Subject: Views on Prime Minister Abe's Trip to the U.S.
From: "Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:16:29 -0400 (EDT)

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April 28, 2015
Dennis Blair: Shinzo Abe is the Ally America Needs
Tobias Harris: Prime Minister Abe's Trip
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Dennis Blair: Shinzo Abe is the Ally America Needs
The Japanese leader's visit, which starts Wednesday, will present a stark contrast
to those of Iraq's Haider al-Abadi and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu.
American hospitality has been under a lot of strain lately, but there will be quite
a different atmosphere when we roll out the welcome mat this week for Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe. Consider these recent visitors to Washington: Israeli Prime
 Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was here last month to lecture us on Iran. Iraqi Prime
Minister Haider al-Abadi visited last week to implore us to offer more to a country
in which we have already spent $2 trillion and 4,425 American lives. But Abe, who
arrives in Washington on Wednesday, will be a rarity: a reliable and consistent 
ally who comes to honor friendship and cooperation with America rather than lecture
us on our policies or harangue us for additional financial and military assistance.
Continue reading on SPFUSA.org. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001BPPbG1ZKwo5mHlrZ3vFikfehdNL0WryPvsAlTm7j9p06XX6UaUSIPb5QeZ8k5LnNMMaerMs_37oP2V7JhwvnrKbCx_KBY8hSMGMUx47Was6-Q_vNGP3VsVnevum-L_WpSlx8onAINH85ohlOIIYMnoA9sDBxJ4yoI_lbeiJyo3SXSu_N6qnBzFktufnTcEBMjpJ1AplOlIu4fPGL6UWJ0nQlBNHnDG9ZhA17yVhX3SY=&c=WWk9dnlDHaVVe3t5Qk4t66DDAn_UFW9N3DKGyVP83xfQ7sCkcsKf5A==&ch=QBDmKNUScsSG9V8O7guvs6PdI70ExGuadG7Js7YEaaWnMv4xjACBlQ==]
Dennis Blair is Chairman and CEO of Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA.
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Tobias Harris: Prime Minister Abe's Trip

The last time Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Washington, in February
 2013, he was marking his triumphant -- and unexpected -- return to the premiership
after five years in the political wilderness. In a speech [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001BPPbG1ZKwo5mHlrZ3vFikfehdNL0WryPvsAlTm7j9p06XX6UaUSIPQn4bgvAx3Q9oDG2gAwP1BemaxIMT7WpwLEBpOjXD64GPO3bO8A-elPUt4gxw7d-lVoc6OtiF6ycIl0EIapzGdYW9zjQUPoJMwUCCc3XIhUPRiDRT5ZyAaoysxGWi8FSlXHj8jkL13Y44MsyGN6HX3d6F7o5cbE9y_FhfU2VBFQQ&c=WWk9dnlDHaVVe3t5Qk4t66DDAn_UFW9N3DKGyVP83xfQ7sCkcsKf5A==&ch=QBDmKNUScsSG9V8O7guvs6PdI70ExGuadG7Js7YEaaWnMv4xjACBlQ==]
at a D.C. think tank, Abe laid out a bold, confident vision for how Japan could 
overcome economic stagnation, strengthen its armed forces, and provide assertive
 leadership regionally and globally. The vision, Abe implied, began with him, and
would spread out to the country as a whole. "I am back," he said [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001BPPbG1ZKwo5mHlrZ3vFikfehdNL0WryPvsAlTm7j9p06XX6UaUSIPQn4bgvAx3Q9oDG2gAwP1BemaxIMT7WpwLEBpOjXD64GPO3bO8A-elPUt4gxw7d-lVoc6OtiF6ycIl0EIapzGdYW9zjQUPoJMwUCCc3XIhUPRiDRT5ZyAaoysxGWi8FSlXHj8jkL13Y44MsyGN6HX3d6F7o5cbE9y_FhfU2VBFQQ&c=WWk9dnlDHaVVe3t5Qk4t66DDAn_UFW9N3DKGyVP83xfQ7sCkcsKf5A==&ch=QBDmKNUScsSG9V8O7guvs6PdI70ExGuadG7Js7YEaaWnMv4xjACBlQ==],
 "and so shall Japan be."

This current visit is a celebration of Abe's top-down leadership and of what he's
accomplished in the U.S.-Japan relationship since taking office in December 2012.
For eight days beginning on April 26, Abe will travel the United States, with stops
in Boston, Washington, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. In Washington, President 
Barack Obama will host Abe for the first official visit by a Japanese prime minister
in nine years. And on April 29, Abe will deliver the first ever address by a Japanese
prime minister to a joint meeting of Congress.

But after a week of speeches and toasts celebrating Japan's resurgence and its importance
as a U.S. ally, Abe will return to a people anxious about Abe's plans for his country,
and an economy that continues to face serious obstacles to growth. Though many Japanese
share Abe's concerns about the rise of China and the risks of further economic stagnation,
they are reluctant to endorse changes that would put the country's armed forces 
in harm's way, or that would expose the nation's workers and retirees to new risks.

Continue reading on ForeignPolicy.com [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001BPPbG1ZKwo5mHlrZ3vFikfehdNL0WryPvsAlTm7j9p06XX6UaUSIPQn4bgvAx3Q9vbdinDvJtu4l2nqALr_vMziPJIU0p9cSTUO7ytdaJbIwl_GgGc-xEZWPcW1MSgwMZI1DGzAR-rDPM0xcqoNyAYPOA9FaxZ5_g6ptCq3m9BHDaOY0uptR5guCRBSPyQoNC2w6M0ai8KxzsWDsuakdAibLxYKEAZzj2Ggn4qa04O41JY7sUQCKUw==&c=WWk9dnlDHaVVe3t5Qk4t66DDAn_UFW9N3DKGyVP83xfQ7sCkcsKf5A==&ch=QBDmKNUScsSG9V8O7guvs6PdI70ExGuadG7Js7YEaaWnMv4xjACBlQ==]
or see more articles by Tobias Harris on SPFUSA.org [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001BPPbG1ZKwo5mHlrZ3vFikfehdNL0WryPvsAlTm7j9p06XX6UaUSIPXrAPxCGsbaoSMhqK6SSVbAEVYo6JRGKNn0_PQ7RBFWYrKHikOyJCcQJqzj4XnXcgr2im_dmuuVgn-VJ7NhVME5X5OWq474XQd-raIAou3bxuV897oM4hyredSxaOi1sRPb5H2iznT9guFKcC3cflcWCtZgA91p21A8S7Esw9Fdcx2oZqueR65R7jx8dTwVYzyXzghegbHnFiWIMS0bpy1E=&c=WWk9dnlDHaVVe3t5Qk4t66DDAn_UFW9N3DKGyVP83xfQ7sCkcsKf5A==&ch=QBDmKNUScsSG9V8O7guvs6PdI70ExGuadG7Js7YEaaWnMv4xjACBlQ==].

Tobias Harris is the Economy, Trade, and Business Fellow at Sasakawa Peace Foundation
USA.
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