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Today in Japan (11.12.17)

A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on November 12, 2017.

Abe Takes Hardline Stance as Diet Session Looms

This Week in Japan is your source for news and information about politics and other happenings in this East Asian island country. This episode covers the Top Five stories of the fourth week of October 2017.

Government Warms to TPP Without United States

The Abe administration is now warming to the notion of moving forward with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact with the eleven nations other than the United States.

Trump Tax March in Tokyo

Americans march in Tokyo to demand the release of Donald Trump’s tax returns and transparency in US policymaking. One of the key organizers, Jesse Glickstein, speaks to the Shingetsu News Agency.

North Korea War Gains Plausibility

It’s Donald Trump more than Kim Jong-Un who brings us a greater possibility of war.

Abe Cabinet Endorses Anti-Democratic Education

The Abe Cabinet itself is now openly endorsing and defending the Imperial Rescript on Education, in spite of the fact that both houses of the Diet denounced the document in June 1948 as a handmaiden to wartime Japanese militarism.

Abe Government Fails in South Korea Diplomacy

The decision by the Abe government to return Ambassador Yasumasa Nagamine to Seoul and Consul-General Yasuhiro Morimoto to Busan represents a total failure of Japan’s current approach to diplomatic relations with its closest neighbor, South Korea.

US Commerce Secretary Declares “Trade War”

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has a stark message for those who fear that Trump administration policies could lead to a global trade war: He says that the war is already on and now the United States is prepared to join it in earnest.