"As a country with experience of coping with earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters, Japan believes in emphasizing the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction. We therefore prioritize investment in disaster prevention and post-disaster improvements under a policy of Build Back Better (BBB)."
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Shinzo Abe, born on September 21, 1954, was a prominent Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in two non-consecutive terms, from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. Known for his economic policies dubbed "Abenomics," he aimed to revitalize Japan's economy through aggressive monetary easing and structural reforms. As Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Abe left a complex legacy marked by efforts to strengthen Japan's defense posture and assert its role on the global stage while navigating domestic challenges and controversies.
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"I have to express sympathy from the bottom of my heart to those people who were taken as wartime comfort women. As a human being, I would like to express my sympathies, and also as prime minister of Japan I need to apologize to them."
Shinzo Abe
"China, as a nation, is a country under the one-party rule of the Communist Party, but it has introduced the market economy. As a country that is under the one-party rule of the Communist Party, normally what they should be seeking is equality of results."
Shinzo Abe"Thinking ahead, in 2013, the Japanese government, together with pharmaceutical companies and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established a fund for promoting research and development of medical products for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The importance of planning for disease outbreaks was made clear with the Ebola virus."
Shinzo Abe"The visits Prime Minister Koizumi made to the Yasukuni Shrine, I believe, had nothing to do with approval ratings. He paid respects at the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the people of Japan who fought and lost their lives for the country and to pray for the peace of their souls."
Shinzo Abe
"I have learned that being a politician is not an easy job. My father was trying to make progress in the peace treaty with the Soviet Union. At that time, he was suffering from last-stage cancer, but he visited Moscow in the bitter cold. I learned from my father that you may have to risk your own life to make such a historic accomplishment."
Shinzo Abe