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Six golden rules proposed for Abe’s collective defense push
Hand-picked panel has six ideas for assuring civilian control of SDF
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A panel hand-picked by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to propose that the government reinterpret the Constitution to lift the long-held ban on collective self-defense, and limit its use by establishing six conditions meant to ensure civilian control, sources said.
Since the issue of exercising the U.N. right to aid allies under attack remains controversial with the public, the sources said Saturday that the conditions would require that:
Japan’s security be under great threat.
Countries with close ties to Japan be under attack.
Clear requests for help be made from Japan’s allies.
Approval be secured from third countries for Japanese forces to pass through their territory.
The prime minister, as a rule, obtain Diet approval for exercising collective defense.
The prime minister make a comprehensive decision on the effectiveness of the action.
In a report to be submitted to Abe around mid-May, the panel will likely urge the change, in the government’s interpretation of the Constitution to enable Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense, given Asia’s changing security environment.
Japan has maintained that it has the right to collective self-defense under international law but cannot exercise it due to the limits imposed by war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution, which forbids the use of force to settle international disputes and only allows the minimum force necessary for Japan’s self-defense.
With the backing received Thursday from U.S. President Barack Obama on using collective self-defense, Abe is expected to accelerate his efforts on the issue, which is one of his priorities.
Based on the panel report, the government is expected to craft its basic policy on the matter and seek Cabinet approval in the summer. However, Abe must first secure the endorsement of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party and junior coalition partner New Komeito.
The report will likely state specifically that the Self-Defense Forces can defend U.S. vessels on the high seas, sweep mines along sea lanes from the Middle East, and inspect ships suspected of heading for an enemy that has attacked the United States, Japan’s top ally.
The panel is headed by Shunji Yanai, a former ambassador to the United States.
The security experts will likely propose that the “international conflicts” stipulated in Article 9 be redefined as only those involving Japan as a major actor, the sources said. Currently, the term is interpreted as meaning all conflicts under the Constitution.
If the new definition is adopted, the SDF can be mobilized for U.N. collective security operations, and provide fuel, transportation and medical treatment to multinational forces in combat zones.
The public remains divided on the issue, and New Komeito is wary about what would be the first major overhaul of security policy since the war. Abe also plans to revise a series of laws to prepare the legal framework for the country to use the right.
The panel is expected to urge the government to allow the SDF to be dispatched to defend the nation, rather than confining it to policing, when so-called gray zone situations that fall short of full-fledged military attacks occur, the sources added.
Japan remains vigilant against China’s maritime assertiveness, especially its repeated intrusions into waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The uninhabited islets are administered by Japan but claimed by China, which calls them Diaoyu
Six golden rules proposed for Abe's collective defense push | The Japan Times
Hand-picked panel has six ideas for assuring civilian control of SDF
Kyodo
A panel hand-picked by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to propose that the government reinterpret the Constitution to lift the long-held ban on collective self-defense, and limit its use by establishing six conditions meant to ensure civilian control, sources said.
Since the issue of exercising the U.N. right to aid allies under attack remains controversial with the public, the sources said Saturday that the conditions would require that:
Japan’s security be under great threat.
Countries with close ties to Japan be under attack.
Clear requests for help be made from Japan’s allies.
Approval be secured from third countries for Japanese forces to pass through their territory.
The prime minister, as a rule, obtain Diet approval for exercising collective defense.
The prime minister make a comprehensive decision on the effectiveness of the action.
In a report to be submitted to Abe around mid-May, the panel will likely urge the change, in the government’s interpretation of the Constitution to enable Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense, given Asia’s changing security environment.
Japan has maintained that it has the right to collective self-defense under international law but cannot exercise it due to the limits imposed by war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution, which forbids the use of force to settle international disputes and only allows the minimum force necessary for Japan’s self-defense.
With the backing received Thursday from U.S. President Barack Obama on using collective self-defense, Abe is expected to accelerate his efforts on the issue, which is one of his priorities.
Based on the panel report, the government is expected to craft its basic policy on the matter and seek Cabinet approval in the summer. However, Abe must first secure the endorsement of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party and junior coalition partner New Komeito.
The report will likely state specifically that the Self-Defense Forces can defend U.S. vessels on the high seas, sweep mines along sea lanes from the Middle East, and inspect ships suspected of heading for an enemy that has attacked the United States, Japan’s top ally.
The panel is headed by Shunji Yanai, a former ambassador to the United States.
The security experts will likely propose that the “international conflicts” stipulated in Article 9 be redefined as only those involving Japan as a major actor, the sources said. Currently, the term is interpreted as meaning all conflicts under the Constitution.
If the new definition is adopted, the SDF can be mobilized for U.N. collective security operations, and provide fuel, transportation and medical treatment to multinational forces in combat zones.
The public remains divided on the issue, and New Komeito is wary about what would be the first major overhaul of security policy since the war. Abe also plans to revise a series of laws to prepare the legal framework for the country to use the right.
The panel is expected to urge the government to allow the SDF to be dispatched to defend the nation, rather than confining it to policing, when so-called gray zone situations that fall short of full-fledged military attacks occur, the sources added.
Japan remains vigilant against China’s maritime assertiveness, especially its repeated intrusions into waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The uninhabited islets are administered by Japan but claimed by China, which calls them Diaoyu
Six golden rules proposed for Abe's collective defense push | The Japan Times
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Coalition of the willing is forming...
Admiral Kawano wants India to build closer ties with Japan
The new government that will take charge in New Delhi next month has been given a clear message from Japan’s top-most naval official: Tokyo hopes the Indian political establishment – which under two terms of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has generally been cautious on boosting military ties with Japan keeping China’s concerns in mind– will do “much more” to build closer relations.
Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of Staff of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), said his country has been “wanting very much” to re-join the bilateral Malabar sea exercises between the United States and India. Japan was last invited to join the exercise in 2007, but has subsequently been kept out after China protested the three-way exercises and suggested they were aimed at Beijing.
“We have been wanting very much to join the Malabar sea exercises, with United States and India,” Admiral Kawano said. “As I understand, the Indian Navy is keen and willing. But Indian politics is very complicated,” he said, speaking to The Hindu.
Admiral Kawano was among top naval officials from the U.S., China, Canada, France and New Zealand present at a reception Tuesday evening on board India's missile frigate INS Shivalik, which is in this northeastern Chinese port city – the headquarters of the Chinese Navy’s North Sea Fleet – to participate in multilateral maritime exercises to mark the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
“We very frequently hold exchanges with the Indian Navy, but we want to do much more,” Admiral Kawano said.
While he did not elaborate further, the Admiral appeared to be referencing the Indian government’s caution about going forward with the trilateral exercises. After a five-year hiatus, the Indian government told Japanese officials in January, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited New Delhi, that Japan would be included in exercises later this year. The change in stance comes as the UPA’s second-term comes to an end.
The Admiral’s comments about the “complicated” politics in New Delhi however suggested that from the Japanese point of view, there was still some uncertainty about how committed the Indian government was to the idea amid different prevailing views in the government.
Some officials in New Delhi acknowledge that the government may have been excessively cautious in this regard. The policy now, they say, is to actively develop and improve ties with both Japan and China. One observer noted how “tabled have turned” in the past decade, when Japan was initially focused on mending ties with China and lukewarm towards India’s proposals to enhance then-limited naval drills between coast guards.
But under Mr. Abe, ties with China have plummeted over disputed East China Sea islands and questions of wartime history.
While Admiral Kawano was hosted as a member of the 21-country Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) which was held here this week, Japan was not invited to participated in maritime exercises held on Wednesday alongside the meeting to mark the PLA Navy’s anniversary.
While the PLAN’s commander Admiral Wu Shengli met with visiting naval chiefs – he also visited India’s INS Shivalik on Tuesday – he did not hold talks with Admiral Kawano. The Chinese Defence Ministry said the reason was “a series of inappropriate actions by the Japanese government and leaders”.
Admiral Kawano said he was “very concerned” and “worried” about the implications of China’s rapidly growing military strength on the region. But Japan, he said, was taking overdue steps to boost its military – which still is called a “self-defence force” in keeping with Japan’s post-war Pacifist Constitution.
Mr. Abe wants Japan to become a “normal country” with a proper military, citing China’s rise as a prime reason. China, however, has accused him of seeking to rewrite Japan’s wartime atrocities and post-war commitments.
On Saturday, Japan broke ground on a new radar station on an island close to those disputed with China – the first such move in four decades.
“Our Navy is not small,” Admiral Kawano said. “China has 1 billion people, so it will have a sizeable navy. We plan to expand a lot more.”
Japan also wanted to expand ties with India’s “very good navy” through more exchanges and port calls.
Admiral Kawano wants India to build closer ties with Japan
The new government that will take charge in New Delhi next month has been given a clear message from Japan’s top-most naval official: Tokyo hopes the Indian political establishment – which under two terms of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has generally been cautious on boosting military ties with Japan keeping China’s concerns in mind– will do “much more” to build closer relations.
Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of Staff of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), said his country has been “wanting very much” to re-join the bilateral Malabar sea exercises between the United States and India. Japan was last invited to join the exercise in 2007, but has subsequently been kept out after China protested the three-way exercises and suggested they were aimed at Beijing.
“We have been wanting very much to join the Malabar sea exercises, with United States and India,” Admiral Kawano said. “As I understand, the Indian Navy is keen and willing. But Indian politics is very complicated,” he said, speaking to The Hindu.
Admiral Kawano was among top naval officials from the U.S., China, Canada, France and New Zealand present at a reception Tuesday evening on board India's missile frigate INS Shivalik, which is in this northeastern Chinese port city – the headquarters of the Chinese Navy’s North Sea Fleet – to participate in multilateral maritime exercises to mark the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
“We very frequently hold exchanges with the Indian Navy, but we want to do much more,” Admiral Kawano said.
While he did not elaborate further, the Admiral appeared to be referencing the Indian government’s caution about going forward with the trilateral exercises. After a five-year hiatus, the Indian government told Japanese officials in January, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited New Delhi, that Japan would be included in exercises later this year. The change in stance comes as the UPA’s second-term comes to an end.
The Admiral’s comments about the “complicated” politics in New Delhi however suggested that from the Japanese point of view, there was still some uncertainty about how committed the Indian government was to the idea amid different prevailing views in the government.
Some officials in New Delhi acknowledge that the government may have been excessively cautious in this regard. The policy now, they say, is to actively develop and improve ties with both Japan and China. One observer noted how “tabled have turned” in the past decade, when Japan was initially focused on mending ties with China and lukewarm towards India’s proposals to enhance then-limited naval drills between coast guards.
But under Mr. Abe, ties with China have plummeted over disputed East China Sea islands and questions of wartime history.
While Admiral Kawano was hosted as a member of the 21-country Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) which was held here this week, Japan was not invited to participated in maritime exercises held on Wednesday alongside the meeting to mark the PLA Navy’s anniversary.
While the PLAN’s commander Admiral Wu Shengli met with visiting naval chiefs – he also visited India’s INS Shivalik on Tuesday – he did not hold talks with Admiral Kawano. The Chinese Defence Ministry said the reason was “a series of inappropriate actions by the Japanese government and leaders”.
Admiral Kawano said he was “very concerned” and “worried” about the implications of China’s rapidly growing military strength on the region. But Japan, he said, was taking overdue steps to boost its military – which still is called a “self-defence force” in keeping with Japan’s post-war Pacifist Constitution.
Mr. Abe wants Japan to become a “normal country” with a proper military, citing China’s rise as a prime reason. China, however, has accused him of seeking to rewrite Japan’s wartime atrocities and post-war commitments.
On Saturday, Japan broke ground on a new radar station on an island close to those disputed with China – the first such move in four decades.
“Our Navy is not small,” Admiral Kawano said. “China has 1 billion people, so it will have a sizeable navy. We plan to expand a lot more.”
Japan also wanted to expand ties with India’s “very good navy” through more exchanges and port calls.
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Ilham Aliyev receives special adviser to Japanese prime minister
Tue 29 April 2014 09:49 GMT | 14:49 Local Time
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received head of Olympic Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Health and Sports Takeo Hirata.
During the meeting Takeo Hirata with satisfaction recalled his previous visits to Azerbaijan and meeting with national leader Heydar Aliyev, 1news.az reports quoting official website of the President as saying.
He also noted that the dynamic development processes taking place in our country over the last period left a deep impression on him.
In turn, President Ilham Aliyev noted that consistent steps are taken to develop all spheres in Azerbaijan.
The meeting also exchanged opinions on prospects of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Japan in various fields, including energy sphere.
Tue 29 April 2014 09:49 GMT | 14:49 Local Time
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received head of Olympic Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Health and Sports Takeo Hirata.
During the meeting Takeo Hirata with satisfaction recalled his previous visits to Azerbaijan and meeting with national leader Heydar Aliyev, 1news.az reports quoting official website of the President as saying.
He also noted that the dynamic development processes taking place in our country over the last period left a deep impression on him.
In turn, President Ilham Aliyev noted that consistent steps are taken to develop all spheres in Azerbaijan.
The meeting also exchanged opinions on prospects of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Japan in various fields, including energy sphere.
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Japan will export nuclear power to Turkey and UAE
08:36 |28/04/2014
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According to Vietnam News Agency, April 18th, the Japanese Congress approved a civil nuclear agreement with Turkey and United Arabs Emirates, according to that, Japan will export nuclear power reactors to these rapid developing economies.
Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai city, Japan. (Source: AFP/VNA)
Japan signed above agreements with Turkey and UAE in 2013, in which stipulated that the fuel and nuclear equipment provided by Japan are used for peace aims. Japanese Senate passed these agreements at the plenary meeting after approvement of House of Representatives in early April.
Public opinion in Japan fears about the safty of nuclear power after the crisis in Fukushima Plant 1 in 2011. However, PM Abe decides to promote exporting infrastructure of Japan to the world and Japanese Government expects that this cooperation process will motivate the economic growth.
In Turkey, Japan has obtained a bid package for constructing 4 nuclear reactors in the vicinity of Black Sea, with a value of 2,200 billion yen (about 21,56 billion dollars).
In accordance with Japan-Turkey agreement, the two sides can carry out the activities of enrichment, nuclear waste retreatment agreed by the two governments.
Meanwhile, UAE is continuing the construction of nuclear power plants, started since 2012 and expected to be expanded.
Japan has completed the same agreements with 12 countries, so far and now, is carrying out negotiations with some of countries, including India.
The Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Turkey and UAE is the first result of the cooperation in nuclear area, approved by Japanese Parliament since 2011 dual disaster – earthquake and tsunami.
08:36 |28/04/2014
VietnamEnergy -
According to Vietnam News Agency, April 18th, the Japanese Congress approved a civil nuclear agreement with Turkey and United Arabs Emirates, according to that, Japan will export nuclear power reactors to these rapid developing economies.
Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai city, Japan. (Source: AFP/VNA)
Japan signed above agreements with Turkey and UAE in 2013, in which stipulated that the fuel and nuclear equipment provided by Japan are used for peace aims. Japanese Senate passed these agreements at the plenary meeting after approvement of House of Representatives in early April.
Public opinion in Japan fears about the safty of nuclear power after the crisis in Fukushima Plant 1 in 2011. However, PM Abe decides to promote exporting infrastructure of Japan to the world and Japanese Government expects that this cooperation process will motivate the economic growth.
In Turkey, Japan has obtained a bid package for constructing 4 nuclear reactors in the vicinity of Black Sea, with a value of 2,200 billion yen (about 21,56 billion dollars).
In accordance with Japan-Turkey agreement, the two sides can carry out the activities of enrichment, nuclear waste retreatment agreed by the two governments.
Meanwhile, UAE is continuing the construction of nuclear power plants, started since 2012 and expected to be expanded.
Japan has completed the same agreements with 12 countries, so far and now, is carrying out negotiations with some of countries, including India.
The Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Turkey and UAE is the first result of the cooperation in nuclear area, approved by Japanese Parliament since 2011 dual disaster – earthquake and tsunami.
Korea also when are against JapanBangladeshis too
，maybe even more strongly than us. Actually we have learnt lots from them.
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Koreans are our brothers too. We can get over our differences for the bigger good.Korea also when are against Japan
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if you uiuis are indeed kins with nipponzi and bonzi...then han chinese must have had a heck of a massacre of your race to disperse your blood relations so far apart, on the "two wings of asia". pathetic uiuis
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I see you cudnt find enough rice to eat today my short, slant-eyed friend iajj...Please comment again when your height exceeds 1.50...Kisses and Godspeed
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Japan will export nuclear power to Turkey and UAE
08:36 |28/04/2014
VietnamEnergy -
According to Vietnam News Agency, April 18th, the Japanese Congress approved a civil nuclear agreement with Turkey and United Arabs Emirates, according to that, Japan will export nuclear power reactors to these rapid developing economies.
Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai city, Japan. (Source: AFP/VNA)
Japan signed above agreements with Turkey and UAE in 2013, in which stipulated that the fuel and nuclear equipment provided by Japan are used for peace aims. Japanese Senate passed these agreements at the plenary meeting after approvement of House of Representatives in early April.
Public opinion in Japan fears about the safty of nuclear power after the crisis in Fukushima Plant 1 in 2011. However, PM Abe decides to promote exporting infrastructure of Japan to the world and Japanese Government expects that this cooperation process will motivate the economic growth.
In Turkey, Japan has obtained a bid package for constructing 4 nuclear reactors in the vicinity of Black Sea, with a value of 2,200 billion yen (about 21,56 billion dollars).
In accordance with Japan-Turkey agreement, the two sides can carry out the activities of enrichment, nuclear waste retreatment agreed by the two governments.
Meanwhile, UAE is continuing the construction of nuclear power plants, started since 2012 and expected to be expanded.
Japan has completed the same agreements with 12 countries, so far and now, is carrying out negotiations with some of countries, including India.
The Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Turkey and UAE is the first result of the cooperation in nuclear area, approved by Japanese Parliament since 2011 dual disaster – earthquake and tsunami.
UAE, KSA, Jordan and other Middle Eastern countries should join in with Pakistan to develop the technology for Thorium based and Fusion reactors as soon as possible.
Thorium based technology is known to everyone. Pakistan should be hunting along with Middle Eastern countries for this mineral resource in Asian and African region.
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lol, i may eat rice for my entire life, but i am still taller than every uiui selling kebabs in shanghai and berlin and even those nipponzi selling sushi whom you uiuis claim to be your ancient kinsmen. poor bastards: your comical height must be why your kins were banished from where you were initially bound as one with all the shorty nipponzi and smelly bonzi and dark viets?
again, i ask you: just how did your poor bastards get a continental-sized hole punched into your supposed imperium of uiui-benzi-bonzi-viet brotherhood in the last three thousand years? what racial inferiority could possibly account for your banishment from your ancient homeland that connected you with your tribals to your puny little possessions in asia minor now? pathetic turkics. only your jew friends rival your historical misfortune.
Fool. You just made fun of the people you are supporting.Nice story my short, slant-eye friend..
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You must be kidding, and i guess you might know the difference between AESA and PESA, right?
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you should study about most experienced Justice of the IMFTE,Justice Radha Vinod Pal.
and should study his judgement on this case....
while acknowledging the brutality of the incident—he said that there was nothing to show that it was the "product of government policy" or that Japanese government officials were directly responsible. There is "no evidence, testimonial or circumstantial, concomitant, prospectant, restrospectant, that would in any way lead to the inference that the government in any way permitted the commission of such offenses", he said. In any case, he added, conspiracy to wage aggressive war was not illegal in 1937, or at any point since.
Justice Radhabinod Pal (India) produced a 1,235-page judgment in which he dismissed the legitimacy of the IMTFE as mere victor's justice.
"I would hold that each and every one of the accused must be found not guilty of each and every one of the charges in the indictment and should be acquitted on all those charges," concluded Pal.
Nanking Atrocities - Postwar Judgment
its quite debatable topic,and most sees it as mere "Demonization" of Japan than proper truth.even multiple judges(5 out of 11) said that trial was not fair and procedure was defective.
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