ito, an economist at Columbia’s School of International &
Public Affairs, argued at a panel discussion on Monday that unless the
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What does China have to gain from having a neutral stance concerning the ownership of the Kuril islands?
People's Republic of China once supported the Soviet Union's claim
over the islands in the 1950s, however, after the Sino-Soviet split in
the 1960s, China then turned to support Japanese sovereignty ...
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Did any Western country ban Japanese seafood as a result of the release of nuclear wastewater?
Russia on Monday followed its ally China in suspending all Japanese
seafood imports over Tokyo's release of wastewater from the crippled
Fukushima nuclear plant.
Japan has been sharply critical of ...
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Why was the age of consent as low as 13 in Japan for a long time, is there an official explanation for this?
Japan’s parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16
from 13, a limit which had remained unchanged for more than a century
and was among the world’s lowest, amid calls for greater ...
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Which is the first government to have monetized government debt in order to fund government debt without paying a high interest rate?
So, how has Japan managed to sustain itself in the face of such
mounting debt? The answer lies in a clever strategy employed by the
Japanese government. They use a scheme of monetizing government debt,...
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Why is Japan more revisionist about its World War II era actions than Germany?
Germany and Japan both committed horrific crimes against humanity in the lead up to, and during World War II. Both countries are now more or less democracies. Yet the two countries seem to have dealt ...
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Are there rules that tells the Bank of Japan what kind of stock purchases it can make?
(Bloomberg) -- In most of the world, exchange-traded funds are simply
tools that allow investors to track a certain set of stocks. In Japan,
they’ve been saddled with everything from propping up the ...
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Why were some important countries such as Japan, Britain, and India absent from the recent UNGA?
This question may not be answerable but I am curious to know
Question: Why were some important countries such as Japan, Britain, and India absent from the recent UNGA?
Was their absence deliberate and ...
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Are there any international rules against firing ballistic missiles over other countries?
The BBC reports that (for the 2nd time since 2017) "North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan". The missile fell into the Pacific ocean.
I'm guessing there are some treaties on the ...
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How does the Japanese government determine the amount of subsidies appropriate to attract investment from private companies?
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/japanese-government-ups-micron-euv-fab-subsidies-to-dollar129-billion
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry is increasing
its subsidies for Micron's ...
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How does the government benefit from having people put their money into stocks instead of savings account?
Roughly 20 years after the Japanese government first put up the banner
of "from savings to investments," young people are showing a keen
interest in investments, probably out of concern for ...
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Why wasn't the China-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Meeting held since 2019?
The 6th trilateral summit was held on 1 November 2015 in Seoul,
resuming the summit since 2012 due to a variety of disputes and issues
ranging from World War II apologies to territorial disputes among ...
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A comparison on UK and Japan cost of living
Both are Island countries, the UK's cost of living is 63.6, and Japan cost of living is 54.3 (reference).
Yet Japan has a higher quality of life index.
Why UK have that additional 10~ cost of living ...
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If harsh punishment does not deter crime, what explains Lee Kuan Yew's observations during WW2?
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Second, [Lee Kuan Yew] learned that fear of brutal punishment can deter crime:
The Japanese Military Administration governed by spreading fear. It put up no pretence of civilised behaviour. ...
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What are the reasons for the French opposition to opening a NATO bureau in Japan?
It has been reported in the news that France vetoed the opening up of a NATO bureau in Tokyo (here, here, here).
But it is not clear what all of the aspects of this situation are.
Was there any ...
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What does Japan have to gain from banning the sales of chip-making equipment to China?
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3221582/tech-war-china-slams-japans-semiconductor-technology-export-controls
Beijing said it “firmly opposes” Japan’s latest chip-making equipment
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Can the governor of Okinawa pursue his own policy towards China?
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1293081.shtml
Tamaki's visit also comes after he announced a plan to newly establish
a "regional diplomacy office" in fiscal year 2023 that will ...
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Why didn't Japan call for the ICJ to settle the dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands?
Why didn't Japan call for the ICJ to settle the dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands? I am asking this question, because Japan took its ongoing dispute with South Korea over the Dokdo islands to ...
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Is the government in power in Taiwan the same Government before Imperial Japan? [closed]
As I was studying developments between the PRC's and ROC's informal and formal "diplomacy" (I put it in quotation marks because the PRC's form of diplomacy is literally launching missiles ...
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What is the fundamental difference between whaling and hunting other animals?
I read this article and it seems like activists from cultures without a long history of whaling are inconsistent in their criticism of Japan for its whaling.
Many cultural cuisines like rabbits, cows,...
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What has Japan done in order to prevent foreign countries from impeding their democratic election system?
In a major covert operation of the cold war, the Central Intelligence
Agency spent millions of dollars to support the conservative party
that dominated Japan's politics for a generation.
The C.I.A. ...
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How many mass shootings does Japan have per year?
A recent Washington Post article (July 8, 2022) on the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe says
Last year, eight of the 10 shootings in Japan were related to the yakuza, according to ...
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What is this blue badge that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe likes to wear?
After seeing a picture on Donald Trump's Twitter featuring Shinzo Abe and then visiting the Wikipedia page about Shinzo Abe, I noticed in the two pictures he's wearing the same two badges on his suit ...
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What is the "religious organization" that motivated Abe Shinzo's killer?
Looking into the motive of former prime minister Abe Shinzo's suspected killer, Yamagami Tetsuya, not many details are being given in the press, but there is mention of an unnamed religious ...
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Do Japanese governments support fluoridation?
Do Japanese governments support fluoridation?
Wikipedia's article on fluoridation states that less than 1% of Japan receives water fluoridation. However, not all countries supply fluoride via water. ...
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Why does the US still have military bases in Japan and South Korea?
Why does the United States still have military bases in Japan and South Korea?
As far as I'm aware, the bases are large, active, and the source of a reasonable amount of controversy within the host ...
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Does Japan have the capability of manufacturing nuclear weapons in a short period of time?
I read from here that
Japan does not possess any programs for the development of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), but it is the only non-nuclear weapon state in possession of a full nuclear fuel ...
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Does the fact that Japan have decided to join the US and European countries in removing selected Russian banks from SWIFT have any practical effect?
I read on https://www.foxnews.com/world/japan-us-european-allies-blocking-russian-banks-swift (mirror):
Japan has decided to join the United States and European allies in removing selected Russian ...
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Why is the international community so vocal about the Armenian genocide?
I never hear that the West is ever talking about Nanjing Massacre.
This is as true as Armenian Genocide.
Why is the international community so vocal about the Armenian genocide?
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Is Japan's handling of its nuclear waste water conforming to international norms and historical precedents?
The United States on Monday (local time) extended support to Japan in
its decision to release contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima
atomic power station into the sea, stating that Tokyo ...
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Why does Japan allow unlimited terms for their Prime Ministers?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_term_limits
Why does Japan allow unlimited terms for their Prime Ministers? I saw that Japan allows unlimited 4-years terms for their Prime Minister ...
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Why is Japan considered a Great Power, but South Korea is not? [closed]
Great powers by date
List of modern great powers
Why is Japan considered a Great Power, but South Korea is not?
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Why did western allies oppose Japan while fighting the Axis in Europe? [closed]
Several western Allied governments placed embargoes on Japan in response to its actions in China. I assume, though I'm not certain, that it contributed to Japan's decision to declare war against the ...
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Are Western parties more analogous to the LDP or its factions?
The LDP has had near-continuous power in Japan since 1955. To Westerners accustomed to one party leading a nation for a decade or two before another one has its turn, this sounds like it would be ...
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Would defense based only on nuclear weapons work? [closed]
There's an article in the Japanese constitution forbidding the country from going to war. The country nonetheless maintains a substantial self-defence force.
I'm wondering if Japan can feasibly ...
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Does the Japanese government not have the authority to cancel the Olympics?
An article talks about how Japan recently declared a third state of emergency due to the pandemic, most people in Japan don't want the 2020 Olympics to take place, and how their health care system is ...
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What Japanese government members have visited Pearl Harbor?
Japanese Prime Minister has indicated that he doesn't have any plans to visit Pearl Harbor in reciprocation for Obama's visit to Hiroshima.
What Japanese government members have visited Pearl Harbor?
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Why don't countries like Japan just print more money?
Modern Monetary Theory states that a sovereign country will never go bankrupt. It can just print more money.
Of course, printing more money would lead to inflation.
But some countries have the ...
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Why was the USA planning on attacking Japan *before* Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour? [closed]
According to Wikipedia, Japan attacked Pearl Harbour to prevent the US Pacific Fleet from interfering with its actions in South-East Asia.
However, Noam Chomsky, referring to Michael Sherry's The ...
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What is the stance of the current Japanese government on conversion therapy and why?
Do Japanese governments support conversion therapy?
I wasn't able to find any information online. This site states the majority of Japanese support legalization of same-sex marriage. Wikipedia and ...
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What are resons for Prime Minister Abe Shinzo to desire amendment to Article 9 in constitution?
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is reported to have said that "Japan cannot be a "normal state" until Japan has a fully functional armed force." There are reports that majority of the ...
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Why wasn't Hirohito tried at the end of WWII?
At the end of the Second World War many Japanese generals such as Tojo and Yamashita were tried and executed, but Hirohito wasn't tried and even continued as emperor. Why wasn't he tried while he was ...
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Why won't President Obama apologize for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Why won't President Obama apologize for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? He will be visiting Hiroshima soon, and he has said that he isn't going to be apologizing.
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Why didn't Fumio Kishida and Shigeru Ishiba give up in the LDP leadership election?
Most of candidates was declined, like Tarō Asō and Tomomi Inada. Why Kishida and Ishiba wasn't declined? It is because of the rule of Liberal-Democratic Party, or other candidates gave up?
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The EU and Japan recently concluded a Free Trade Agreement - will the EU and Japan share a common rulebook on goods, including agrifood?
The EU and Japan recently negotiated a Free Trade Agreement.
Will the EU and Japan therefore share a common rulebook for goods, including agrifood?
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Does Japan suffer any significant drawbacks for having the most restrictive immigration policy of all developed countries?
Japan is well known for being the most homogeneous developed country in the world, partially thanks to their extremely restrictive immigration policies. But does their economy or society suffer any ...
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Japan: is Abenomics failing?
Polling by newspapers (such as Reuters [October, 2014] and Wall Street Journal [August, 2014] for example) are negative about Japan's Abenomics and the expectations are getting worse.
Abenomics as ...
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Why are Japan and South Korea two topmost lobbyist in the USA?
Why are Japan and South Korea two topmost lobbyists in the USA?
What do they mostly do lobbying about?
I understand other countries' concerns, but what are the agendas of Japan and South Korea?
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How is Japan able to sustain a large debt as a percentage of GDP, while Greece could not?
Japan is currently the nation with the highest debt as a percentage of GDP - at the time of writing it stands at over 250%. Greece, currently the second most indebted nation, went through a decade-...
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What happens to the emperor's birthday public holiday in Japan if the emperor dies?
There're a few countries in the world where an important person's birthday is a public holiday. For Example: The Emperor's birthday in Japan
What happens if the Emperor dies shortly or a long time ...
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