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POPSProtestors and Sydney prepare for APEC Lets hope that the summit focuses on the key "issues such as poverty, security and climate change" in the Pacific region and protesters voice their opinions peacefully. It is expected the majority of protesters will be high school students concerned about globilisation. "The Stop Bush Coalition" is expected to draw the biggest numbers, an estimated 10,000 people.
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POPSGive Abe the Finger Well, thats nationalism for ya, apparently they'd didn't appreciate his display of affection. Poor guy.
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POPSCase Studies in Accountablity (Part I) Imagine a government where its own ministers hold themselves accountable for their own corruption. The Japanese government is certainly not a great system, but it's refreshing to hear that there are still politicians out there capable of feeling shame when their corrupt incompetence is exposed to the world, even if there aren't any in America.
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POPSJapan Uses Graft to Get its Way on Whaling! Japan has NO honour - it uses its financial clout on small impoverished nations to gain votes for whaling. I despise Japan for its flagrant disregard of Worldwide public opinion. It is time to make Japan pay dearly!
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POPSTake that, Abe! This woman is in protest of Japanese leader Shinzo Abe's remark that sexual abuse by Japanese soldiers in the Philippines during WWII never took place.
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POPSJapan: That'll learn them This article makes me wonder about the inaccuracies portrayed within Japanese media such as dramas and film. Interesting.
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POPSJapan's Aging Population and India's Opportunity " In his book Utsukushii Kuni e (Toward a Beautiful Nation) published earlier this year, Mr Abe says, "We should aim for a country that is seen by people around the world as a place where they want to come to work, want to invest, in short a country that gives everyone a chance. To those who resonate with Japan's national character and ideals, to those who wish to educate their children here, or to those who want to be Japanese, we should open our doors wide. Moreover, we should do this because it will contribute to the dynamism of Japan." India's software companies that have probed the Japanese market for the past seven years with but marginal success would be keen to see how the policy unfolds under Mr Abe."