lauren richardson is an expert on the region she says prime minister shinzo abi has in effect changed japan's security policy. japan has made a lot of the pole of use of both of reparations and normalize their relations with many of the countries that they have conflicts with there are still some ongoing issues some of the victims especially in china and south korea the countries that well the brunt of japanese imperialism still pursuing their own forms of justice took quite a long time the conservative party and the ruling liberal democratic party has been pursuing mullally way in it's the friends in security policy a lot of officials believe that that peace constitution is like out they did it because it was signed in the context it was kind of imposed upon japan by the occupying u.s. forces and. it was done sort of in acted in the context of the immediate post-war when the u.s. was to demille it tries to plan but now that will almost immediately now that the cold war broke out and the u.s. and japan signed an alliance so almost even by that stage the peace constitution was sort of

shinzo abi steered japan's defense strategy in a radical new direction he pledged to revise depends pacifist post world war 2 constitution to counter changing security threats in the region. in his 1st speech to the nation he said the security of japan is not someone else's problem it is a crisis that exists right there and now. those words set the tone for japan's defense over his years as prime minister as a base sought to ward off a newly assertive china making incursions into japanese waters and expanding its territorial claims in the south china sea. north korea has also posed a nuclear armed menace with frequent missile tests to demonstrate his muscular stance abbay loosened a ban on arms exports and in 2015 his party pushed through controversial legislation for so-called collective self-defense. allowing japanese troops to engage in overseas combat with allied forces. the law drew strong opposition domestically and a later push to revise the pacifist constitution failed. aves military reforms and containment diplomacy have upset china its largest trading partner. allies like u.s. pres

japanese prime minister shinzo abi has decided to bow out of the country's top job we leave you with a look back at i'll be on the wall on stage and also his political career back on monday you know that by. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w. 6 to go beyond yes. as we take on the world. all of the stories that matter to you. but never. mind. you could see it from space shown in red china's air pollution cleared up dramatically during the great lock down. less traffic and closed factories so thick smog give way to blue skies. air travel is responsible for 7 percent of greenhouse gases long haul flights were down 90 percent it. could be a roadmap to a green a future. we've seen with the drastic measures that china has taken with regard to corona that the missions have gone down seriously so people are working from home and manufacturing a slowdown so these are the kinds of drastic measures that we will have to take for climate change no one wants a 2nd lockd

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shinzo abi steered japan's defense strategy in a radical new direction he pledged to revise depends pacifist post world war 2 constitution to counter change and security threats in the region. and his 1st speech to the nation he said the security of japan is not someone else's problem it is a crisis that exists right there and now. those words set the tone for japan's defense over his years as prime minister as ave sought to ward off a newly assertive china making incursions into japanese waters and expanding its territorial claims in the south china sea. north korea has also posed a nuclear armed menace with frequent missile tests to demonstrate his muscular stance are they loosened a ban on arms exports and in 2015 his party pushed through controversial legislation for so-called collective self-defense. allowing japanese troops to engage in overseas combat with allied forces. the law drew strong opposition domestically and a later push to revise the pacifist constitution failed. aves military reforms and containment diplomacy have upset china its largest trading partner. allies like u.s. p

century ago but what's really agitated japan is that the man looks a little like the prime minister shinzo abi himself no stranger to inflaming this dispute japan says if it is based on our it will seriously impact relations with south korea due scoble could do with seeing such a thing is unforgivable in terms of international courtesy if the report. curates it will have a decisive impact on japan and south korea relations. the biggest issue behind all of this is over reparations for the so-called comfort stations and they were active between 1000 touch 2 and 1905 the end of the 2nd world war women were lured by the offer of walk only to be forced into providing sexual services to japanese imperial army soldiers it's thought that around $200000.00 mostly korean women were enslaved now attempts to resolve this dispute over the years well they've been slow a treaty to try and normalize relations came about in 1965 but it took until 1903 to finally apologize and admit that the women were forced into sex slavery by 2015 a formal apology a deal was agreed with a fund to compensate victims but it di

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he's always seen themselves as a reformer set on shaping the future japan's prime minister shinzo abi and his party v l d p won the 2012 election on a platform of revving up the economy and breaking with obsolete economic traditions his main plan was to ease japan's monetary policy the country's central bank set the printing presses in motion and flooded the market with fresh cash then he installed credit financed economic stimulus programs abhi wanted to make japanese society its legal system and labor market more business friendly one objective to get more women into the workforce thereby increasing productivity he called his program abi nomics using rb nomics i will increase jobs and incomes and revitalize the countryside while making citizens livelihoods better. and it worked at least in the beginning abi nomics temporarily boosted the confidence of the japanese economy and japan citizens but after the initial highs the stock markets in japan plummeted sharply. makes couldn't strengthen the economy in a sustainable way as g.d.p. during avi's term in office shows the risks of abi n

absence for the 2005 bombing in beirut that killed her very and 21 others and japanese prime minister shinzo abi has dismissed concerns about his health the 65 year old said a hospital visit on monday was for a routine checkup it came just days after a top politicians had appeared over. they took time off from politics a decade ago for health reasons he is depends longest serving prime minister. now leaders of a military coup in the west african nation of mali say they will bring about a political transition and hold new elections within reasonable time mollie's president. announced his resignation just hours after being detained by armed soldiers his ousting follows months of protests over corruption and economic mismanagement but while the events have been met by jubilation inside mali they sparked alarm among international observers. gunshots that aren't meant to kill better celebrate this car navigates the geron crowd sitting inside is believed to be the detained president abraham cater and other officials and later in the day where we're looking president cater appeared on state t.v. . in s

world war 2 surrender but there was no apology from the japanese prime minister shinzo abi he thanked the dead for their sacrifice for the 1st time in 6 months passengers from mainland china are being allowed to transit through hong kong as airport the city is gradually relaxing as virus travel restrictions this is a much required boost to cathay pacific on wednesday the carrier reports at a loss of more than $1000000000.00 beijing's biggest wholesale food market has reopened 2 months after it was shut down after the break of the virus and cases in beijing u.k. tourists have been scrambling to get home after the london government imposed a 14 day quarantine for travelers coming in from malta france and the netherlands the measures were introduced after a surge in virus infections in those countries is a lot more news than if you want it on the website al jazeera dot com tweet me i'll switch you back at peter dolby one at up next inside story i will see you very soon . we know what's happening in our region we know how to get them they feel that others cannot i was just thrown. back to

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he took hope the tragedy will never be repeated but there was no apology from the prime minister shinzo abi who thanked the war's dead for their sacrifice he avoided a personal visit to a controversial shrine which is cause divisions between japan china and south korea lauren richardson is an expert on the region she says the prime minister mr b. has changed szczepan security policy. japan has made a lot of the pole of use of both the fed reparations and to normalize their relations with many of the countries that they did have conflicts with there are still some ongoing issues some of the victims especially in china and south korea the countries that well the brunt of japanese imperialism still pursuing their own forms of justice took quite a long time the conservative party and the ruling liberal democratic party has been pursuing mullally way in it's the fence and security policy a lot of officials believe that that peace constitution is quite outdated because it was signed in the context that it was kind of being forced upon japan by the occupying u.s. forces and. it was done sort of en

that's why it's a so for we've had some media reports that prime minister shinzo abi intends to step down due to ill health and this is quite a surprise to many people because just as early as last week his liberal democratic party were defending him saying that no no he's fine he intends to continue until the end of his current term which is supposed to go until september 2021 now she is currently serving this existing timmy's being the prime minister for the 2nd time since 2012 but we do know that he suffers from quote chronic health conditions or a condition specifically known as all sorts of choli to us and he's made to hospital visits in this past week alone we also know that this particular illness was poppy responsible for him for him ending his 1st term. as prime minister in 2007 is well now we know that while he has broken a record it's actually just part of this the recall this week for being the longest serving leader in japan he served for more than 2800 consecutive days and he's just beat out his uncle who wrote that record just about half a century ago katrina ok keep u

hello i'm home his unit doha with the headlines on al-jazeera japan's prime minister shinzo abi has resigned because of ill health and 65 built his long suffering and intestinal illness he is japan's longest serving leader. i needed to fight against the disease and be treated i was not really in a perfect state in terms of the health condition and still i have to make political decisions that important once i cannot make any mistake in terms of important decision making the support of the public.

election and japan's government is considering who to make its next leader after prime minister shinzo abiresigned because of poor health the 65 year old is the country's longest serving prime minister but he has suffered for many years from a bowel disease he will remain in the post until his successor successor is chosen . the slum a storm rising continues i'll see for the news hour in about 30 minutes. the . typhoon has hit many of the hard. leaving sounds without food and water. with the authorities struggling to feed survivors comes from a new usual source. celebrity and former slum precedent franken doll has joined the release expert. on not only a good thing i'm going to leave. him alone you don't tell him i don't i was going to be. a little human and they say when i'm beginning to feel that way you know better because you know the. funding and the felony not being good i need to move into the white house sunday night as if i needed philip women to 75 you know ok that was how to make the kind of thing and i mean you know we have not been with it but it was living the good maybe to l