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  1. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) celebrates with Shigeru Ishiba, the former defence minister who ran against him, after winning the Liberal Democratic Party leadership contest on September 20, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
    Abenomics, Seven Years In: Has It Succeeded?
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    In September 2018, Shinzo Abe won a party election, thereby securing his third consecutive term as president of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and getting closer to becoming the longest-serving prime minister in the country’s postwar history.
  2. Shorenstein APARC Names 2019-20 Postdoctoral Fellows
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    Shorenstein APARC is pleased to announce the selection of two scholars as postdoctoral fellows for the 2019-20 academic year. They will begin their appointments at Stanford in the coming Autumn quarter.
  3. Research Scholar Discusses Japanese Company’s IPO Plans
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    Kenji Kushida spoke with Marketplace following Japanese holding company SoftBank's IPO announcement (Runtime - 2 minutes). 
  4. Break Through: Women in Silicon Valley, Womenomics in Japan Conference Final Report
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    On August 9, 2018 the Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center (APARC) Japan Program hosted a conference, "Break Through: Women in Silicon Valley, Womenomics in Japan." Women thought-leaders and entrepreneurs from Stanford, Silicon Valley, and Japan came together to discuss innovative ideas for narrowing the gender gap, and cultivating interpersonal support networks and collaboration across the pacific.
  5. Kim-Obchi Summit: 20 Years Later
    Japan-Korea Relations 20 Years after the Kim-Obuchi Summit
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    “…factually Japan has made many apologies; but many Koreans and Chinese at the same time feel that those apologies have not been sincere. So there’s a gap between facts and interpretations or public sentiments.”
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