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#18672655 at 2023-04-10 17:54:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22908: Trump point to NARA, NARA JAPAN AND GOLD CLUB ABE HIT EDITION

>>18672625
anon does too.
started the shinzo abe dig, another anon pointed out that shinzo was shot in nara, trump talking about nara, gold club which was given to trump by shinzo, the longest serving president in japan.
Anon knows the guy who took over was a W.E.F asset. there Yoshihide Suga
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Yoshihide Suga elected Japan's new prime minister succeeding Shinzo Abe
Published
16 September 2020

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54172461
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https://www.weforum.org/search?query=Yoshihide+Suga

#14518386 at 2021-09-04 08:09:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18366: Were ballot harvesters getting ballots directly from Runbeck? Edition

#18362
>>14515271 Gunmaker subpoenas school records of 9 slain Sandy Hook students and educators; families want records sealed
>>14515280 FBI warns of ransomware attacks targeting food and agriculture sector as White House pushes for proactive measures
>>14515290 Oregon State Trooper Is Placed on Leave After Sharing Powerful Video: "I've fallen in line for over a year with these useless, ineffective mask mandates, and I will no more!"
>>14515295 California's State Pension Invests Millions in Chinese State-Owned Companies
>>14515340, >>14515694 @CBS_Herridge NEW: Executive Order calls for expedited review, release long secret 9/11 docs including records from "Operation Encore" that drilled down on who helped the hijackers move seamlessly around the US. April 4 FBI summary document or "EC" is vital (unless heavily redacted) to understanding what Operation Encore accomplished and what leads remained outstanding as late as 2016.
>>14515396, >>14515465, >>14515570 Biden Signs Executive Order Directing Declassification Review of Certain 9/11 Documents
>>14515413, >>14515814 Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking
>>14515462 anon dig: opioids promote cancer?
>>14515471 Pedo bun 3 August 21
>>14515538 SOUTHCOM Successfully Completes Haiti Earthquake Operation as USAID Continues Robust Relief and Recovery Effort
>>14515545, >>14515902 Trump says he 'probably won't' get COVID-19 booster shot
>>14515578, >>14515588 Elections clerk under investigation says she's still working
>>14515741, >>14515764 U.S. Central Command assumed combatant command responsibility for U.S. forces in the State of Israel.
>>14516043 #18362

#183601
>>14514441 Facebook, Google Caught Using Data, Manipulating KIDS to Get Jabbed! rumble video - patrick howley on national file
>>14514442 Media: Nurses Quitting, Fear "Delta" - TRUTH: Mass Exodus Due to Vaxx Mandates!, rumble video
>>14514461 More Individuals and Counties are Calling for a Forensic Audit in Wisconsin
>>14514559 Investigators Have Video of 240 Leftist Operatives in Georgia Dumping Thousands of Ballots from Backpacks into Drop Boxes in Middle of the Night!
>>14514785 Joe Biden's Deputy Secretary Of State Just Invested In A Firm Flagged As A 'Tool' Of The Chinese Communist Party.
>>14514539, >>14514735 August employment increased by 40,000 in private education, declined by 21,000 in state government education
>>14514836 Ivermectin Human Use List Updated
>>14515057 Dr. Scott Atlas: Science Killed Itself Over COVID-19
>>14515068 Japan's Yoshihide Suga to Resign From Prime Minister Role
>>14515108 Establishment Punishes Minister for Separating Child Brides from Migrants, breitbart
>>14515130 Monaco's Princess Charlene is in stable condition after emergency hospitalization, reports say, yahoo
>>14515132 John Fredericks state officials now have video of 240 leftist operatives he called "ballot traffickers" dumping tens of thousands of ballots into drop boxes in the middle of the night in locations across Georgia. gwp
>>14515134 BANKS, LENDING INSTITUTIONS, IRS, or any thing to do with the "MONEY" or lack thereof was left UNINCORPORATED." stopthepirates
>>14515168 doctor who prescribed deworming drug for Covid founded pro-ivermectin group, nbc hitpiece
>>14515193 Central Bank Digital Currencies to Be Tested in Experiment... Project Dunbar cointelegraph
>>14515204 Before; Pfizer Vaccine Claimed a Runaway Success in Israel with 0.015% Infection Rate, Breitbart
>>14517968 #183601

#14517968 at 2021-09-04 04:40:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18365: 5-Eyes to 9-Eyes: TO CONTROL THE WORLD Edition

>>14517898
Q Research General #18361: I SD AUDITS!!! Edition Anonymous 09/03/21 (Fri) 16:25:04 - NOTABLES as requested
>>14514441 Facebook, Google Caught Using Data, Manipulating KIDS to Get Jabbed! rumble video - patrick howley on national file
>>14514442 Media: Nurses Quitting, Fear "Delta" - TRUTH: Mass Exodus Due to Vaxx Mandates!, rumble video
>>14514461 More Individuals and Counties are Calling for a Forensic Audit in Wisconsin
>>14514559 Investigators Have Video of 240 Leftist Operatives in Georgia Dumping Thousands of Ballots from Backpacks into Drop Boxes in Middle of the Night!
>>14514785 Joe Biden's Deputy Secretary Of State Just Invested In A Firm Flagged As A 'Tool' Of The Chinese Communist Party.
>>14514539, >>14514735 August employment increased by 40,000 in private education, declined by 21,000 in state government education
>>14514836 Ivermectin Human Use List Updated
>>14515057 Dr. Scott Atlas: Science Killed Itself Over COVID-19
>>14515068 Japan's Yoshihide Suga to Resign From Prime Minister Role
>>14515108 Establishment Punishes Minister for Separating Child Brides from Migrants, breitbart
>>14515130 Monaco's Princess Charlene is in stable condition after emergency hospitalization, reports say, yahoo
>>14515132 John Fredericks state officials now have video of 240 leftist operatives he called "ballot traffickers" dumping tens of thousands of ballots into drop boxes in the middle of the night in locations across Georgia. gwp
>>14515134 BANKS, LENDING INSTITUTIONS, IRS, or any thing to do with the "MONEY" or lack thereof was left UNINCORPORATED." stopthepirates
>>14515168 doctor who prescribed deworming drug for Covid founded pro-ivermectin group, nbc hitpiece
>>14515193 Central Bank Digital Currencies to Be Tested in Experiment... Project Dunbar
cointelegraph
>>14515204 Before; Pfizer Vaccine Claimed a Runaway Success in Israel with 0.015% Infection Rate, Breitbart

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#14515107 at 2021-09-03 18:12:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18361: I SD AUDITS!!! Edition

Bun: anon-nominated notables
not a baker
>>14514461 More Individuals and Counties are Calling for a Forensic Audit in Wisconsin
>>14514559 Investigators Have Video of 240 Leftist Operatives in Georgia Dumping Thousands of Ballots from Backpacks into Drop Boxes in Middle of the Night!
>>14514785 Joe Biden's Deputy Secretary Of State Just Invested In A Firm Flagged As A 'Tool' Of The Chinese Communist Party.
>>14514539, >>14514735 August employment increased by 40,000 in private education, declined by 21,000 in state government education
>>14514836 Ivermectin Human Use List Updated
>>14515057 Dr. Scott Atlas: Science Killed Itself Over COVID-19
>>14515068 Japan's Yoshihide Suga to Resign From Prime Minister Role

#14515068 at 2021-09-03 18:01:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18361: I SD AUDITS!!! Edition

Japan's Yoshihide Suga to Resign From Prime Minister Role

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced on Sept. 3 that he will not be running for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) re-election in September, after about a year in office.

Suga, who took over after Shinzo Abe resigned last September due to ill health, cited Japan's response to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic as reasoning for stepping down, telling reporters that he did not have time to focus on COVID-19 measures as well as campaigning for the LDP job.

"I have decided not to run for the party leadership elections, as I would like to focus on coronavirus measures," he told reporters.

"But doing both takes enormous energy and I have decided that I should just choose one or the other," he said. "As I have repeatedly told people, protecting people's lives and health is my responsibility as prime minister, and that's what I will dedicate myself to."

It comes as Suga saw his support ratings drop to below 30 percent.

Japan is currently grappling with its fifth and largest wave of COVID-19 infections, driven by the more infectious Delta variant.

There are currently more than 1.5 million virus cases while Tokyo and much of the country remain under a state of emergency due to expire on Sept. 12.

Suga's decision to not run in a ruling LDP election in September means the party will choose a new leader, who will become prime minister.

LDP has the majority in Japan's parliament, meaning the new government leader likely will be whoever is elected the party's leader. The official start of the campaign is Sept. 17 and elections will be held on Sept. 29.

The 72-year-old, who is the son of a strawberry farmer from Japan's northern prefecture of Akita, enjoyed support ratings as high as 70 percent early in his tenure because he was a leader from the common people rather than blue-blood political families like Abe.

He introduced a series of pragmatic measures including digital transformation and administrative reforms, however, the latest media surveys showed his support ratings have declined to around 26 percent.

There is currently no clear favourite to replace the outgoing leader.

On Thursday, Fumio Kishida, one of the only two lawmakers who have so far declared their candidacy, criticised Suga's handling of the CCP virus pandemic as too little and too slow, and urged a stimulus package to combat the pandemic.

"In crisis management, being more thorough in assuming the worst-case scenario, rather than believing enough has been done, is necessary," he told a news conference.

"I would have legislation revised so state and local governments have strong authority to curb people's movement and secure medical resources," Kishida said.

Kishida also said that as party chief, he would aim to bring socio-economic activities back to near normalcy by early 2022, noting that a stimulus package must be compiled "swiftly" and include cash payments to non-permanent workers and others who will be affected by steps to contain the flow of people.

https://www.ntd.com/japans-Yoshihide-Suga-to-resign-from-prime-minister-role_670689.html

#14514204 at 2021-09-03 14:31:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18360: Our Enemy Loses Power When Our Minds Are Free To Think Edition

Japan's Prime Minister Suga resigns
Suga faced criticism over a coronavirus response seen as too slow and limited and for holding the Olympics despite public's health concerns

Amid growing criticism of his handling of the pandemic, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he won't run for the leadership of the governing party later this month, paving the way for a new Japanese leader after just a year in office.

Suga told reporters that heading Japan's pandemic response and campaigning to lead his governing Liberal Democratic Party at the same time divided his energies. "I have decided not to run for the party leadership elections, as I would like to focus on coronavirus measures," Suga told reporters who rushed to his office after the news broke.
Suga has faced criticism and nosediving public support over a coronavirus response seen as too slow and limited and for holding the Olympics despite the public's health concerns. His hope of having the Olympic festivities help turn around his plunging popularity was also dashed.

He said he had put all his energy into important issues including the virus response since he took office.

"But doing both takes enormous energy and I have decided that I should just choose one or the other," he said. "As I have repeatedly said, protecting people's lives and health is my responsibility as prime minister, and that's what I will dedicate myself to."
The Liberal Democrats and their coalition partner have a majority in parliament, meaning whoever wins the Sept. 29 party vote is virtually guaranteed to become the new prime minister.

The official start of the party campaign is Sept. 17. Candidacy requires factional support largely controlled by party heavyweights, and their choices may not match those favored in public opinion surveys.

Two Cabinet ministers in former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government have come out as potential candidates: dovish former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, currently seen as a top contender, and former Interior Minister Sanae Takaichi, who shares Abe's rightwing ideology.

moar here -
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/japans-prime-minister-Suga-resigns

#14474087 at 2021-08-27 18:12:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18310: EO 11110 Commemorative Edition

Japan Suspects Contaminant In Moderna Vaccines Is Metallic, 'Reacts To Magnets'

The Japanese Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that around 1.6 million doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine have been taken out of use due to contamination in some vials that 'reacts to magnets,' according to a ministry official.

Several vaccination centers reported finding foreign matter in the doses.

"It's a substance that reacts to magnets," the official told Nikkei, adding "It could be metal."

Moderna, meanwhile, has confirmed receiving "several complaints of particulate matter" in vials distributed in Japan, but that "not safety or efficacy issues" were found related to the reports.

"The company is investigating the reports and remains committed to working transparently and expeditiously with its partner, Takeda, and regulators to address any potential concerns," a spokesperson told Nikkei, adding that a "manufacturing issue" at a plant in Spain was to blame.

After the complaints, the vaccine lot in question as well as two adjacent lots have been taken out of circulation "out of an abundance of caution," according to the spokesperson.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Thursday afternoon that he had instructed the ministry to look into the case with safety as the top priority, adding he had received reports that the withdrawal "won't have a significant impact on the country's vaccination campaign." -Nikkei

The foreign matter that 'reacts to magnets' is sure to revive speculation over the viral 'Covid-19 vaccine magnet challenge,' in which dozens of people recorded magnets sticking to their vaccine injection sites.

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/japan-withdraws-16-million-moderna-doses-over-contaminant-reacts-magnets

#14133359 at 2021-07-16 02:14:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17880: My fellow Americans… Edition

Some ppl is not paying attention…

U.S. President Joe Biden, China's Xi Jinping, Japan's Yoshihide Suga and Vladimir Putin of Russia are among Pacific Rim leaders gathering virtually to discuss strategies to help economies rebound from a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic.

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1415842632937390081

#14078843 at 2021-07-08 06:18:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17815: Night Stalkers Edition

Japan to declare state of emergency in Tokyo 2 weeks before Olympics

Why? Comms … Japan

Japan's government is set to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo due to a COVID-19 spike, a minister who heads the government's coronavirus response said Thursday, per Reuters.
Why it matters: It'll be in effect throughout the Olympics, confirmed Yasutoshi Nishimura, the economy minister, after a government meeting. The government will decide after talks with International Olympic Committee officials later Thursday whether to ban all spectators, which medical experts say could help slow the virus' spread, AP notes.

Of note: The declaration will run from July 12 to Aug 22 and is expected to be formally announced by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga later in the day.
* The Games are due to begin with the opening ceremony on July 23 <-- PAIN
* Flashback: International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates said in May that the Tokyo Olympics will proceed even if the city or other parts of Japan are under a COVID-19 state of emergency.


https://www.axios.com/

#14074811 at 2021-07-07 19:25:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17810: CENSORSHIP BY PROXY = Fascism Edition

Japan Orders 4th Tokyo State Of Emergency Likely Barring Spectators From Olympics

With the Summer Olympics in Tokyo set to begin later this month, the Japanese government has acquiesced to growing public pressure to declare another state of emergency in Tokyo as the number of new COVID cases has continued to climb over the past month, even as vaccinations have accelerated.

The order is Tokyo's fourth emergency decree since April 2020, and comes after the Tokyo confirmed 920 new cases on Wednesday, the capital's highest daily tally since May 13.

Tokyo had lifted the previous state of emergency on June 20, though the metropolis has since been under a "quasi" emergency order that's set to end on Sunday.

The new state of emergency is set to remain in effect from July 12 until Aug. 20, covering the entirety of the summer Olympics.

On Wednesday, Tokyo's municipal government asked the central government to strengthen its infection control measures - which have notoriously included a temporary ban on alcohol sales at restaurants to anybody who isn't drinking alone - if the quasi emergency is extended.

While Japan has been considering allowing up to 10K domestic spectators at each Olympic event, the new state of emergency means spectators will likely be barred from the competition.

PM Yoshihide Suga has previously said that a new emergency order would likely include a ban on spectators.

The Olympics and Paralympics organizing committees along with the IOC will soon hold talks to discuss their response to the state of emergency.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/japan-orders-4th-tokyo-state-emergency-likely-barring-spectators-olympics

#13984536 at 2021-06-26 00:36:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17699: John McAfee secret stash/Building Collapse Edition

Ben Fulford Part 3 6/25/2021
Summer Solstice Turning Point As Military-Industrial Complex Takes On Medical Industrial Complex

Needless to say, a large portion of the Chinese Communist Party leadership is in on this crime. Mossad sent us this picture of a Maoist Chinese one yuan bill with a clear Zionist symbol on it. Asian secret society sources, for their part, promise to purge all of David Rockefeller's bastard children from China's power structure.

The WHO by the way says that 650,000, 1.5 million, and 2.56 million people died respectively from influenza, tuberculosis, and pneumonia in 2017 for a total of 4.7 million deaths. https://www.who.int/news/item/13-12-2017-up-to-650-000-people-die-of-respiratory-diseases-linked-to-seasonal-flu-each-year

https://ourworldindata.org/pneumonia

This compares to the 3.86 million who supposedly died of Covid-19 since it broke out in 2019. Needless to say, these are years in which Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, and Influenza deaths magically vanished from statistics.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=how+many+people+died+of+covid+19

We can confirm that in Japan, since doctors and military personnel are refusing to vaccinate people, they are drafting dentists, first aid personnel, and veterinarians among others to administer vaccines, The vaccinators are being paid 400,000 yen (US$3,640) for each person they vaccinate. You can be sure slave Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his entire cabinet will be executed for these crimes.

Anyway, a full revolt against the scamdemic is well underway. Here is a great example from Australian TV: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CQGEVzvHPaw/?utm_medium=share_sheet

Here is one from the UK's GB News:

What is now undeniable is that there is rampant Covid hypocrisy when it comes to the behavior of our leaders, given the regulations they expect us mere mortals to follow. We saw that loud and clear at the G7 summit - now officially a super spreader event for Cornwall by the way - where there were fist bumps, masks, and social distancing in public. Compared to unmuzzled hugs and normal socializing when they thought the cameras were off. Now it turns out this sort of Covid hypocrisy might have been going on at Number 10 Downing Street for many weeks. https://www.gbnews.uk/shows/dan-wootton-covid-hypocrisy-of-elites-is-an-insult-to-hardworking-brits/107263

MI6 set up GB News to provide fact-based information to the public after they did an analysis of English language corporate media and concluded almost all the articles were commercially sponsored. https://www.gbnews.uk/

The Rockefellers and the Octagon group are going on their own counter-offensive against the British. A part of this is an ongoing move to widely publicize the truth about the death of Diana Spencer.

This was seen in the following June 19th front-page story on the Daily Mail, a story that MI6 says they were paid to publish. No doubt more is coming.

Essentially, she was murdered at the orders of Prince Philip, without the knowledge of Queen Elizabeth, because she was pregnant with Dodi Fayed's child and was about to convert to Islam. This cold-blooded murder of a young mother is a crime for sure and the truth about this needs to come out but, it is not on the same level as systematic genocide.

#13982756 at 2021-06-25 20:15:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17697: 5 minutes Texas border visit Ebake edition

Ben Fulford Part 3 6/25/2021
Summer Solstice Turning Point As Military-Industrial Complex Takes On Medical Industrial Complex

Needless to say, a large portion of the Chinese Communist Party leadership is in on this crime. Mossad sent us this picture of a Maoist Chinese one yuan bill with a clear Zionist symbol on it. Asian secret society sources, for their part, promise to purge all of David Rockefeller's bastard children from China's power structure.

The WHO by the way says that 650,000, 1.5 million, and 2.56 million people died respectively from influenza, tuberculosis, and pneumonia in 2017 for a total of 4.7 million deaths. https://www.who.int/news/item/13-12-2017-up-to-650-000-people-die-of-respiratory-diseases-linked-to-seasonal-flu-each-year

https://ourworldindata.org/pneumonia

This compares to the 3.86 million who supposedly died of Covid-19 since it broke out in 2019. Needless to say, these are years in which Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, and Influenza deaths magically vanished from statistics.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=how+many+people+died+of+covid+19

We can confirm that in Japan, since doctors and military personnel are refusing to vaccinate people, they are drafting dentists, first aid personnel, and veterinarians among others to administer vaccines, The vaccinators are being paid 400,000 yen (US$3,640) for each person they vaccinate. You can be sure slave Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his entire cabinet will be executed for these crimes.

Anyway, a full revolt against the scamdemic is well underway. Here is a great example from Australian TV: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CQGEVzvHPaw/?utm_medium=share_sheet

Here is one from the UK's GB News:

What is now undeniable is that there is rampant Covid hypocrisy when it comes to the behavior of our leaders, given the regulations they expect us mere mortals to follow. We saw that loud and clear at the G7 summit - now officially a super spreader event for Cornwall by the way - where there were fist bumps, masks, and social distancing in public. Compared to unmuzzled hugs and normal socializing when they thought the cameras were off. Now it turns out this sort of Covid hypocrisy might have been going on at Number 10 Downing Street for many weeks. https://www.gbnews.uk/shows/dan-wootton-covid-hypocrisy-of-elites-is-an-insult-to-hardworking-brits/107263

MI6 set up GB News to provide fact-based information to the public after they did an analysis of English language corporate media and concluded almost all the articles were commercially sponsored. https://www.gbnews.uk/

The Rockefellers and the Octagon group are going on their own counter-offensive against the British. A part of this is an ongoing move to widely publicize the truth about the death of Diana Spencer.

This was seen in the following June 19th front-page story on the Daily Mail, a story that MI6 says they were paid to publish. No doubt more is coming.

Essentially, she was murdered at the orders of Prince Philip, without the knowledge of Queen Elizabeth, because she was pregnant with Dodi Fayed's child and was about to convert to Islam. This cold-blooded murder of a young mother is a crime for sure and the truth about this needs to come out but, it is not on the same level as systematic genocide.

#13901087 at 2021-06-14 15:27:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17597: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP Edition:

>>13900953
Canada Justin Trudeau Prime Minister Kike
France Emmanuel Macron President Kike
Germany Angela Merkel Chancellor Kike
Italy Mario Draghi Prime Minister Kike
Japan Yoshihide Suga Prime Minister ?
UK (Host) Boris Johnson Prime Minister Kike
United States Joe Biden President Kike

#13880017 at 2021-06-11 18:37:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17571: Last Pallet b/w No Ballots No Win Edition

G7 leaders to pledge 1 billion COVID vaccines for world and target big tech companies with new digital tax as conference formally begins

President Joe Biden and leaders of the G7 will pledge 1 billion shots in arms of the COVID vaccine for the world, support a 15 per cent global minimum corporate tax, and target Big Tech with a new tax as the summit begins.

Of those billion shots, half will come from the United States and 100 million from the U.K.

'We're going to help lead the world out of this pandemic working alongside our global partners,' Biden said on Thursday, adding that the G7 nations would join the U.S. in outlining their vaccine donation commitments at the three-day summit. The G-7 also includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.

The leaders will gather on Friday for opening greetings and a socially-distanced family photo, before pivoting to a session 'Building Back Better From COVID-19.'

The world leaders of the seven industrial nations will also second an agreement made earlier by their finance ministers on the global minimum corporate tax.

The update to international tax law is intended to end a global competition that has led some countries to cut their corporate taxes much lower than others in order to attract multinational companies to their shores.

It's a big win for Biden's administration, which has proposed the global minimum tax as a way to pay for infrastructure projects. Biden wants to hike corporate taxes in the US and a global minimum will help combat fears his move could cause jobs to move overseas.

The leaders will also announce a plan to replace Digital Services Taxes, which targeted the biggest American tech companies - such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google - with a new tax plan linked to the places where multinationals are actually doing business, rather than where they are headquartered.

Later the leaders will meet Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the Royal Family at the Eden Project, a lush, domed eco-tourism site built in a former quarry pit.

Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge will join the G7 leaders at the reception.

On Thursday, world leaders from G7 countries arrived in Britain.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived at Cornwall Airport in Newquay wearing a face mask and waved from the exit of his jet beside his country's coat of arms and maple leaf flag.

European Council President Charles Michel also arrived ahead of the G7 meeting at the airport on June 10, and was met by a selection of British soldiers, sailors and airmen.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his wife Mariko Suga arrived in Newquay in the early hours of this morning. A typical flight from his country to Britain takes roughly 12 hours.

Prime Minister Johnson will host leaders from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit to be held in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, beginning today.

Britain has invited Australia, India, South Africa, and South Korea to attend the Leaders' Summit as guest countries - as well as the EU, amid trade tensions with the bloc.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2021/06/g7-leaders-to-pledge-1-billion-covid.html

#13713614 at 2021-05-20 22:44:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17363: Free Speech Will Never Die. Like It or Not. Edition

Benjamin Fulford Part 2

There is also a consensus that if the groups in Switzerland refuse to come to a deal there will be no choice but military action including nuclear weapons, the Dragon family, MI6, Pentagon, and P3 Freemason sources agree. The ball is now in their court.
We realize this group, through Klaus Schwab (pictured) of the Davos World Economic Forum, are offering their own "great reset." https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/now-is-the-time-for-a-great-reset/
If you read their words it sounds mostly good, filled with talk about reducing income inequality, protecting the environment, etc. However, there is a catch:
"We will give you all these nice things but first you must take your vaccination."

They are trying to vaccinate the entire population of the planet with god knows what to fight a disease that they cannot even prove exists. It is sort of like "drink your cool-aid and then you can go to heaven."

There is also a clear degeneration of the whole Covid-19 business into a farce. The stories below are good examples saying that "Dracula's castle will be used to administer vaccines," and "China has deployed troops to the top of Mt. Everest to stop Covid," and that "Covid will enter your penis and make you infertile."

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/700-year-old-romanian-castle-inspired-dracula-has-been-turned-free-covid-vaccination-site

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/china-enforces-new-boundary-nepal-summit-everest-keep-infected-climbers-out
https://www.studyfinds.org/virility-the-virus-covid-found-in-penile-tissue-may-even-lead-to-erectile-dysfunction/

The fact that so many sheeple are wearing masks and lining up for vaccines shows just how insidious the Khazarian Mafia control grid really is.

Here is an example of how this group controls most of the world's so-called civilian governments. Last week slave Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan read the wrong script when he was asked the following question by "opposition MP" Renho:
"People are arriving in ambulances at hospitals around Japan and are not being admitted...The situation is getting worse...So Prime Minister if the Olympics are held and both Japanese citizens and Olympic athletes arrive at the hospital at the same time, who will be given priority?"

Instead of answering the question, the slave Prime Minister read a script about how Pfizer was going to supply vaccines to Olympic athletes so it would not affect vaccine supplies in Japan. Renho then angrily asked for the Prime Minister to be shown the proper page on the script to read from.

This confirms what many bar hostesses who cater to politicians have told me over the years and that is that when they are drunk the politicians admit to being actors paid to read a script.
This is not just Japan. The same is now true for the U.S., Canada, England, and many other countries.Democratic processes have been subverted by stealth by the Khazarian mafia.

We note the military in France, the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere are finally beginning to take action against the stealth hijacking of governments by a Satanic mafia. https://www.theepochtimes.com/120-retired-generals-military-officers-sign-letter-warning-of-conflict-between-marxism-and-constitutional-freedom_3813043.html
Despite firing a whole slew of Canadian military officers on spurious charges, Prime Minister Justin Sinclair Castro of Canada will go to jail, and so will many of his fellow gangsters.

A military investigation has already started. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/maj-gen-dany-fortin-no-longer-leading-vaccine-campaign-pending-military-investigation-1.5428928
The fake Biden administration in the U.S. is also collapsing. Their attempt to buy popularity by handing out money led to a record 8.1 million unfilled job openings (why work if you can get free money?). They are also spending 90% more than they earn, racking up record trade deficits and stoking hyper-inflation. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nobody-wants-work-job-openings-soar-record-high-81-million-smashing-wall-street

The Rockefeller crime family behind the Biden fake presidency is also shutting down gas pipelines, sabotaging bridges and engineering food shortages, etc. all in a doomed bid to retain power. https://www.infowars.com/posts/pipeline-inspector-calls-in-to-the-alex-jones-show-its-100-a-manufactured-collapse/

#13689252 at 2021-05-18 01:40:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17334: Maricopa County Audit, Openly Invites Legal Action Edition

>>13689108
>>13689146
125 years
125=ABE

"Signs for Shinzo Abe's comeback?"

""I took new drugs, and treatment went well," said former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a YouTube video on April 27. He resigned from office in September 2020 due to ulcerative colitis, and he said he got better after trying the new treatment.

Late last year, a veteran Japanese businessman showed me a photo of him with Abe. It was taken at a golf course, and Abe was squatting with a golf club in his hand, smiling brightly. How can someone suffering from ulcerative colitis and frequent diarrhea squat? The businessman said Abe was healthy and well.

Abe is again getting politically active. He attends various political events and frequently appears on YouTube and television to speak up.

He has taken up many positions, from an honorary advisor to the group pushing for constitutional revision and honorary advisor for Tokyo Olympics to advisor to the conservative unity group of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

Since last month, Abe has started lecturing to young representatives of the LDP serving less than three terms on how to win an election. Abe helped 119 new representatives win in the 2012 House election. Under Abe's umbrella, the "Abe kids" successfully won three consecutive terms and have never engaged in a challenging election campaign. He has led six election victories in office and is the best teacher.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga does not have that aura. After the LDP lost in Hiroshima, its traditional stronghold, at the April by-elections, his supporter group began to crack."

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/05/09/englishStudy/bilingualNews/Shinzo-Abe/20210509193400325.html

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/national/politics-diplomacy/shinzo-abe-return-to-spotlight/

#13670827 at 2021-05-15 21:57:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17312: Ebake on the mood

Japan Doesn't Want Rahm Emanuel as Ambassador
Two sources with solid connections to the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told Newsmax that the choice of Emanuel, 61, was neither expected or wanted by the Japanese government.

"The former mayor of Chicago was definitely not wanted [by the Suga government] as ambassador," a veteran Japanese journalist told Newsmax, "They would have preferred him being sent to Beijing."

https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/emmanuelambassadorjapanSugabidenmondale/2021/05/13/id/1021303/

#13521601 at 2021-04-27 03:36:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17125: Why Are Dems And Rinos Trying To Stop The AZ Audit? Edition

Japan's ruling party defeated in parliamentary by-elections amid COVID-19 surge

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost all three parliamentary seats in by-elections, delivering a blow to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga ahead of general elections in October. The LDP's candidates were crushed at the polls Sunday as the Suga administration failed to live up to public expectations amid the coronavirus pandemic. Suga's approval rating plummeted to below 40% this year as COVID-19 cases rose in the country, Kyodo News reported Monday. Corruption allegations also have dogged the ruling party. The by-elections in Hiroshima and Hokkaido were held to fill seats vacated by former ruling party lawmakers. Politicians had resigned after they were accused of buying votes and bribery, NHK reported Monday.

The Hiroshima election was held after Anri Kawai, wife of former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai, lost her seat. Anri Kawai was found guilty of "vote-buying" during a 2019 election, according to Kyodo. "Voters passed a severe judgment on the Suga Cabinet," said main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan secretary general Tetsuro Fukuyama. "It is the result of a buildup of people's discontent over scandals involving politics and money and the novel coronavirus response." Suga may have not hit the campaign trail on behalf of his party's candidates. According to Kyodo, the prime minister did not travel to Hiroshima or Nagano prefectures during the campaign to show support for his party.

Lack of voter interest also may have hindered turnout, which was the lowest on record for Nagano and Hokkaido at 44.4% and 30.46%, respectively, according to the report. Leading Japanese newspapers are blaming the government for the defeat. The Asahi Shimbun said in an editorial statement that the government's coronavirus response and the "money issues" of ruling party politicians were responsible for their loss. A poll conducted from Friday to Sunday by local paper Nikkei showed 65% of respondents in Japan said they disapprove of Suga's handling of the deadly virus. Japan has said the Tokyo Olympics is to proceed as planned, despite declaring a state of emergency Friday for key regions.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/04/26/Japans-ruling-party-defeated-in-parliamentary-by-elections-amid-COVID-19-surge/4321619449375/

#13507279 at 2021-04-25 05:52:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17108: DS Will Not FF QRG, Not Tonight Shills Edition

Japan launches targeted state of emergency in attempt to stop COVID surge

https://www.axios.com/japan-stores-bars-close-targeted-emergency-ee625cb2-a2d4-4f7b-812f-c6da57007484.html

Bars, department stores and theaters across Japan closed for 17 days Sunday, after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and three other prefectures in an attempt to curb surging COVID-19 cases.

Why it matters: In less than three months, Tokyo is due to host the summer Olympics - which have already been delayed by a year due to the pandemic. This is the third state of emergency declared in Japan since the pandemic began.

#13475971 at 2021-04-21 03:04:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17069: Comfy Revolution Edition

Who's the president? Because it's apparently not Joe Biden



Joe Biden may be the president in name, but with the White House directly contradicting his proclamations twice in as many days and his notable absence from greeting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, one has to ask: Who is actually running the country?

With border crossings at their highest in 15 years and record numbers of child migrants flooding overcrowded facilities, it is abundantly clear that the country faces a crisis, and at last, Biden conceded as such. During a weekend round of golf, he defended delaying an increase in refugees accepted to the country because his administration had to deal with "the crisis that ended up on the border with young people."

But by Monday, the White House inexplicably said that the stated position of the president wasn't the position of the presidency.

"No, there is no change in position," an unnamed White House official told CNN. "Children coming to our border seeking refuge from violence, economic hardships, and other dire circumstances is not a crisis." Instead, the official claimed Biden "was referring to the crisis in Central America - the dire circumstances so many are fleeing from. He was not referring to the federal government's response."

Really? When Biden explicitly said, "The crisis that ended up on the border"?

Then, on Tuesday, Biden spilled a little extra gasoline over the tinderbox that is the Twin Cities metro area, telling the press that he is praying for "the right verdict" in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the cop charged with the murder and manslaughter of George Floyd. Sure, Biden may be right that the evidence against Chauvin is "overwhelming," at least with regard to the manslaughter and third-degree murder charges, but the judge had already warned that the threats of Rep. Maxine Waters of California could constitute grounds for a mistrial. The highest elected official in the nation weighing in on a jury currently deliberating charges doesn't just raise the temperature of a city ready to riot but also threatens the integrity of the legal proceedings.

Just hours later, the White House again contradicted the boss.

"I don't think he would see it as weighing in on the verdict," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said of Biden's remarks. Really, him asking for the "right" verdict isn't tantamount to him weighing in on the verdict?

All the while, Vice President Kamala Harris, the person Biden claimed to have put in charge of the border crisis, is everywhere but on the border. While Biden is in hiding, Harris has been gallivanting across the country, even greeting Suga in his place.

Biden may be the president, but clearly, the buck does not stop with him. So, who is actually running the country in his stead?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/whos-the-president-because-its-apparently-not-joe-biden

#13471605 at 2021-04-20 18:55:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17064: Happy Awakening Day Edition

'You're Not The Boss Of Me': Xi Urges Resistance To US 'Setting The Rules For The World'

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday issued some aggressive remarks clearly aimed at Washington, but without naming the United States directly, in his keynote address at the Boao Forum on Asia. His emphasis was to warn against the "unilateralism of a few countries" who are prone to "bossing others around" - which can be resisted via greater global economic integration and avoiding the temptation of decoupling.

He spelled out that that countries that "boss others around or meddle in others' internal affairs would not get any support," and that efforts to "erect walls" or "decouple" stand against market principles. This veiled swipe against the US included the words: "openness and integration is an unstoppable trend, any effort to build barriers and decouple works against economic and market principles, and would only harm others without benefiting oneself."

While there's plenty of regional and border countries, not to mention African populations, that would strongly disagree, XI asserted that "China will never seek hegemony, expansion, or a sphere of influence no matter how strong it may grow," according to a state media transcript.

The remarks came soon on the heels of the White House receiving Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday, where China topped the agenda in Biden's first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader since taking office. Their joint statement focused on China's actions that "are inconsistent with the international rules-based order" and impact "peace and prosperity" in the region, while highlighting human rights abuses and anti-democratic policies in Hong Kong, Xinjiang region, and Taiwan.

The hugely controversial US-Japan statement loomed large in the backdrop to Xi's words:

"The world wants justice, not hegemony," Xi said in remarks broadcast to the forum.

"A big country should look like a big country by showing that it is shouldering more responsibility," he said.

While Xi did not identify any country in his remarks, Chinese officials have in recent times referred to U.S. "hegemony" in public criticisms of Washington's global projection of power in trade and geopolitics.

By contrast, "true multilateralism" will serve to make the world "more fair and equitable," he said.

Bloomberg broadly observed of the speech that it was "dominated by sweeping globalist comments as Xi lauded a system with the WTO and United Nations at its center. He warned we shouldn't let one country set the rules for all and big countries need to behave appropriately. While he has made similar points before, it's noteworthy that he hammered the message home. Markets were little changed, with stocks erasing initial losses."

China's president also offered that the global pandemic should negate this vision of unilateralism, saying it's become clear the world must reject the "cold-war and zero-sum mentality" and oppose a new "cold war" which hinders common cooperation and progress against the most pressing matters.

And this raises what is perhaps the only 'bright spot' in current relations given the new 'common interest' on climate change. US climate envoy John Kerry last week met with his Chinese counterpart in Shanghai for what is the first high-level trip to China by a top Biden administration official.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/youre-not-boss-me-xi-urges-resistance-us-setting-rules-world

#13471171 at 2021-04-20 17:54:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17063: Absolute Proof NOW PLAYING (Also You Might Have Herpes) GrapeHaze Edition

>>13471128
Gaston Browne, Alberto Fernandez, Scott Morrison, Sheikh Hasina, Lotay Tshering,
Jair Bolsonaro, Justin Trudeau, Sebastián Piñera, Xi Jinping, Iván Duque Márquez,
Félix Tshisekedi, Mette Frederiksen, Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, Emmanuel Macron,
Ali Bongo Ondimba, Angela Merkel, Narendra Modi, Joko Widodo, Benjamin Netanyahu,
Mario Draghi, Andrew Holness, Yoshihide Suga, Uhuru Kenyatta, David Kabua,
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Jacinda Ardern, Muhammadu Buhari, Erna Solberg, Andrzej Duda,
Moon Jae-in, Vladimir Putin, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa,
Pedro Sánchez, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Boris Johnson, Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng

#13471128 at 2021-04-20 17:49:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17063: Absolute Proof NOW PLAYING (Also You Might Have Herpes) GrapeHaze Edition

>>13471094
>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/26/president-biden-invites-40-world-leaders-to-leaders-summit-on-climate/
Further details on the Summit agenda, additional participants, media access, and public viewing will be provided in the coming weeks
The President invited the following leaders to participate in the Summit
Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Antigua and Barbuda, President Alberto Fernandez, Argentina , Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh, Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, Bhutan, President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada, President Sebastián Piñera, Chile, President Xi Jinping, People's Republic of China, President Iván Duque Márquez, Colombia, President Félix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark , President Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission, President Charles Michel, European Council, President Emmanuel Macron, France, President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India, President Joko Widodo Indonesia, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Jamaica, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan, President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya, President David Kabua, Republic of the Marshall Islands, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand, President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway, President Andrzej Duda, Poland, President Moon Jae-in, Republic of Korea , President Vladimir Putin, The Russian Federation , King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Turkey, President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, United Kingdom, President Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng, Vietnam

#13457147 at 2021-04-18 23:38:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17046: Into the Night, Enter the Light Edition

"Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga said the US and Japan would oppose coercion or force in the South and East China Seas, in unusually blunt remarks about China after his summit with Joe Biden."
https://twitter.com/hughhewitt/status/1383921701352738816

#13455408 at 2021-04-18 19:19:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17044: Illegal Alien Invasion Paid For With Your Tax Dollars Edition

China Reacts After US and Japan Challenge it in Five Regions and Washington Pledges To Defend Japan With Nuclear Weapons

Yesterday U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met at the White House to hold a joint press conference reaffirming and expanding bilateral relations between the two nations. A statement was released after the press event which has raised the ire of China.

Both the press conference and the statement addressed a multitude of issues from economic to security to environmental to cyber concerns, but what caught the attention of many, especially Chinese, observers is this sentence: "The United States restated its unwavering support for Japan's defense under the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, using its full range of capabilities, including nuclear." The treaty marks its seventieth anniversary this year, first having been signed during the height of the Cold War, as the war in Korea raged, in 1951.

The statement, titled U.S.-Japan Global Partnership for a New Era - also reaffirmed the two nations' understanding that Article 5 of that pact - "Each Party recognizes that an armed attack against either Party in the territories under the administration of Japan would be dangerous to its own peace and safety and declares that it would act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional provisions and processes" - would apply to China and Japan's dispute over what Japan and the U.S. refer to as the Senkaku Islands, but China knows as the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. (Japan is also embroiled in a dispute with Russia over the Kuril Islands, which Japan, and occasionally the U.S. State Department, refer to as Japan's Northern Territories.) The two leaders pledged to intensify military cooperation "across all domains, including cyber and space, and to bolster extended deterrence."

At yesterday's press conference Biden said: "Prime Minister Suga and I affirmed our ironclad support for US/Japanese Alliance, and for our shared security. We [are] committed to working together to take on the challenges from China and issues like the East China Sea, the South China Sea, as well as North Korea."

Suga spoke in the same vein: "We also had serious talks on China's influence over the peace and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific and the world at large. We agreed to oppose any attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion in the East and South China Seas and intimidation of others in the region."

https://news.antiwar.com/2021/04/17/china-reacts-after-us-and-japan-challenge-it-in-five-regions-and-washington-pledges-to-defend-japan-with-nuclear-weapons/

#13447914 at 2021-04-17 17:55:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17034: Q Research - The Most Trusted News Source Edition

China denounces US-Japan statement in which Washington vows to defend its Asian partner with NUCLEAR 'capabilities'

Beijing has blamed Washington and Tokyo for undermining stability in the Asia Pacific region after they released a joint statement saying "regional challenges" would be addressed by all means, "including nuclear."

The statement by US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the first foreign leader to officially visit Biden at the White House, was released on Friday. It criticized China, suggesting its actions "are inconsistent with the international rules-based order" and impact "peace and prosperity" in the region.

The alliance between Washington and Tokyo, on the other hand, "has become a cornerstone of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world," and the two countries "are more prepared than ever to address regional challenges," the statement continued. Beijing's activities in the South China Sea were mentioned among the challenges, as well as issues in Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Taiwan.

"Japan resolved to bolster its own national defense capabilities... The United States restated its unwavering support for Japan's defense... using its full range of capabilities, including nuclear," the statement read.

Beijing condemned the document, saying it went beyond the scope of bilateral relations and interfered in China's internal affairs. It also endorsed separatist activities, a statement by the Chinese Embassy in the US said on Saturday, as reported by the CGTN news channel.

China, which has for decades considered Taiwan an integral part of its territory, has repeatedly called on the US not to interfere in its domestic policies. Tensions in the South China Sea have long been increasing, with a number of military drills happening in the region, particularly around the island of Taiwan, which considers itself an independent nation and is supported by Western states.

https://www.rt.com/news/521347-us-japan-statement-nuclear/

#13442225 at 2021-04-16 23:26:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17027: And We Find The Strength United Edition

Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga was insulted today because of the VP greet. (He's really pissed off)

Byden fucked up big time.

Joe is burning Global bridges.

#13441962 at 2021-04-16 22:45:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17027: And We Find The Strength United Edition

"Every Single Day There's a Mass Shooting in the US, It's a National Embarrassment!" Biden Pounds His Hand on Podium, Trashes America in Front of Japanese Prime Minister

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited the White House on Friday.

The Japanese Prime Minister is the first foreign leader to visit the Biden White House.

Kamala Harris welcomed Suga to the White House early Friday afternoon as Joe went MIA.

Later Friday afternoon Biden participated in a joint press conference with Suga.

Biden took some (scripted) questions from reporters and trashed America in front of the Japanese Prime Minister.

"Every single day there's a mass shooting in the United States," Biden said pounding his hand on the podium. "It's a national embarrassment and must come to an end!"

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/every-single-day-mass-shooting-us-national-embarrassment-biden-pounds-hand-podium-trashes-america-front-japanese-prime-minister-video/

#13441090 at 2021-04-16 20:27:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17025: Let the Re-Reading of the Drops Commence Edition

>>13440737
>>13440768
>No fucking way that is real
>>13441031
Here's the "real"; but no where near worth watching.

VP Harris Welcomes Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga
First White House Meeting With Foreign Head of State
94 views-Apr 16, 2021


Forbes Breaking News
6.5-minutes
https://youtu.be/S4XwoboUFf8

#13424614 at 2021-04-14 17:47:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17005: Our Police Are Under Attack Across America Edition

US Pushing Japan's PM Suga To Issue Joint Taiwan Statement With Biden

On Friday Joe Biden will for the first time host a foreign leader at the White House and the stakes couldn't be higher, given he's reportedly urging Japan's prime minister Yoshihide Suga to come out publicly and more forcefully alongside the United States in full support of Taiwan against what's seen as hostile Chinese encroachment on the democratic island. "Biden… is asking for a more explicit and public posture, in contrast to the private tough line we hear from Tokyo," a regional expert and head of the Japan Society Joshua Walker observes.

A bombshell new report in FT details that Biden will seek Japan's cooperation in a joint statement which shines light on "rising Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific region" at a moment Tokyo is among other regional US allies attempting to ward off expansive Chinese territorial claims. In Japan's case it's currently attempting to warn off Beijing from the Senkaku Islands, which is poised to escalate dramatically at any moment, given the Tokyo government just authorized its Coast Guard to be able to use deadly force should incidents with Chinese fishing vessels become threatening.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/us-pushing-japans-pm-Suga-issue-joint-taiwan-statement-biden

#13381285 at 2021-04-08 01:38:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16951: Previous Baker had to Grill Edition

Japan Says Dumping Fukushima Radioactive Water in Pacific Ocean is Now "Unavoidable"

While Japan last month marked the 10th anniversary of the devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami with solemn ceremonies, the government has also been stressing the successes of its recovery efforts in the country's northeast.

In truth, however, the country is still coping with the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, which has already cost Japan trillions of yen and whose exclusion zone will require up to 40 more years to fully rehabilitate.

And with contaminated water continuing to build up at the ruined Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says that the government must finally begin dumping it into the Pacific Ocean.

With nuclear waste and fuel rods still contaminating the area, over one million tons of radioactive waste water continue to seep from the facility, according to The Japan Times, forcing authorities into what Suga describes as the "unavoidable" position of having to dump the water.

Officials claim that the water would be purified to the maximum extent possible, but environmentalist groups like Greenpeace warn that the water contains hazardous material that could damage human DNA and the health of marine life.

Fishers also fear that consumers will refuse to buy fish caught in contaminated waters, worsening their plight amid a restriction of imports from Fukushima prefecture imposed by 15 countries and regions.

Regardless, authorities argue they must deal with the cards that have been dealt.

"What to do with the [treated] water is a task that the government can no longer put off without setting a policy," Japanese trade minister Hiroshi Kajiyama said on Wednesday.

Suga is expected to formally decide on the course of action by next Tuesday. If he proceeds, authorities will dilute tritium to 2.5 percent of the maximum concentration allowed by the country before it is dumped.

But while Japanese officials say that the water will be safe, it remains an open question whether people will trust their word.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/04/japan-says-dumping-fukushima-radioactive-water-in-pacific-ocean-is-now-unavoidable.html

#13364112 at 2021-04-05 09:11:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16930: EBake for history books

Japan fears COVID-19 variants are behind possible fourth wave

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-strain/japan-fears-covid-19-variants-are-behind-possible-fourth-wave-idUSKBN2BS0MB

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese health authorities are concerned that variants of the coronavirus are driving a nascent fourth wave in the pandemic with just 109 days remaining until the Tokyo Olympics.

The variants appear to be more infectious and may be resistant to vaccines, which are still not widely available in Japan. The situation is worst in Osaka, where infections hit fresh records last week, prompting the regional government to start targeted lockdown measures for one month from Monday.

Osaka cancelled Olympic Torch relay events there, but Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has insisted Japan will carry out the Games as scheduled. Suga said on Sunday that measures employed in Osaka could be expanded to Tokyo and elsewhere if needed.

There were 249 new infections in Tokyo on Monday, still well below the peak of over 2,500 in January. In Osaka, a record 666 cases were reported on Saturday.

But another strain, known as E484K, may be more widespread. Around 70% of coronavirus patients tested at a Tokyo hospital last month carried the mutation that was different from the British and South African varieties, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said on Sunday.

#13235065 at 2021-03-16 08:10:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16765: We'll Be Here All Week, Try The Buffet Edition

TOKYO: Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga received his first dose of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday as he prepares to visit the United States next month for a meeting with President Joe Biden. By receiving the shot in front of cameras, Suga took a cue from other world leaders who have used it as an opportunity to build confidence in COVID-19 vaccines, of which he has promised to secure enough for Japan's population of 126 million within the first half of this year.
Public skepticism toward vaccines could hamper the rollout, however, with only 63.1 percent of respondents in a Kyodo News poll conducted last month saying they want to be inoculated and 27.4 percent saying they do not, apparently out of concerns over side effects."

https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Suga-receives-COVID-19-vaccine-ahead-of-U.S.-trip

#13035458 at 2021-02-24 02:31:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16602: It Ain't Gonna Bake Itself Edition

Japan Appoints "Minister Of Loneliness" After Disturbing Rise In 'Social Distancing Era' Suicides

Japan like many other developed nations witnessed an alarming rise in suicides or attempted suicides over this past year of pandemic shutdowns and social distancing measures. The country was already at crisis levels even before the pandemic (though generally on a downward trajectory the prior decade), with recent studies showing it to be "the leading cause of death in men among the ages of 20-44 and women among the ages of 15 to 34."

To tackle the crisis, especially in the midst of this COVID-induced period of greater social isolation, Japan's government has appointed a "Minister of Loneliness" after the UK became the first country to establish such a position in 2018.

The most recent numbers cited in Japanese media reports say that 879 women killed themselves in the country during the month of October, a figure that marks a whopping 70% increase compared to the same month from 2019. Officials have noted that the pandemic and oftentimes mandated social distancing measures have appeared to have a harsher impact on women.

According to Japan Times, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga earlier in the month appointed as the new Minister of Loneliness a 70-year old veteran politician named Tetsushi Sakamoto. It is a cabinet level position which aims to alleviate social isolation among citizens.

He'll head up an 'emergency taskforce' to battle the disturbing spike in suicides nationally as his first order of business. "With isolation tied to an array of social woes such as suicide, poverty and hikikomori (social recluses), the Cabinet Office also established a task force Friday that seeks to address the problem of loneliness across various ministries, including by investigating its impact," Japan Times writes.

"According to preliminary figures released by the National Police Agency, 20,919 people took their own lives in 2020, up 750 from the previous year and marking the first year-on-year increase in 11 years. The surge is largely attributed to a noticeable rise in suicides among women and young people," the report pointed out.

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/japan-appoints-minister-loneliness-after-disturbing-rise-social-distancing-era-suicides

#12967105 at 2021-02-17 15:56:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16533: spam attack ebake Edition

Russia and Japan could be set to officially end WWII after 75 years

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1361506837204529154
https://archive.is/HG56K

https://www.rt.com/russia/515599-japan-peace-deal-kuril-islands/
75 years after the fighting stopped, Russia and Japan could at last officially end WWII after Tokyo expressed hope that talks might continue despite Moscow's refusal to hand over a disputed Pacific Ocean archipelago.

At a briefing with journalists on Monday, Katsunobo Kato, the chief secretary of the country's cabinet, suggested that the two countries could finally bury the hatchet in the decades-old territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands. "I think that the government will continue to be determined to negotiate in line with our main objective of resolving the issue and concluding a peace treaty," he said.

The issue of sovereignty over four islands, located between Japan's northernmost province of Hokkaido and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, has hampered the signing of a document that would formally end the hostilities of the Second World War. Moscow maintains that the territory was promised to the Soviet Union in exchange for its role in defeating Imperial Japan. Allied forces even provided ships and hardware to facilitate the invasion, and they have been administered as part of Russia since then.

Japan has continued to push its claim to the archipelago, arguing that the four southernmost islands were not actually included in the terms of the deal negotiated between the Allied powers. Last year, Russia amended its constitution to include a provision against handing over territory to foreign nations. In September, ex-President Dmitry Medvedev said that the new measures would prohibit a change of status for the Kurils. Kato said that negotiations could continue despite these reforms, but it is not clear whether Tokyo's diplomats would countenance any deal that did not include the return of the islands.

However, in January, Yoshihide Suga, Japan's new prime minister, hinted that his country could draw a line under the dispute as part of efforts to normalize relations with its neighbor. He said that the row "should not be passed on to future generations." Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has also emphasized his hope that talks with "our Japanese friends" would lead to a lasting settlement.

In December, Sapporo-based newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun reported with surprise that residents of the disputed archipelago were considered Japanese by the US government, which in recent years has begun to insist the islands rightfully belong to Tokyo. Despite the local population including many ethnic Russians, as well as people of Ukrainian, Belarusian and Tartar descent and an indigenous Ainu population, for immigration purposes, the American State Department insists they are Japanese citizens.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hit out at Washington's decision in a statement at the time, asking "do you need more proof that the US is a revisionist power?" A spokesperson added that "In 1945, the Kuril Islands were transferred to the Soviet Union. But today the State Department is seeking to reopen the settlement of the Second World War and encouraging territorial revanchism."

However, despite maintaining its claim over the archipelago, Moscow has backed some compromise measures allowing Japanese citizens, including those descended from islanders, to visit the Kurils visa-free. Tokyo's vessels are also allowed to catch fish in Russian waters around the archipelago. In the past, the islands have been a flash point for hostilities and, in 2006, a Japanese fisherman was shot dead in the conflict's first fatality for 50 years.

#12951042 at 2021-02-17 02:47:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16527: All Roads Lead To MAGA Edition

>>12950948
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2069231/japan-protests-china-incursions-near-disputed-east-sea-islands

apan's top government spokesman said it was "unacceptable" that Chinese coastguard vessels had approached Japanese trawlers near disputed islands for two straight days this week, in a sign of rising tension between the neighbours.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a Tuesday news conference that Japan had protested the incidents that took place in what the country sees as its territorial waters near uninhabited East China Sea islands. Ships from Asia's two largest economies have chased one another around the chain, known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, since the Japanese government bought three of the islands from a private landlord in 2012.

Focus on the islands was intensified shortly after President Joe Biden came to office and assured Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga that the U.S. would stand by its security treaty commitment to defend the islands controlled by its ally Japan. The conversation came as the Biden team staked out early opposition to Chinese territorial claims in a series of calls to Asian allies last month.

China, which has in turn protested what it says are unlawful moves by Japanese vessels near the islands, has sometimes appeared to use the escalation of its coastguard activities in the waters as a means of challenging Japanese actions.

Watch Ye the waters…

#12917135 at 2021-02-13 21:46:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16487: Winning Never Gets Old 2-0 Edition

7.1-magnitude earthquake in Japan's Fukushima leaves thousands without power

The earthquake shook buildings in the capital Tokyo and elsewhere, but no tsunami warning was issued
About 950,000 households were hit by blackouts and there were no irregularities at the Fukushima nuclear facility

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 hit off the coast of eastern Japan
on Saturday, shaking buildings and triggering widespread blackouts, but there appeared to be no major damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The epicentre of the earthquake was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of 60km (36 miles), near the epicentre of a 2011 killer quake which triggered a towering tsunami and killed more than 18,000, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

The earthquake, which hit at 11.08pm local time, and shook buildings in the capital Tokyo and elsewhere. The Meteorological Agency said no tsunami warning had been issued.

Saturday's quake was followed by aftershocks, including a 4.7 magnitude jolt, JMA said.
About 950,000 households were without power, government spokesman Katsunobu Kato told a briefing carried on public broadcaster NHK. He said there were no irregularities at two nuclear facilities, Fukushima Dai-ichi and Onagawa. Authorities were still checking at Fukushima Dai-ichi, he said.

NHK said there were no reports of irregularities at another nuclear facility at Tokaimura, in Ibaraki prefecture.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was called to his office, and broadcaster NHK said the government would set up a special liaison office to coordinate with affected regions.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato addressed reporters after midnight and said evaluations were under way.

"As far as damage, casualties and structural damage are being assessed," he said, adding that sections of the bullet train had been suspended because of power outages.

"Surveys are being done at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant," he said

"We have received reports that Onagawa nuclear plant and Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant are not showing any abnormality," he added.

The quake hit off of Fukushima just weeks before the 10-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011, quake that devastated northeast Japan and triggered a massive tsunami that led to the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter of a century - one centred at the Dai-ichi facility.

Japan sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

The country is regularly hit by quakes, and has strict construction regulations intended to ensure buildings can withstand strong tremors.

In September 2018, a powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked Hokkaido, triggering landslides, collapsing houses and killing more than 40.

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3121673/71-magnitude-earthquake-japans-fukushima-leaves-thousands

#12744660 at 2021-01-28 18:04:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16270: Today's Forecast: Happening Edition

Containing China is 'mission impossible', Beijing warns Biden

Any attempt to contain China is "mission impossible", the country's defence ministry warned the US on Thursday, as the Biden administration works to shore up its Asian alliances against Beijing.

Military tensions between the two superpowers worsened under former US President Donald Trump, who adopted an aggressive stance on regional flashpoints such as Taiwan and the South China Sea.

China at the same time poured billions into revamping its military, in line with President Xi Jinping's ambitions to transform the People's Liberation Army into a fully modernised, "world-class" fighting force by 2050.

"The facts show that to contain China is mission impossible, and will only end up in shooting yourself in the foot," warned defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian on Thursday.

"Sino-US military relations are currently at a new historic starting point" with the arrival of the Biden administration, said Wu, urging the US to adopt a "non-confrontational, mutually respectful, win-win mentality."

Tensions between the two superpowers have shown no sign of abating under the Biden administration, which deployed groups of warships, including a US aircraft carrier, to the South China Sea over the weekend.

China has increasingly asserted its presence in the disputed region in recent years, aggressively expanding its territory via man-made islands and reefs, much to the chagrin of Southeast Asian neighbours with rival claims.

In response, the Trump administration frequently sent warships near islands controlled by Beijing in "freedom of navigation operations" which China has dismissed as mere posturing.

Washington has sought to firm up ties with Asian nations this week, with US President Joe Biden reaffirming his administration's "unwavering commitment" to defend Japan, including the disputed Senkaku Islands claimed by China, in a Wednesday call with the country's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

The new US Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin III, also discussed regional security threats in recent calls with counterparts in South Korea, Australia and India – the latter two have seen deteriorating ties with China.

In response, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Thursday dismissed the US-Japan security alliance as a "relic of the Cold War", and said that disputes in the South China Sea should be resolved between "countries directly involved", and not those outside the region.

https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/world/containing-china-is-mission-impossible-beijing-warns-biden/ar-BB1daJH9

Eat a dick Cabal with ya playing Both sides

#12723554 at 2021-01-26 22:13:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16243: Senate Votes 83-17 To Adopt Impeachment Pretrial Organizing Res Edition

Florida official offers to host Olympics if Tokyo backs out

MIAMI - Florida's chief financial officer on Monday told the International Olympic Committee that the state would be happy to host the Olympics Games amid speculation that current host Japan may back out.

Jimmy Patronis sent a letter to Thomas Bach, the head of the IOC, "to encourage you to consider relocating the 2021 Olympics from Tokyo, Japan to the United States of America, and more specifically to Florida."

"With media reports of leaders in Japan 'privately' concluding that they are too concerned about the pandemic for the 2021 Olympics to take place, there is still time to deploy a site selection team to Florida," he said.

The letter, signed by Patronis and posted online, cited the supposed strength of state's vaccination rollout, its economic reopening and sports events it has hosted during the pandemic, as well as the fact that its theme parks, including Disney World, are open for business.

But Florida has struggled badly during the coronavirus pandemic, with over 25,000 deaths so far in the state as the U.S. death toll nears 420,000.

"Whatever precautions are required let's figure it out and get it done," Patronis said.

Last Friday, parties responsible for organizing the Tokyo Games - scheduled for last July but delayed one year because of the global health crisis - insisted they would be sticking to the planned dates of July 23-Aug. 8.

"I am determined to realize a safe and secure Tokyo Games as proof that mankind will have overcome the virus," said Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

DeSantis being a badass again!!! kek
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/01/26/olympics/florida-olympics-tokyo/

#12658443 at 2021-01-22 01:03:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16161: Can You Introduce Evidence At An Impeachment Trial? Edition

Japan To Cancel "Doomed" Olympics: Report'

Senior members of the Japanese government have privately concluded that the Tokyo Olympics won't happen this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and efforts have now shifted on securing the Games for the 2032 Olympics - the next available opportunity, according to The Times, whose source added that the winter virus spike 'tipped the balance' and forced Japan into a state of emergency.

According to a senior member of the ruling coalition, there is agreement that the Games, already postponed a year, are doomed. The aim now is to find a face-saving way of announcing the cancellation that leaves open the possibility of Tokyo playing host at a later date. "No one wants to be the first to say so but the consensus is that it's too difficult," the source said. "Personally, I don't think it's going to happen." -The Times

That said, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese Government continue to maintain publicly that the Games can proceed - as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told parliament this week that "We will have full anti-infection measures in place and proceed with preparation and with a determination to achieve the Games that can deliver hope and courage throughout the world."

If the Olympics are indeed canceled, it would be a financial disaster for Japan, after the country spent at least $25 billion on preparations for the event - with around 75% of that coming from public funds.

The aim now is to maintain the façade of battling determinedly to go ahead in the hope that when they are inevitably cancelled the 2032 Games will be given to Tokyo out of sympathy.

Paris is due to host the Games in 2024 and Los Angeles has been chosen as the venue for 2028. A decision on which city will stage the Olympics in 2032 is expected to be taken by 2025. -The Times

"Suga is not emotionally invested in the Games," the source told The Times, adding "But they want to show that they are ready to go, so that they will get another chance in 11 years. In these circumstances, no one could really object to that."

The Olympics have only been canceled three times in the past; 1916, 1940 and 1944, all due to world wars. The Tokyo games were originally slated for 2020, only to be moved to 2021 after Australia and Canada announced they would not send athletes amid the pandemic.

"If someone like President Biden was to say that US athletes cannot go, then we could say, 'Well, now it is impossible'," said the senior source.

The current position of the IOC is to hold a televised Tokyo Olympics with no spectators - only athletes, which would allow the Committee to maintain its lucrative broadcast rights. The Japanese government, however, would lose out on ticket sales - causing former Primer Minister Yoshiro Mori to rule out the televised-only option.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/japan-cancel-doomed-olympics-report

#12562320 at 2021-01-17 07:34:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16039: WELCOME TO D5 EDITION

In Tokyo's lockdown, some drink on even after authorities call timeThe 30-year-old financial trader was one of many people out in the Shimbashi nightlife district during the first weekend of an expanded state of emergency, with the government pleading for residents to stay home to contain the coronavirus.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and surrounding prefectures this month. He expanded it to 11 prefectures accounting for 55% of the population on Wednesday. Unlike in many other countries with mandatory lockdowns, Japanese authorities legally can only urge people to stay at home and businesses to close.

While compliance has been high - most of Shimbashi's karaoke bars and izakaya taverns were closed on Friday night - more people appear to be ignoring the state of emergency this time than one last year.

"There are people who can't have dinner until after 8 p.m., including me," Hamazono said, citing his working hours. He and a friend were looking for a place to duck into among a jumble of izakayas on Shimbashi's narrow streets.

….

The government is considering an amendment to give authorities more power to enforce a lockdown, the minister in charge of administrative and regulatory reform, Taro Kono, told Reuters on Thursday.

Until then, it seems likely that many will keep drinking.

"There are many times we need to talk business over drinks. That kind of communication is necessary to do business," said 48-year-old Motoki Mori, the owner of an event production company who was headed to a bar with his business partner.

"I don't think you can put a cut-off time on that."


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-restaurants-idUKKBN29M02G

#12104649 at 2020-12-20 16:49:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15454: Are you a Hypnotist? Edition

Suga draws line in the sand: Defend '100 yen' dollar barrier

A shock wave ran through Japan's Finance Ministry in early November after news broke of Joe Biden's presumed victory in the U.S. presidential election – not because of the outcome of the race, but because of an order from the prime minister's office.

"Make sure the yen-dollar exchange rate does not cross the 100 yen mark," Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told Finance Ministry officials. His comment, which was confirmed by multiple sources, came with an unspoken message: Be prepared to sell yen for dollars in case the Japanese currency breaches the key threshold.

Suga's willingness to consider an intervention an option often seen as a last resort took many by surprise. Tokyo-listed exporters need the yen to stay at 100.2 to the dollar or weaker in order to turn a profit, according to a January survey by the Cabinet Office. Any stronger and their earnings would suffer, which in turn would weigh down their stock prices and kick off a negative feedback loop that squeezes the Japanese economy as a whole.
and since the BOJ owns a large portion of the Japanese market(s) Equities and ETF's they would suffer the most

But Japan has not intervened in the currency market since 2011-ummm no…they did it in early 2019. The director of the Ministry of Finance's foreign exchange markets division, the government's point man on interventions who orchestrates them from the fourth floor of the ministry, has been in effect out of work during the Trump administration. If Japan were to intervene in the market, the decision would come from the second floor, where Finance Minister Taro Aso and Kenji Okamura, the vice minister for international affairs, Japan's top financial diplomat, have their offices.

Then the fourth floor staff would instruct the Bank of Japan to conduct the operations. The central bank would in turn place orders with private financial institutions. The exchange rate is currently between 102 and 104 yen to the dollar. With the yen starting to enter treacherous territory, Suga is keeping a close eye on the currency market just as he did during his almost eight years as former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's right-hand man.

"Managing foreign exchange risks is one of my key priorities," Suga said when he was chief cabinet secretary.

When Abe became prime minister at the end of 2012, the Japanese currency had strengthened to less than 90 yen to the dollar. He managed to stabilize the rate through aggressive policies, including quantitative and qualitative easing by the Bank of Japan, which contributed to a recovery in corporate earnings and higher stock prices. A strong economy paved the way for him to become Japan's longest-serving prime minister in history.
moar
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inside-Japanese-politics/Suga-draws-line-in-the-sand-Defend-100-yen-dollar-barrier

#11882992 at 2020-12-03 04:42:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15168: D5 Avalanche of Voter Fraud Across America Edition

Australia To Sign Military Pact With US Ally Japan Amid Spiraling China Tensions

Australia is using its formative military alliances as the only leverage it has in the worsening trade spat with China which has grown into a full-blown crisis for Aussie commodities exports.

It also comes after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to India and southeast Asian countries last month seeking to shore up coordinated regional resistance against Chinese economic and military influence and hegemony.

"Australia plans to sign a military exchange deal with U.S. ally Japan so troops from both sides could pool their firepower if needed to counter China, which has become enmeshed in disputes with Australia over the past two weeks," reports state-funded Voice of America.

"Both sides said after a senior-level meeting November 17 they would sign a reciprocal access agreement next year," VOA continues. It would allow for each to train and operate from the other's sovereign territory.

The agreement is seen as greatly bolstering the common readiness of a loosened defense pact known as the Quad which has as its purpose information and intelligence coordination and cooperating on military exercises. India, Japan, Australia and the US formed the group in 2007.

Assuming the deal when signed gets successfully approved by Japan's parliament it would mark the first time since WWII that Tokyo formally and willingly approved of inviting foreign troops to operate on its soil. Previously Japan's prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, said it would be toward the two regional militaries cooperation for "a free and open Indo-Pacific," according to Kyodo news.

Meanwhile a bizarre tweet from the US National Security Council after China slapped import taxes of up to 212.1% on Australian wines, which took effect last Saturday and has made Aussie wines basically unsellable in China:

Australian wine will be featured at a White House holiday reception this week. Pity vino lovers in China who, due to Beijing's coercive tariffs on Aussie vintners, will miss out. #AussieAussieAussieOiOiOi!
- NSC (@WHNSC) December 1, 2020

Weeks ago Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison flew to Tokyo to firm up details. He stated at the time that "Japan has a very special relationship with Australia. It is not just an economic one, it is not just a trade one, it is not just a cultural and social one. Importantly, it is a strategic one. We play a very important role together in working in the Southwest Pacific together."

China's state media, which often reflects the internal government official statements of high Communist Party officials, condemned the deal, saying it "clearly targets China" and "further accelerates the confrontational atmosphere in the Asia-Pacific region."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/australia-sign-military-pact-us-ally-japan-amid-spiraling-china-tensions

#11868751 at 2020-12-02 09:19:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15150: Blind Justice Under Law Will Return To Our Republic Edition

Japan approves free COVID-19 vaccines for nation

Dec 2, 2020

A bill to provide coronavirus vaccinations free of charge with the central government covering the cost was passed in the Diet, offering a key plan to stem the virus as Japan struggles with its worst-yet wave of infections.

Wednesday's passage in the Upper House following approval in the more powerful Lower House will bring the law into effect. It also makes local governments responsible for administering the immunizations, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

The law includes a provision obliging citizens in principle to make efforts to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. But the provision will not go into effect unless the effectiveness and safety of vaccines are fully confirmed.

The move comes as a new wave of virus infections has prompted the worst-hit areas of the country to call on bars and restaurants to close early, and has forced Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to partially suspend the Go To Travel campaign, which is intended to shore up suffering regional economies. While the death toll in Japan is by far the lowest in any Group of Seven advanced nation, the country suffered its worst economic downturn on record in the April-June quarter.

Suga has vowed to secure enough doses of vaccine for the "people of the country" by the first half of next year and it remains unclear to what extent foreign residents will be eligible for free vaccinations. Not all Japanese nationals may be enthusiastic about immunization. An Ipsos survey conducted in October showed that 69% of Japanese respondents were willing to get a vaccine if available, compared with the global average of 73%.

Wednesday's bill also permits the government to compensate private companies for any losses caused by health problems stemming from the vaccinations.

Aiming to secure COVID-19 vaccines for all citizens by the end of June 2021, Japan has contracted with Moderna Inc. to provide vaccines, and has basic agreements with AstraZeneca PLC and Pfizer Inc., according to the health ministry.

Japan has seen a total death toll of just over 2,000 people from the virus since the beginning of the pandemic, compared with approximately 1,500 deaths per day in the United States.

Also on Wednesday, the Diet enacted a quarantine law amendment, keeping in force for up to an additional 12 months from February 2021 a policy of using hospitalizations to isolate people who have entered Japan that are infected with the coronavirus.


https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/02/national/free-coronavirus-vaccines/

#11737440 at 2020-11-22 14:29:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14983: IT'S GOING TO BE BIBLICAL Edition

https://archive.is/aEwTl

Biden says US-Japan defence treaty applies to disputed Senkaku Islands
Early signal to allies that US president-elect plans to push back against Beijing

Joe Biden has declared that US security guarantees apply to Japan's administration of the disputed Senkaku Islands, in the president-elect's first significant foreign policy move related to China.
According to Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga, Mr Biden made the pledge in a 15-minute conversation on Thursday morning local time.
"President-elect Biden gave me a commitment that Article 5 of the US-Japan security treaty applies to the Senkaku Islands," said Mr Suga.
The statement is an early signal that Mr Biden intends to work with US allies to push back against China, although he stopped short of making a direct public comment.
In a summary of the call provided to the media, the Biden transition team said the president-elect had "underscored his deep commitment to the defence of Japan and US commitments under Article V" but did not refer specifically to the Senkaku. A transition team spokesperson declined to comment beyond the content of the summary.
The Senkaku, which China claims as the Diaoyu islands, are one of the most important security flashpoints in East Asia. Although uninhabited, they have been administered by Japan since the late 19th century.
Incursions by Chinese fishing and coastguard vessels into waters around the islands have sparked regular stand-offs with Japan. Article 5 commits the US to come to Japan's defence in the event of an armed attack against any territory under its administration.
In 2014, when Mr Biden was vice-president, Barack Obama said the disputed islands in the East China Sea were covered by the US-Japan defence treaty, marking the first such determination by a US president.
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In reiterating that commitment to Japan, Mr Biden has taken a step that will anger China, which has become increasingly assertive over its own claim.
During the US presidential campaign, Donald Trump frequently claimed that Mr Biden would be weak on China and would allow Beijing "to own our country".
Speaking to the Financial Times ahead of the election, advisers and confidantes said Mr Biden had adopted a harsher view of China. During the Democratic presidential primary in February, he described China's president Xi Jinping as "a thug".
"This is a guy who doesn't have a democratic - with a small 'd' - bone in his body," Mr Biden said at the time.
Jeff Prescott, a top Asia adviser to Mr Biden, in October told the FT that Mr Xi had taken China in "a more authoritarian direction" and that the next US president was "going to have to recalibrate the relationship with China".
Mr Biden's support of Mr Suga comes as US-China relations remain at a nadir. In addition to launching a trade war with China, Mr Trump has since March approved a series of tough measures in an effort to punish Beijing for the global spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which he believed hurt his re-election bid.
Mr Suga said he had congratulated Mr Biden on his election and on Kamala Harris on becoming the first female vice-president. "We will have to consider the appropriate timing for a visit to the US, but we agreed we should meet as soon as possible," he said.

#11695159 at 2020-11-18 18:11:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14931: Ebake to the Victory! Edition

China Berates Australia: Bow Down to Beijing's Might and Ignore the U.S.

The new defense pact between Australia and Japan signed Tuesday in Tokyo has been dismissed as "dangerous" by Chinese state-owned media, which warns any resistance to Beijing is futile and will come at a heavy cost.

The Reciprocal Access Agreement will enable Australian warships and aircraft to operate further north and offer greater legal protection for service personnel across both countries, offering a crucial counterbalance to Beijing's military which has expanded and advanced rapidly in recent years.

It was signed during Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo.

But the Global Times, official mouthpiece of the Chinese communist dictatorship, said the U.S. allies were forcing Beijing to explore deeper military co-operation with other nations by their actions.

"We suggest Japan and Australia exercise restraint on the way to form a quasi military alliance against China," it wrote on Tuesday night. "They will surely pay a corresponding price if China's national interests are infringed upon and its security is threatened."

The Global Times condemned both nations for "recklessly" taking the first step to conduct deep defence co-operation that targets a third party, and accused them of shifting the responsibilities of safeguarding regional unity to China.

"This is not only unfair, but also very dangerous," it wrote. "China is unlikely to remain indifferent to U.S. moves aimed at inciting countries to gang up against China in the long run. It's inevitable that China will take some sort of countermeasures."

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian also entered the fray during his daily news conference on Tuesday, the South China Post reports.

He made it plain there was disappointment at Australia's continued challenges to China's presumed authority in the Indo/Pacific region as well as Canberra's ban on Chinese companies contributing to Australia's 5G telecommunications network.

The Australian government's call for China to explain its bungled handling of the deadly coronavirus pandemic could spark a boycott by Chinese consumers. https://t.co/OxT3IvMQo7

- Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 27, 2020

"(They) have subsequently taken a series of wrong moves related to China, which is at the root cause of China-Australia relations taking a sharp downturn and stuck in the current difficult situation ... the responsibility for causing this situation doesn't lie with China at all," Zhao said.

He then described three areas in which Australia had displeased the Chinese communists.

The first was Morrison's decision to call for an international inquiry into the source of the coronavirus outbreak and China's subsequent sloppy handling of the crisis.

"(This) seriously interfered with international cooperation on pandemic prevention and control," he claimed.

The spokesman then denounced Australia for its attempts to crack down on alleged foreign interference in its domestic politics, a campaign Beijing believes was targeted at China.

Australia's parliament is set to probe alleged foreign interference at public universities, a government minister said Monday, as concerns grow about Chinese influence. https://t.co/yxDXzTpg3F

- Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) September 1, 2020

Finally Zhao berated Australia for repeatedly commenting on human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, as well as the Chinese military's threatening behavior toward the independent state of Taiwan, as Breitbart News reported.

"These practices have grossly interfered in China's internal affairs and seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people," Zhao said.

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/11/18/china-berates-australia-bow-down-to-beijings-might-and-ignore-the-u-s/

#11666593 at 2020-11-16 11:49:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14895: There Is NO President

Japan's foreign minister says Tokyo looks to deepen US ties
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press
Nov. 16, 2020 Updated: Nov. 16, 2020 3:44 a.m.

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Monday that Japan hopes to deepen its alliance with the United States under President-elect Joe Biden and do more to get its ally continuously committed to regional security and other key international issues.

Motegi, discussing Japanese diplomacy at the Japan National Press Club, said his country hopes to pursue cooperation with the Biden administration to achieve the "Free and Open Indo-Pacific," or FOIP, vision of economic and security cooperation in the face of China's growing assertiveness.

With the U.S. increasingly focusing on how to rebuild its social divide and economy, Japan will have to take more of a share of the Japan-U.S. security alliance, Motegi said.

This would involve not just more spending for hosting the 50,000-plus American troops in Japan under the countries' bilateral pact, but would also mean an increase of Japan's own military capability and spending, experts say.

At a time when the United States is largely focusing on internal politics, "How to secure the U.S. commitment to international security, climate change and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision is a major diplomatic challenge for Japan," Motegi said.

Japan has been pursuing the FOIP with the U.S. and they have formed a four-way cooperation that also includes Australia and India. They are trying to bring in other countries in Southeast Asia and beyond that share concerns about China's increasing assertiveness in the region.

Japan is opposed to any Chinese attempts to "unilaterally change the status quo" by force in the East and South China Seas and has promoted the FOIP concept with the United States to counter China's growing influence. Japan has its own territorial disputes with China over Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea that Beijing also claims.

With the U.S.-China row expected to continue under the Biden administration, Japan, as a key economic partner and neighbor of China, also hopes to play a role in encouraging Beijing to play by international rules and act responsibly as a global giant, Motegi said.

Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, is carrying on the policy and is trying to get more countries to join.

Japan has also been setting up strategic defense partnerships with other Asia-Pacific nations such as Australia, as well as Europe.

Suga is to hold talks with visiting Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday to discuss stepping up bilateral defense cooperation and other regional issues at a time of the U.S. leadership transition.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Japan-s-foreign-minister-says-Tokyo-looks-to-15729877.php

#11609396 at 2020-11-12 16:06:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14822: Fraud Vitiates Every Thing Edition

Biden affirms security treaty applies to Senkaku Islands in Suga call

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden sought to shore up ties with key Asian allies on Thursday morning, by making his first calls with the leaders of Japan, South Korea and Australia.

In Biden's 15-minute conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the two leaders agreed to cooperate on fighting the coronavirus and climate change. Suga said the Japan-U.S. alliance, while needing strengthening, is the cornerstone of his country's diplomacy and security, stressing that it is essential for the peace and prosperity of an increasingly unstable region.

Biden confirmed that Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty will be applied to the defense of Okinawa Prefecture and the Senkaku Islands. Article 5 stipulates that the U.S. is obliged to defend Japan should its territories come under attack. Former President Barack Obama was the first U.S. leader to declare that the pact applies to the Senkakus.

Chinese vessels have been sighted near the islands, claimed by Beijing and known as Diaoyu in China, on more than 280 days this year – moves that have ratcheted up pressure on Japan and drawn protests from Tokyo.

When asked about the call, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told reporters Thursday that the islands are "China's inherent territory" and that the U.S.-Japan security treaty is "a product of the Cold War and should not harm the interests of third parties, let alone endanger regional peace and stability." Suga said he looked forward to "meeting [Biden] as soon as possible," in reference to a planned February 2021 visit to the U.S. after the presidential inauguration ceremony. The Japanese prime minister called for cooperation toward realizing a "free and open Indo-Pacific" led by Japan and the U.S. He also requested cooperation on the issue of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens. After the call, Suga told reporters "it was very important to work with Biden to strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance."

This is a departure from President Donald Trump, who was seeking a review of the alliance during the presidential campaign four years ago, before reaffirming that the treaty covers the Senkakus to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at their first summit in February 2017. Also separating the pair from Trump are their commitments to tackling climate change. Suga has set a goal of reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, and Biden has pledged to return the U.S. to the Paris Agreement.

On the COVID-19 response, Biden has called on a team of experts to develop an action plan to be implemented at the same time as the inauguration of his administration, while Suga plans to align with the U.S. in the development and securement of vaccines. The two sides committed to keep on coordinating views on China's advances in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, as well as North Korea's nuclear and missile development. Japan will pay close attention to how Biden approaches China in the face of the ongoing Washington-Beijing tensions.

Meanwhile, South Korean President Moon Jae-in also had a call with Biden on Thursday morning, in which the pair agreed on the need for a strong alliance and keeping peace on the Korean Peninsula. "I just spoke to @JoeBiden and congratulated him on his election. We reaffirmed our firm commitment to a robust ROK-US alliance and peaceful and prosperous Korean Peninsula. Going forward, I will work closely with him to meet global challenges including COVID-19 and climate change," Moon said on Twitter. But with Biden calling North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a "thug," analysts say Moon may face difficulties pushing for engagement with Pyongyang. Some see the North resuming military provocations to raise its negotiation power with the incoming Biden administration.

"The U.S. and its allies need to coordinate responses to North Korea's upgraded long-range and submarine-based missiles because Pyongyang's next move may be to conduct a provocative test as a 'welcome gift' to Biden before demanding financial benefits to reduce military tensions," said Leif-Eric Easley, an associate professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. "A Biden administration is more likely to pursue working-level talks with Pyongyang rather than summits and big deals."

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also spoke with Biden. "There are no greater friends and no greater allies than Australia and the U.S.," Morrison tweeted after the call. "I look forward to strengthening even further our deep and enduring alliance, and to working with him closely as we face the world's many challenges together."
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/Biden-affirms-security-treaty-applies-to-Senkaku-Islands-in-Suga-call

#11602088 at 2020-11-12 02:25:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14813: Internet Kill Switch Test Edition

>>11602016
Yoshihide Suga one step ahead of Moon Jae-in, talking with Biden on the phone

After intense contact and coordination, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was still one step faster than South Korean President Moon Jae-in and "preempted" to talk to Biden.

On November 12, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga spoke with Biden. Then Biden had a phone call with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Yoshihide Suga then made it clear to reporters that Biden renewed his promise on the phone that the Diaoyu Islands would apply to the "Japan-US Security Treaty."

According to a report on the website of the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) on November 12, at about 8:30 in the morning local time, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had a telephone conversation with Biden, who had just announced his victory.

The first call between Suga Yoshihide and Biden started at 8:30 in the morning and lasted more than 10 minutes. After the call, Yoshihide Suga congratulated Biden and Harris on their successful elections. Yoshihide Suga also explained to Biden on the phone the "Suga diplomacy" policy based on the Japan-US alliance, and emphasized the importance of Japan and the United States to jointly create a "free and open Indo-Pacific strategy."

After the call, Yoshihide Suga told reporters that Biden reiterated on the phone that the Diaoyu Islands are applicable to the "Japan-US Security Treaty." In addition, he and Biden have reached an agreement that he will visit the United States as soon as possible to meet with Biden.

On the same day, Biden also had a phone call with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Yonhap News Agency reported on November 12 that South Korean President Moon Jae-in had a phone conversation with Biden at 9 am local time.

The Yonhap News Agency speculated that the two sides may exchange views on issues such as the realization of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the establishment of a permanent peace mechanism, the plan to consolidate the Korea-U.S. alliance through deepening economic cooperation, as well as the talks between Korean and U.S. leaders and the response to climate change.

Prior to this, Biden had telephone conversations with national leaders such as British Prime Minister Johnson, French President Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, German Chancellor Merkel, and other national leaders from the 10th local time.
https://www.iamnotresponsible.com/2020/11/12/Yoshihide-Suga-one-step-ahead-of-moon-jae-in-talking-with-biden-on-the-phone/

#11400704 at 2020-11-02 03:08:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14561: For God & Country

Ben Fulford Part 2

Mass deaths in the rest of the world were prevented after the Japanese confirmed what the NSA warned us about, that 5G is a killer.  The fact that the 5G rollout was paused in most of the world has saved countless lives and the executives of the telecommunications firms involved are being systematically hunted down and killed.

Of course, the purpose of this entire operation is to protect the "Rothschild family's FIAT Currency and Country Debt Money Laundering and Stealth State Capture operations of the Khazarian Mafia," MI6 confirms.

We note that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will be among those executed because he is trying to pass a law protecting Pharmacidical companies from liability if their planned vaccines cause injury.  Since there is no need for a vaccine against what is an electromagnetic attack, Suga has publicly admitted guilt.

Pentagon sources say they have already killed Samsung Chairman Lee Kunhee "who appears to run South Korea." This may have been revenge for the murder of Kim Jong Un, the Pentagon sources say.

The sources also say Israeli Prime Minister and mass-murderer Benjamin Netanyahu has been executed.  They add "the death toll in Israel has now exceeded 2300."  We have been unable to independently confirm this but, we did note an attempt to anoint Netanyahu's son Yair as his heir designate.  
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/yair-netanyahu-the-rise-of-the-son-646566

There is also major trouble brewing in the Israeli colony of Saudi Arabia.  Saudi's oil revenue and non-oil revenue fell by over 70% in the first half of this year.  
This means the 2016 prediction by Saudi deputy economy minister Mohamed Al Tuwaijri is coming true:"If we [Saudi Arabia] don't take any reform measures, and if the global economy stays the same, then we're doomed to bankruptcy in three to four years." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/saudi-arabia-suffering-consequences-its-failed-oil-price-war

Low oil prices are a boon for China and India but spell trouble for the big oil families like the Rockefellers.  That is why we are certain to see increased attempts to raise the price of oil by fomenting war in the Middle East.  Already, we note fires and explosions at an Iranian petrochemical plant, a typical Rockefeller strategy.
https://www.rt.com/news/504394-fire-explosion-iran-petrochemicals-plant/

In South America meanwhile, the attempt by Elon Musk to steal Bolivia's lithium resources has failed miserably. What these people are fighting to avoid is hydrogen fuel with its exponentially greater driving range per kilogram of fuel versus battery onboard weight.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/19/democracy-has-won-year-after-right-wing-coup-against-evo-morales-socialist-luis-arce

Getting back to the U.S., we note increasing signs of the civil war there is intensifying.  For example, a reader in Texas sent us a report that Walmarts in Texas, Arizona, and California had been closed and not because they were fixing "plumbing issues."  Instead, a "friend connected to construction," reported they were building underground facilities.

She said, "the Chinese arrived Aug 1 and are housed in these sites."  In the case of a Walmart in Midland, Texas, after the local sheriff "died unexpectedly in his sleep, we have had dozens of brothels popping up.  The Chinese opened a nail salon where the money is laundered."
Pentagon sources say they are on the case noting that "After 2 weeks 'quarantine' because of COVID, the Joint Chiefs of Staff returned to work at pentagon with a bang, a 7.5 quake off Alaska."  

The sources note:"Many deep underground bases from down under to Europe, Asia, and North America have been emptied of children, gold, diamonds, precious metals, treasures, documents and then destroyed, as military forces mop up defeated cabal minions who don't even realize the war is over."

There are many publicly available signs a secret war really is being waged.  For example, there have been 911 outages all across the United States, presumably meant to prevent local police from showing up during special operations.   https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/09/whos-behind-mondays-14-state-911-outage/

We also note power is being cut off to over a million people in areas of California where big tech companies like Google are located.  These cut-offs of electricity happened after the Justice Department formally sued Google over monopolistic practices. https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/california-power-utility-1-million-cut-wildfires

Sauce: benjaminfulford.net

#11368051 at 2020-10-31 01:35:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14519:

Ben Fulford Part 2 Oct. 29, 2020

Mass deaths in the rest of the world were prevented after the Japanese confirmed what the NSA warned us about, that 5G is a killer.  The fact that the 5G rollout was paused in most of the world has saved countless lives and the executives of the telecommunications firms involved are being systematically hunted down and killed.

Of course, the purpose of this entire operation is to protect the "Rothschild family's FIAT Currency and Country Debt Money Laundering and Stealth State Capture operations of the Khazarian Mafia," MI6 confirms.

We note that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will be among those executed because he is trying to pass a law protecting Pharmacidical companies from liability if their planned vaccines cause injury.  Since there is no need for a vaccine against what is an electromagnetic attack, Suga has publicly admitted guilt.

Pentagon sources say they have already killed Samsung Chairman Lee Kunhee "who appears to run South Korea." This may have been revenge for the murder of Kim Jong Un, the Pentagon sources say.

The sources also say Israeli Prime Minister and mass-murderer Benjamin Netanyahu has been executed.  They add "the death toll in Israel has now exceeded 2300."  We have been unable to independently confirm this but, we did note an attempt to anoint Netanyahu's son Yair as his heir designate.  
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/yair-netanyahu-the-rise-of-the-son-646566

There is also major trouble brewing in the Israeli colony of Saudi Arabia.  Saudi's oil revenue and non-oil revenue fell by over 70% in the first half of this year.  
This means the 2016 prediction by Saudi deputy economy minister Mohamed Al Tuwaijri is coming true:"If we [Saudi Arabia] don't take any reform measures, and if the global economy stays the same, then we're doomed to bankruptcy in three to four years." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/saudi-arabia-suffering-consequences-its-failed-oil-price-war

Low oil prices are a boon for China and India but spell trouble for the big oil families like the Rockefellers.  That is why we are certain to see increased attempts to raise the price of oil by fomenting war in the Middle East.  Already, we note fires and explosions at an Iranian petrochemical plant, a typical Rockefeller strategy.
https://www.rt.com/news/504394-fire-explosion-iran-petrochemicals-plant/

In South America meanwhile, the attempt by Elon Musk to steal Bolivia's lithium resources has failed miserably. What these people are fighting to avoid is hydrogen fuel with its exponentially greater driving range per kilogram of fuel versus battery onboard weight.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/19/democracy-has-won-year-after-right-wing-coup-against-evo-morales-socialist-luis-arce

In the U.S., we note increasing signs of the civil war there is intensifying.  A reader in Texas sent us a report that Walmarts in Texas, Arizona, and California had been closed and not because they were fixing "plumbing issues."  Instead, a "friend connected to construction," reported they were building underground facilities.

She said, "the Chinese arrived Aug 1 and are housed in these sites."  In the case of a Walmart in Midland, Texas, after the local sheriff "died unexpectedly in his sleep, we have had dozens of brothels popping up.  The Chinese opened a nail salon where the money is laundered."
Pentagon sources say they are on the case noting that "After 2 weeks 'quarantine' because of COVID, the Joint Chiefs of Staff returned to work at pentagon with a bang, a 7.5 quake off Alaska."  

The sources note:"Many deep underground bases from down under to Europe, Asia, and North America have been emptied of children, gold, diamonds, precious metals, treasures, documents and then destroyed, as military forces mop up defeated cabal minions who don't even realize the war is over."

There are many publicly available signs a secret war really is being waged.  For example, there have been 911 outages all across the United States, presumably meant to prevent local police from showing up during special operations.   https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/09/whos-behind-mondays-14-state-911-outage/

We also note power is being cut off to over a million people in areas of California where big tech companies like Google are located.  These cut-offs of electricity happened after the Justice Department formally sued Google over monopolistic practices. https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/california-power-utility-1-million-cut-wildfires

Sauce: benjaminfulford.net

#11348161 at 2020-10-29 21:48:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14493: Normies Gonna Learn To Spoiler Hunter Edition

Ben Fulford Part 2

Mass deaths in the rest of the world were prevented after the Japanese confirmed what the NSA warned us about, that 5G is a killer.  The fact that the 5G rollout was paused in most of the world has saved countless lives and the executives of the telecommunications firms involved are being systematically hunted down and killed.

The purpose of this entire operation is to protect the "Rothschild family's FIAT Currency and Country Debt Money Laundering and Stealth State Capture operations of the Khazarian Mafia," MI6 confirms.

We note that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will be among those executed because he is trying to pass a law protectingPharmacidical companies from liability if their planned vaccines cause injury.  Since there is no need for a vaccine against what is an electromagnetic attack, Suga has publicly admitted guilt.

Pentagon sources say they have already killed Samsung Chairman Lee Kunhee "who appears to run South Korea." This may have been revenge for the murder of Kim Jong Un, the Pentagon sources say.

The sources also say Israeli Prime Minister and mass-murderer Benjamin Netanyahu has been executed.  They add "the death toll in Israel has now exceeded 2300."  We have been unable to independently confirm this but, we did note an attempt to anoint Netanyahu's son Yair as his heir designate.  
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/yair-netanyahu-the-rise-of-the-son-646566

There is also major trouble brewing in the Israeli colony of Saudi Arabia.  Saudi's oil revenue and non-oil revenue fell by over 70% in the first half of this year. 
This means the 2016 prediction by Saudi deputy economy minister Mohamed Al Tuwaijri is coming true:"If we [Saudi Arabia] don't take any reform measures, and if the global economy stays the same, then we're doomed to bankruptcy in three to four years." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/saudi-arabia-suffering-consequences-its-failed-oil-price-war

Low oil prices are a boon for China and India but spell trouble for the big oil families like the Rockefellers.  That is why we are certain to see increased attempts to raise the price of oil by fomenting war in the Middle East.  Already, we note fires and explosions at an Iranian petrochemical plant, a typical Rockefeller strategy. 
https://www.rt.com/news/504394-fire-explosion-iran-petrochemicals-plant/

In South America, the attempt by Elon Musk to steal Bolivia's lithium resources has failed miserably. What these people are fighting to avoid is hydrogen fuel with its exponentially greater driving range per kilogram of fuel versus battery onboard weight. 
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/19/democracy-has-won-year-after-right-wing-coup-against-evo-morales-socialist-luis-arce

In the U.S., we note increasing signs of the civil war there is intensifying.  A reader in Texas sent us a report that Walmarts in Texas, Arizona, and California had been closed and not because they were fixing "plumbing issues."  Instead, a "friend connected to construction," reported they were building underground facilities.

She said, "the Chinese arrived Aug 1 and are housed in these sites."  In the case of a Walmart in Midland, Texas, after the local sheriff "died unexpectedly in his sleep, we have had dozens of brothels popping up.  The Chinese opened a nail salon where the money is laundered."
Pentagon sources say they are on the case noting that "After 2 weeks 'quarantine' because of COVID, the Joint Chiefs of Staff returned to work at pentagon with a bang, a 7.5 quake off Alaska."  

The sources note:"Many deep underground bases from down under to Europe, Asia, and North America have been emptied of children, gold, diamonds, precious metals, treasures, documents and then destroyed, as military forces mop up defeated cabal minions who don't even realize the war is over."

There are many publicly available signs a secret war really is being waged.  For example, there have been 911 outages all across the United States, presumably meant to prevent local police from showing up during special operations.   https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/09/whos-behind-mondays-14-state-911-outage/

We also note power is being cut off to over a million people in areas of California where big tech companies like Google are located.  These cut-offs of electricity happened after the Justice Department formally sued Google over monopolistic practices. https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/california-power-utility-1-million-cut-wildfires

We further note increasing public signs the Khazarian mafia is trying to negotiate a surrender.  This can be seen by the increasing calls on corporate media outlets for a South African style "truth and reconciliation."

Sauce: benjaminfulford.net

#11207623 at 2020-10-22 09:00:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14322: Crimson Tide Rising Edition

Suga warns China over South China Sea
Bernama
October 22, 2020 12:47 pm +08

JAKARTA (Oct 22): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga effectively warned China on Wednesday against any moves that escalate tensions in the South China Sea, where the country is showing growing assertiveness.

"We oppose any action to raise tensions in the South China Sea," Suga told a news conference in Indonesia's Jakarta, wrapping up his first overseas trip since he took office last month, reported Jiji Press.

During the Asian trip, he also visited Vietnam.

"I have renewed my determination to steadily realise a free and open Indo-Pacific region while continuing to conduct summit diplomacy and working closely with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)," he said.

Suga noted that the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific does not target any specific country and that Japan can collaborate with any country that shares the same views on the initiative.

"We have no plans at all to create an Indo-Pacific version of NATO," Suga said, apparently mindful of China's opposition to the initiative.

Suga arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday's afternoon from Hanoi, where he met with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday (Oct 19).

The visit to Indonesia completed his four-day trip until Wednesday (Oct 21).

His four-day trip to the two Southeast Asian countries takes place as the Suga is working to promote Japan's Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision.
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/Suga-warns-china-over-south-china-sea
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#11186166 at 2020-10-21 08:49:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14298: Tactical Nukes Are Better - Red October Rain Edition

South China Sea: Japan's Prime Miniter Yoshihide Suga
opposes actions that escalate tensions
WION Web Team Tokyo, Japan Oct 21, 2020, 12.53 PM(IST)

Japan on Wednesday opposed any actions that escalate tension in the East and South China Seas.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga took a thinly veiled dig at China's activities in the disputed South China Sea, where it has built and militarised manmade islands and is pressing its claim to virtually all of the sea's key fisheries and waterways.

A number of Southeast Asian nations dispute China's claims to the waters.

"In the Indo-Pacific that connects maritime transport between Japan and ASEAN, we can achieve the peace and prosperity only by fully implementing rule of law that allows anyone freedom and openness," Suga told a news conference in Jakarta. ASEAN is the 11-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

"But in the South China Sea, opposite actions are being taken and we are closely watching with grave concern," Suga said. "Japan opposes to any action that would increase tensions in the South China Sea."

Suga reiterated that all parties involved in the South China Sea disputes must make peaceful efforts toward resolution, not by force or threat.

Suga pledged to strengthen bilateral defense ties with Southeast Asian nations and promised further assistance to step up their maritime policing, including training and equipment transfer from the Japanese Coast Guard.

The trip follows this month's meeting in Tokyo of the "Quad", an informal grouping of India, Australia, Japan and the United States that Washington sees as a bulwark against China's growing regional influence.

China has denounced the grouping of the four democracies as a "mini-NATO" aimed at containing its development.

"Our response in the South China Sea is not aimed at any one country," Suga said, when asked if Japan wanted to create an Asian version of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Suga must balance Japan's deep economic ties with China against security concerns, including Beijing's growing push to assert claims over disputed East China Sea isles.

Some in his ruling party want to see a harder line, after ties warmed under his predecessor, Shinzo Abe.

"Japan is determined to defend its territory, territorial waters and air space," Suga said, adding that Japan also opposed actions that raised tension in the East China Sea.

Several members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have territorial disputes with China in the vital South China Sea, but are wary of alienating the group's major economic partner and getting entangled in an intense confrontation between Washington and Beijing.

But some welcome Japan's greater engagement in the region.

Suga agreed with President Joko Widodo on Tuesday to speed talks on the export of Japanese defence gear and technology to Indonesia and have their defence and foreign ministers meet soon.

A day earlier, the Japanese leader and Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc also agreed in principle on a military equipment and technology export pact.
https://www.wionews.com/world/south-china-sea-japans-prime-miniter-Yoshihide-Suga-opposes-actions-that-escalate-tensions-336856

#11150316 at 2020-10-19 12:13:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14259: Good Morning Anon, How Are You Edition

Japan PM slams S. China Sea actions in contravention of rule
of law
October 19, 2020 (Mainichi Japan)

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press briefing with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, following an exchange of documents ceremony at the Government Office in Hanoi on Oct. 19, 2020. (Nhac Nguyen/Pool Photo via AP)

HANOI (Kyodo) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday criticized actions in the South China Sea that "go against the rule of law," a veiled reference to China's increasing assertiveness in the disputed waters.

"It is important that all nations involved work toward a peaceful resolution of conflict in the South China Sea without resorting to force or coercion," Suga said in a speech at a university in Hanoi during his first overseas trip since taking office.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201019/p2g/00m/0in/091000c
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#11150282 at 2020-10-19 12:11:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14259: Good Morning Anon, How Are You Edition

Japan, Vietnam leaders affirm defense, economic cooperation
KYODO NEWS KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 18:03 | All, Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday affirmed defense and economic cooperation between their countries, as China's growing influence continues to make its neighbors jittery.

Meeting the press after summit talks with Phuc in Hanoi, Suga called Vietnam a linchpin in efforts to realize a "free and open Indo-Pacific" and vowed Japan's "continued contribution to peace and prosperity in the region."
Suga, who is on his first overseas trip since becoming prime minister, criticized actions in the South China Sea that "go against the rule of law," a veiled reference to Beijing's increasing assertiveness in the disputed waters.

"It is important that all nations involved work toward a peaceful resolution of conflicts in the South China Sea without resorting to force or coercion," Suga said in a speech at the Vietnam Japan University.

Following the one-hour meeting with Phuc, Suga said the countries had agreed in principle on a pact that would enable Japan to export defense equipment and technology to Vietnam.

Such equipment, likely including patrol planes and radar, would help improve the surveillance capabilities of Vietnam, which is one of the claimants in territorial disputes in the South China Sea including over the Spratly Islands, where China is building up a military presence.
MORE AT LINK:
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/10/f8536e95c87d-update2-japan-vietnam-leaders-affirm-cooperation-in-s-china-sea.html
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#11135998 at 2020-10-18 15:19:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14241:They Have No Power Unless You Give It To Them Edition

Suga's Vietnam visit to spur global race for investment deals

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrived on Sunday in Vietnam for the first stop in his Southeast Asian tour, which also marks a diplomatic restart of sorts for Hanoi as it courts international investors.

Suga is the first foreign leader of major economies visiting Vietnam since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Hanoi seeks stronger economic and defense ties with Japan as a counterbalance to China's growing influence in the region, where Vietnam is a leading critical voice against Beijing's encroachments. The Japanese leader's trip is likely to accelerate advanced economies' plays for greater business with Vietnam, which has a new trade deal with the European Union and is negotiating a separate one with the U.K. The U.S. is also showing interest as a partner. A spokesperson for Vietnam's foreign ministry welcomed that Suga chose the country for his first overseas trip since becoming prime minister in September. According to Vietnamese media, Suga is expected to meet with Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong the country's President and de facto top leader on Monday, along with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Suga and his entourage are expected to have a more limited itinerary than past Japanese leaders, owing to lingering coronavirus-related restrictions.

High on Hanoi's agenda for the visit is securing greater economic cooperation. While Vietnam has succeeded in containing COVID-19 infections better than any other Southeast Asian nation, its export-driven economy has not been spared the impact of the pandemic. Real gross domestic product growth will slow to 1.6% this year from more than 7% in the preceding two years, according to an International Monetary Fund forecast. With foreign direct investment flows falling short of year-earlier levels, Phuc is expected to call on Suga to encourage Japanese companies to pump more capital into Vietnam. Japan ranks second to South Korea as a source of Vietnam's FDI on a cumulative basis in 2019. It is also the country's fourth-largest trade partner, after China, the U.S., and South Korea. Both countries belong to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. The two nations also have deepening ties between their peoples, with more than 400,000 Vietnamese living in Japan. Manufacturers have led Japanese investment in Vietnam so far, attracted by wages that are lower than in China. But rising income levels have opened up opportunities for service-sector companies to capture consumer demand in a country where a young population promises long-term growth potential.

Vietnam's GDP per capita has topped the $3,000 threshold at which retailers typical move to expand their presence. Among Japanese players, casualwear chain Uniqlo opened its first location here last December and is adding more. Drugstore operator Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings will make its debut in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.
moar
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Suga-s-Vietnam-visit-to-spur-global-race-for-investment-deals

#11068822 at 2020-10-14 17:43:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14156 E-bake

Japan expands 'China exit' subsidies for moves to Southeast Asia

Japan will significantly ramp up a program encouraging businesses to build production sites in Southeast Asia to diversify supply chains that are too dependent on China.

The government will cover up to half the cost of such investments within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for large companies and as much as two-thirds for smaller businesses. The subsidies apply to products for which manufacturing tends to be concentrated in a specific country. The aim is to have companies expand the number of countries where they have overseas operations, not to entice them to leave any certain nation. Although China is not specifically named in the plan, the goal appears to be to reduce dependence there.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will announce the plan during his visit to Vietnam this month, further underscoring the importance of Southeast Asia on his first official trip overseas as Japan's leader. His ASEAN tour, which also includes a stop in Indonesia, will be used to call for measures to promote investment in Southeast Asia. The program is intended specifically to support projects that involve expanding production networks into ASEAN members. Plans that involve pulling out of a given country will likely be excluded.

On the other hand, building a new factory in a Southeast Asian country while leaving capacity in China, for example, would be considered an eligible form of diversification. The program does not cite China by name, as doing so could risk opening up Tokyo to criticism that it is distorting free trade.

The plan should pose no problems under World Trade Organization rules "as long as it has objective standards for providing support, rather than subsidizing specific companies," said Yorizumi Watanabe, professor of international political economy at Japan's Kansai University of International Studies. Southeast Asia is an attractive destination for manufacturers from a cost perspective. The average annual compensation for a manufacturing worker is $5,956 in Indonesia and $4,041 in Vietnam, compared with nearly $10,000 in China, according to the Japan External Trade Organization.

Even before becoming prime minister, Suga stressed the need to address the overreliance of supply chains on specific countries, citing automakers forced to shut down factories when they could not source parts from China in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak. The government will likely set aside a significant amount of money in its third supplementary budget for the program to signal its importance as a policy initiative.

Japan's first supplementary budget for fiscal 2020 earmarked 23.5 billion yen ($223 million) to help businesses move production to Southeast Asia to broaden their supply networks. The government approved 30 projects in the first round of applications that ended in June. But the program is less well known than a similar but much larger initiative to promote manufacturing at home. That has received over 1,700 applications worth more than 10 times the $2 billion budget, of which 57 projects totaling $544 million have been approved.

The U.S.-China trade war, as well as delays in sourcing face masks and other crucial items during the coronavirus pandemic, have highlighted the dangers of China-reliant supply networks. Washington has blocked Chinese makers of telecommunications equipment from the American market, citing fears of sensitive information leaking to Beijing, and pushed allies including Japan, the U.K. and Australia to do the same.

China has responded with tighter controls on exports of products manufactured there. Japanese businesses with facilities in China risk having goods left stranded amid the cycle of retaliation.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-expands-China-exit-subsidies-for-moves-to-Southeast-Asia

#11048757 at 2020-10-13 08:29:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14131: Comfy Bread Edition

Pompeo's visit: Sri Lanka says it will not bend to US pressure
on MCC or SOFA
Posted on October 12th, 2020
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express
To stem Chinese advance in Sri Lanka, US would like Sri Lanka to sign the MCC compact and SOFA, both of which have raised the hackles of nationalists.

Colombo, October 11: The Sri Lankan government will not bend to the United States on the issue of the Millennium Challenges Corporation Compact (MCC) or the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) when the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits for talks with Lankan leaders, a top government source said.

The Gunaruwan committee appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had gone into the MCC compact and has suggested that it be renegotiated to make it compatible with the Sri Lankan constitution and law. It remains to be seen if the Americans will agree," the top source said. As for SOFA , it cannot be on the agenda now because we would like to take up issues one by one," he added.

SOFA, like the MCC, has also come under heavy flak from Sri Lankan nationalists and the media on the grounds that it violates Sri Lankan law and constitution.

Pompeo will be here on a scheduled visit at the end of October as part of a tour of various countries.

The ranking US official is currently busy sewing up Quad" an alliance of US, Australia, Japan and India. He had visited Japan, had a powwow with its newly elected Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and emerged from it confident that Abe's successor is in line with the anti-China policy of Abe and the US. Pompeo would like to firm up his ties with India and hope to rope Sri Lanka into the alliance giving its strategic position in the Indian Ocean where China's maritime activity is increasing with the construction of ports in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Pakistan, facilities which could be used for military purposes in the future. On September 10, the US signed a Framework for U.S. Department of Defense-Maldives Ministry of Defence Defense and Security Relationship" agreement to keep the Chinese away.

The US is worried about Chinese investments and loans advances to Sri Lanka as it fears that Sri Lanka will become a Chinese satellite. To stem the Chinese advance in Sri Lanka, the US would like enter into the SOFA agreement with the island nation and also create for itself an economic base by using the MCC compact of US$ 480 million. It has warned Sri Lanka not to fall into a Chinese debt trap and lose its sovereignty to China.

In a recent newspaper interview, the US Ambassador Alaina Teplitz made this plain invoking the wrath of the Chinese Embassy which asked her not to break diplomatic etiquette by fomenting trouble between the host country (Sri Lanka) and a third country (China).

Earlier In the interview to the Colombo-based Daily Mirror, US Ambassador Teplitz questioned China's trade deals with Sri Lanka and asserted the need to ensure that global standards of free trade and a fair investment climate are in place for the benefit of Sri Lankan and US businesses.

Teplitz noted that the US believes partnerships between countries should be open, transparent, and mutually beneficial - and if this is what Sri Lanka's relationship with China embodies, then the US will encourage it.

Our concern is that Sri Lanka is not vulnerable in its relationships, and that this country is able to negotiate the best deals supporting sustainable, environmentally sensitive, and affordable results," Teplitz said.

She noted that a 2019 World Bank study concluded that more than 60 percent of PRC-funded BRI projects are allocated to Chinese companies and stressed that tender processes are opaque.

'The World Bank called for open and transparent public procurement to increase the likelihood that BRI projects are allocated to the firms best placed to implement them. Sri Lankan think tank Verité Research analyzed 50 high value loans from the PRC to Sri Lanka. All but one loan (where data was available) were 100 percent 'tied' - meaning the loan terms dictated that contracts and tenders be awarded to Chinese contractors, limiting the ability of Sri Lankan and global firms to compete for these projects. Fair competition would lower prices and ensure better quality,' she said.

The Ambassador noted that Sri Lanka is a sovereign nation and it is not up to the United States to dictate the quality of Sri Lanka's partnerships, but the US does believe it is better for countries if transactions are transparent and cost-effective, and if they create jobs and other material benefits for local people.
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2020/10/12/pompeos-visit-sri-lanka-says-it-will-not-bend-to-us-pressure-on-mcc-or-sofa/
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#11035345 at 2020-10-12 09:49:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14114: The Land of the Brave Edition

New Japanese PM Plans Asia Trip to Prove Solidarity with US
By Ralph Jennings
October 12, 2020 05:36 AM

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans to visit Southeast Asia this month largely as a gesture of support for U.S. geopolitical interests that include joining hands with smaller countries keen on resisting Chinese expansion, experts say.

Suga's plan to touch down in Indonesia and Vietnam indicates he will follow his predecessor Shinzo Abe, who left office in September. Suga is seen so far in Japan as more focused on domestic policy, leaving him a dark horse on foreign relations.

Abe had backed Washington, Japan's top security partner, in aiding Southeast Asian states that resent Chinese military activity in the South China Sea. Neither Japan nor the United States has a claim to the waterway, but both want China to leave it open for international use.

Japan historically stands with the United States, but since 2017 its government has warmed toward its largest trading partner China - so far without isolating Washington. The U.S. government will welcome a reaffirmation or relations with Japan, said Yun Sun, East Asia Program senior associate at the Stimson Center think tank in Washington, D.C.

"I think it's certainly something the U.S. would like to see, and this is one area that I think Japan is also feeling more comfortable to do rather than directly and openly pointing at China in the nose," Yun said. "So, Japan has an intrinsic interest in developing and deepening ties with Southeast Asian countries."
https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/new-japanese-pm-plans-asia-trip-prove-solidarity-us

#10873178 at 2020-10-01 19:55:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13916: CDC Bigger Than You Can Imagine Edition

Japan to start work on new stimulus package by year's end

The government of new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Japan's ruling coalition have begun discussing a fresh round of spending on coronavirus prevention and steps to pull Asia's second-largest economy out of recession, to be ready as early as this year.

The stimulus package will be funded by Japan's third extra budget for the current fiscal year. This proposed budget would be submitted to the parliament when it convenes for a regular session in January, said Hiroshi Moriyama, the Liberal Democratic Party's chief of parliamentary affairs, in a Nikkei interview Thursday. This schedule adds to signals that Suga will wait until 2021 before calling a snap general election, which some had expected him to do as he rides high in opinion polls.

The economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic means "we have no choice but to plan for the third supplementary budget," Moriyama said. "Some industries have suffered really terrible slumps," he said, citing hospitality and tourism. "We must plan for additional support for sectors that have been hit hard." During last month's LDP leadership race to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Suga said there was a need for an economic stimulus package. He laid out specific proposals, such as raising Japan's minimum wage and expanding national insurance coverage for infertility treatments. If the third extra budget passes swiftly, it could take effect before the current fiscal year ends March 31, letting the new prime minister make good on his pledges.

Business sentiment among Japanese manufacturers improved for the first time since 2017, the latest Tankan quarterly survey released Thursday by the Bank of Japan found. But the gauge is at minus 27, roughly on par with the minus 24 recorded during the height of the global financial crisis. Preparations for the new stimulus package will add to a packed calendar through year's end. Suga travels to Southeast Asia in mid-October and plans to call an extraordinary session of parliament when he returns.

In that session, expected to last until early December, lawmakers will deliberate ratification of the trade deal between Japan and the United Kingdom, among other key bills. During the year-end period, the central government will focus on a 105 trillion yen ($994 billion) budget proposal for next fiscal year and a tax reform bill, along with the stimulus package.

If Suga dissolves the lower house of parliament this year, it would leave a political vacuum lasting about a month. That would delay the budget process, which risks endangering his priority of tackling the coronavirus crisis. Suga's cabinet enjoyed 74% support at its outset last month, one of the highest levels for a new government, according to a Nikkei poll. This fueled expectations of an impending snap election. But LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai the party's de facto No. 2 official expressed concerns this week about rushing to the polls, as have other senior party members.

Now the lower house is expected to be dissolved for a general election during one of three periods: when the parliament convenes in January, when the fiscal 2021 budget passes in late March, or later or around the LDP's next leadership race in September 2021.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-after-Abe/Japan-to-start-work-on-new-stimulus-package-by-year-s-end

#10857901 at 2020-09-30 18:42:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13896: [Blumenthal] Edition

Suga to take up Abe's Indo-Pacific mantle with ASEAN tour

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is considering visits to Vietnam and Indonesia in mid-October, Nikkei has learned, in a bid to demonstrate his commitment to predecessor Shinzo Abe's push for a "free and open Indo-Pacific." It will be Suga's first overseas visits since taking office. The two countries are first on Suga's travel itinerary, which is being planned now that the coronavirus outbreak has somewhat eased in the region compared with the U.S. and Europe. The plans are still subject to change depending on the status of the contagion. Vietnam and Indonesia were also the first countries Abe visited when he began his second stint as prime minister in 2012. They play a central role within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and their cooperation will be crucial amid China's maritime incursions in the South China Sea. "I will pursue diplomatic policies based on a functional Japan-U.S. alliance," Suga said in his inaugural news conference on Sept. 16. To counter Beijing's expansionism in the East and South China seas, Japan and the U.S. have been pushing for a free and open Indo-Pacific, promoting democratic values in the region through greater economic and security cooperation. ASEAN is an important part of this initiative, considering the 10 member countries are located on a major sea lane that connects the Middle East and East Asia.

Indonesia was the main driver for ASEAN's outlook on the Indo-Pacific issued in June 2019, in which the bloc vowed to play a "central and strategic role" in the region. Meanwhile, Vietnam chairs ASEAN this year, and has faced pressure from China in the South China Sea. "Suga is likely trying to strike a balance by choosing to go to Vietnam, which faces tensions with China, and Indonesia, which places a heavy importance on China ties," said Keio University professor Yuichi Hosoya. Suga is slated to speak with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indonesian President Joko Widodo. The Japanese prime minister seeks to coordinate efforts with Vietnam and Indonesia regarding the South China Sea, as U.S.-China military and economic tensions continue to heat up. ASEAN members are wary the dispute could escalate local conflicts.

Japan will likely try to appeal to ASEAN partners about securing regional stability in a bid to curb China's growing regional ambitions. In addition to China, the leaders are expected to discuss a plan for lifting travel restrictions imposed over the coronavirus pandemic. Resuming international travel with countries that have the outbreak under control will be a boon to the Japanese economy. Japan is already in talks with Vietnam, whose new daily cases are in the single digits, according to Johns Hopkins University, about easing restrictions on business travel between the countries, both of which have already reopened borders to expatriates. Indonesia is still logging about 4,000 new cases a day. But it is the most populated country in ASEAN and has significant economic potential. "Many Japanese corporations have set up shop in Indonesia, first largely in the auto industry but now also in retail, wholesale and infrastructure," said Kunihiko Shinoda, professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

Vietnam and Indonesia are also players in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade pact between ASEAN, Japan, China and others, which its members hope to sign by the end of the year.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Suga-to-take-up-Abe-s-Indo-Pacific-mantle-with-ASEAN-tour

#10836942 at 2020-09-29 17:35:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13869: Boss Has This, Enjoy The Show Edition

Suga and Putin affirm goal of peace treaty based on 1956 declaration

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reaffirmed his intent to reach a postwar peace treaty between Tokyo and Moscow based on a 1956 declaration as he held his first conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
A peace deal has been blocked by the Northern Territories issue, a group of Japanese islands off Hokkaido which were occupied by Russia at the end of World War II and are still administered by Moscow. "I want to advance Japan-Russia relations as a whole, which includes concluding a peace treaty," Suga told Putin over the 20-minute telephone call. "I intend to close the books on the Northern Territories issue rather than postpone it to the next generation." Suga's predecessor as prime minister, Shinzo Abe, reached an agreement with Putin in 2018 to speed negotiations toward a World War II peace treaty based on a 1956 joint declaration by Japan and the Soviet Union. The declaration stipulates that the Russian side will hand over two of the four islands to Japan after the conclusion of a peace treaty.

Suga and Putin on Tuesday reaffirmed the 2018 agreement. Putin said he "highly values" his relationship with Abe, according to the Japanese side. The Russian leader also said he is prepared to work constructively with Suga on bilateral and international issues. Putin touched on the "visa-free exchange" in which former Japanese residents of the islands would visit the territories while Russian residents of the islands would visit Japan. The program has been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Russian leader said he was prepared to reopen the visa-free exchange when the pandemic is brought under control. Suga and Putin agreed to seek a face-to-face meeting at an early date. "I will be able to have a frank exchange of views with Mr. Putin going forward. That was the response I felt," Suga told reporters after the phone meeting. For over 70 years, Tokyo and Moscow have failed to demarcate a border because of the Northern Territories issue. The 1956 joint declaration states that Habomai and Shikotan islands would be handed over to Japan after a peace accord is signed.

As Abe's former chief cabinet secretary, Suga will follow his predecessor's line toward Russia."Our aim of resolving the Northern Territories issue, then signing a peace treaty, remains unchanged," said Katsunobu Kato, Suga's chief cabinet secretary. Suga retained the diplomatic team that Abe assembled to deal with Russia. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will continue to handle the negotiations, along with top career diplomats Takeo Akiba and Takeo Mori.

Shigeru Kitamura, the Japanese national security adviser, also has been retained. Kitamura visited Russia in January to meet with Putin and Nikolai Patrushev, the country's Security Council secretary. Abe's resignation leaves a large gap to fill, given his strong personal connection with Putin. The two held 27 meetings over the years. Suga, who has yet to meet with Putin in person, faces the task of forming his own ties with the Russian leader. Meanwhile, Suga has shaken up the staff at the prime minister's office, whose policymaking had been been heavily influenced by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Suga replaced Abe advisers Takaya Imai and Eiichi Hasegawa, both of whom hailed from METI and were involved in Russia negotiations and economic cooperation.

Suga faces no immediate prospects of a breakthrough on the Northern Territories issue. Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region in 2014 worsened relations with Washington, and Moscow has aired concerns that the U.S. may build military bases in the Northern Territories if the islands are transferred to Japan. "Friction between the U.S. and Russia is a major factor in why there has been no progress on the territorial issue since the Japan-Russia summit in November 2018," said Nobuo Shimotomai, professor emeritus of Russian politics at Hosei University. Russia this year enacted constitutional amendments that include a ban on giving away any part of the country's territory, a development that could hamper bilateral talks over the islands.

Prior to the phone call with Putin, Suga met with Muneo Suzuki, a Hokkaido lawmaker in the upper house of Japan's parliament who has connections to Russia. The two discussed the situation with Russia as well as diplomacy with the country.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Suga-and-Putin-affirm-goal-of-peace-treaty-based-on-1956-declaration

#10818250 at 2020-09-28 05:00:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13846: Did Someone Say Nuclear Hard Drives? Edition

As Taiwan - China Tensions Remain High, New Japanese PM Urges Regional Stability

Stoked by the second visit to the renegade Chinese island by a senior US official in the last couple of months, and the recent announcement of a massive package of pending weapons sales by the US, the last week has been another intense period of live-fire military drills and mutual recriminations. Meanwhile, Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday he had agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping to pursue high-level contacts in a bid to promote regional and international stability.

China has stepped up its military flights near Taiwan, including numerous incursions across the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait, in the weeks following the announcement by the Trump administration that the US is planning a major weapons sale to the renegade island, probably including cruise missiles, drones and mines.

China has threatened or entered into Taiwan's airspace 46 times in the past nine days, the island's defence ministry said.

On Thursday, an aircraft of the People's Liberation Army entered the island's air defence identification zone, thought to be a Yun-8 anti-submarine aircraft. Taiwan's Ministry of Defence broadcast radio warnings, scrambled fighters, and deployed anti-aircraft missile systems in response. LINK

Taiwan's defence ministry said China's aerial incursions were at their most intense at the end of last week as Keith Krach, the US undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment, arrived on the island for an official visit.

Chinese officials stated that China has been reacting to what Beijing has called 'collusion' between Taiwan and the United States, and to protect China's sovereignty, in response to Krach's visit last week to Taipei.

In response to the spike in hostile aerial activity, Taiwan's armed forces held military drills on one of its offshore islands close to China on Thursday and Friday. Taiwan's Defence Ministry said the drills to repel a landing took place on the Matsu archipelago, which lies just offshore the Chinese city of Fuzhou.

The drills took place across the archipelago involving the use of cannons and machine guns, the ministry added, accompanied by pictures of the exercises.

Taiwan has held Matsu, along with Kinmen further down the coast, since defeated Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of the Chinese civil war.

When Taiwan and China last joined battle on a large scale in 1958 it was around Matsu and Kinmen, with Chinese forces carrying out more than a month of bombardments, including naval and air battles...

Both are considered by experts as likely targets for Chinese invasion in any war with Taiwan due to their proximity to China. LINK

The South China Morning Post reports that Taiwan has also test-fired missiles off its eastern and southern coasts following military manoeuvres staged by Beijing near the self-ruled island in recent days.

https://southfront.org/as-taiwan-china-tensions-remain-high-new-japanese-pm-urges-regional-stability/

#10812187 at 2020-09-27 19:54:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13838: Armenia In The News Martial Law Declared Edition

China to gauge Suga's stance with Wang Yi visit to Japan

Beijing looks to have an early assessment of the new Japanese leader's China policy by sending its foreign minister next month. The two governments are in talks for Wang Yi, a fluent Japanese speaker and former ambassador to Tokyo, to visit Japan and meet his counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi. Wang is likely to meet Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during the trip as well, making it the first face-to-face interaction between senior officials of the neighboring countries since the Suga administration entered office this month.

It would be the first exchange since China's top foreign policy official Yang Jiechi, a member of the Communist Party Politburo, visited Japan in February as the two sides were preparing for President Xi Jinping's first official visit to the country. That trip was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Motegi and Wang are expected to reaffirm the importance of maintaining a stable bilateral relationship and discuss topics of concern such as the Senkaku Islands and Beijing's new national security law for Hong Kong. The Chinese side looks to establish a good relationship with Suga amid rising U.S.-China tensions that risk dividing the region into two camps. Though Suga positions the Japan-U.S. alliance as the linchpin of his country's foreign policy, the new prime minister has said he wants to continue dialogue with China to resolve the issues between them.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who plans a visit to Japan in early October, is likely to be the first foreign official Suga meets. Wang's visit would follow. During Pompeo's visit, Japan will host a foreign ministers meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or "Quad," an informal strategic forum among the U.S., Japan, Australia and India. China will feature prominently in those talks, including the militarization of the South China Sea, the political situation in Hong Kong and issues regarding economic security. The calendar suggests the Suga government intends to meet first with its main ally, the U.S., as well as semi-allies Australia and India, to form a united front, and then balance its diplomatic position by meeting with China. Suga's phone call with Xi on Friday, likewise, came after calls with the leaders of the three Quad partners.

The top issue for Japan and China will be Xi's postponed state visit. With headwinds growing in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party against inviting the Chinese leader at this stage, the government has been unable to press ahead on preparations with the Chinese side. There was no reference to the state visit in Friday's Xi-Suga call. In the call, however, Suga suggested that the two countries coordinate closely through senior-level dialogue. "Going forward, I want to thoroughly discuss issues that are of high interest to the region and the international community," he told Xi. Aides said Suga was referring to issues such as Hong Kong and the tensions in the East China Sea – mainly over the Japanese-administered Senkakus, which China claims as the Diaoyu Islands.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-after-Abe/China-to-gauge-Suga-s-stance-with-Wang-Yi-visit-to-Japan

#10801651 at 2020-09-26 22:07:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13824: POTUS Nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrret Edition

Suga and Putin plan to hold telephone talks on Tuesday

TOKYO (Kyodo) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning to hold their first talks on Tuesday after the premier took office last week to succeed Shinzo Abe, a Japanese government source said Saturday. During the talks by phone, the two leaders are expected to reaffirm their countries' commitment to continuing bilateral negotiations toward signing a postwar peace treaty and the necessity for economic cooperation.

Japan and Russia have struggled to resolve a long-standing territorial dispute regarding Russian-held isles off Hokkaido, called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia, and it has prevented them from signing a peace treaty. The Soviet Union seized the islands following Japan's surrender in World War II in 1945. Moscow says it acquired them as a legitimate outcome of the war, while Tokyo argues their seizure was illegal. The two countries have agreed to carry out joint economic projects on the islands as a trust-building exercise while they work toward a mutually acceptable resolution.

After announcing in late August his decision to resign due to health problems, then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with Putin in a teleconference and the two emphasized the need to resolve the issue. Since he was elected as prime minister on Sept. 16, Suga has been holding phone talks with various global leaders, including from the United States, China, South Korea and India. He has raised the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s during each phone conversation and requested cooperation in resolving it, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said during a press conference Thursday. Suga is also planning on holding talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, according to government sources.

Suga may meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo when he visits Tokyo for a gathering of foreign ministers of Japan, Australia and India that is now being arranged for October.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Suga-and-Putin-plan-to-hold-telephone-talks-on-Tuesday

#10799185 at 2020-09-26 18:34:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research #13821: National Day of Prayer w/DC Prayer March Edition

Japan PM Suga visits disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Saturday to press forward with reconstruction efforts for areas devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as he visited the Fukushima nuclear power plant crippled by the disasters.

He made the comment after there was no mention of the disasters, or rebuilding work for the northeastern Tohoku region, in his Cabinet's basic policies adopted at its first meeting last week. Suga told reporters during his first official trip since he took office to succeed Shinzo Abe on Sept. 16 that when he formed the new Cabinet, he wrote of the need to continue reconstruction efforts in instructions handed out to all the Cabinet members. "There is no recovery of Tohoku, without recovery of Fukushima, and there is no revival of Japan without recovery of Tohoku. This is a basic policy of my Cabinet," he said. Fukushima is one of three prefectures in northeastern Japan hit hardest by the disasters that left nearly 15,900 people dead and more than 2,500 unaccounted for, and triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since the 1986 Chernobyl accident.

The Abe administration's set of basic policies included the pillar of disaster recovery from its inception in 2012. Suga said Friday during a meeting on the rebuilding of the devastated areas that he will "inherit the policy" from the previous administration. "We want to make a decision as soon as possible" on radioactive water now being stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, he said. The government and the plant owner, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., are considering how to dispose of the water, which has been contaminated with radioactive materials after being used to cool the melted fuel cores at the plant. They are looking at options such as releasing it into the Pacific Ocean or evaporation but local fishermen have voiced opposition due to fears consumers would shun seafood caught nearby. The water is being treated using an advanced liquid processing system, or ALPS, to remove most contaminants other than the relatively nontoxic tritium. It is being stored in tanks on the facility's premises but space is expected to run out by the summer of 2022.

Suga also visited a museum on the disasters and met with students from local junior and senior high schools as part of the official trip.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200926/p2g/00m/0na/078000c

#10789276 at 2020-09-25 22:31:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13808: Night Shift Entertainment Cause Here Come Da Judge Edition

Japanese PM Says Ready to Meet Kim Jong-Un Without Preconditions

A chairman of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Yoshihide Suga was confirmed last week as the country's new Prime Minister, after his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, stepped down from the position due to health reasons.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said during his video message to UN General Assembly on Friday he is ready to meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un without any preconditions.

"As the new Prime Minister of Japan, I am ready to meet with Chairman Kim Jong-un without any conditions", Suga said.

He also went on to note that "establishing a constructive relationship between Japan and North Korea will not only serve the interests of both sides but will also greatly contribute to regional peace and stability".

Suga recalled the Japan-DPRK Pyongyang Declaration, saying that in accordance to it, Japan seeks to normalize relations with North Korea "through comprehensively resolving the outstanding issues of concern such as the abductions, nuclear and missile issues, as well as settlement of the unfortunate past".

Currently, there are no diplomatic relations between the two countries, but there have been Japanese-North Korean talks to discuss the abduction of Japanese citizens that took place in 70s and 80s and Pyongyang's nuclear program.

Suga's predecessor, Shinzo Abe, repeatedly expressed his readiness to meet the leader of North Korea without preconditions as well, but no meeting followed.
Japan Determined to Host Olympics Next Year

During his message to the UN General Assembly, Suga also highlighted Japan's determination to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2021.

"In the summer of next year, Japan is determined to host the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games as proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic," Suga said on Friday. "I will continue to spare no effort in order to welcome you to games that are safe and secure."

In March, it was announced that the Games would be postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and will take place from 23 July to 8 August, 2021, and from 24 August to 5 September, 2021, while keeping the original names Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Yoshihide Suga became Japan's Prime Minister last week, replacing his predecessor Shinzo Abe, who stepped down from the position in late August, citing health reasons.

https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009251080575701-japanese-pm-says-ready-to-meet-kim-jong-un-without-preconditions/

#10786090 at 2020-09-25 18:52:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13804: Durham On Killery Done Edition

Xi has first call with Suga; no mention of Japan visit

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Chinese President Xi Jinping did not discuss Xi's postponed state visit to Japan in their first telephone conference Friday evening, Suga told reporters. The two leaders agreed to coordinate on a high level, including person-to-person, on both bilateral and international problems, according to Suga. Xi also congratulated him on becoming prime minister, the 71-year-old new leader said. Xi was supposed to travel to Japan in April. But the visit which involved months of planning and was hailed as a potential turning point in Sino-Japanese relations was postponed in March owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Suga, who took office Sept. 16, said he told Xi that "stable relations between Japan and China are extremely important not only bilaterally" but also for the wider world. "Going forward, I want to thoroughly discuss issues that are of high interest to the region and the international community," he said. Japanese government sources said that Suga was referring to tensions in the East China Sea mainly over the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, which China claims as the Diaoyu Islands and Beijing's new national security law for Hong Kong. Chinese government ships probed waters around the Senkakus for more than 100 straight days this summer. The sources did not say whether Suga mentioned the Senkakus in his call with Xi.

China's Xinhua News Agency reported that Xi told Suga he is ready to join hands with him to promote new development in the two countries' relationship. "China stands ready to work with the new Japanese government to properly handle key sensitive issues including historical ones, continue to enhance political mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and expand people-to-people exchanges," Xinhua reported Xi as saying. Noting that China and Japan are "crucial close neighbors and partners for each other," Xi pointed out that "constantly expanding common interests for the benefits of the two peoples is the essential need of the new era for China-Japan relations," Xinhua said. Xi also said that China supports Japan in hosting a successful Olympic Games.

Some members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have urged the government to cancel plans for Xi's state visit in light of the Senkaku and Hong Kong situations. Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, the government's top spokesperson, told a news conference before the Suga-Xi call that "we are a not at a point where we can discuss a specific itinerary" for a visit. Friday's talks marked the first telephone conference between Xi and a Japanese prime minister since May 2018. Suga spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the same day. Suga held telephone talks with 10 world leaders and heads of international organizations in the first 10 days after he took office.

He kicked off his diplomatic activity on Sept. 20. His first call was to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, followed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Talks with neighbors China and South Korea came a week after his becoming prime minister.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Xi-has-first-call-with-Suga-no-mention-of-Japan-visit

#10737572 at 2020-09-22 00:35:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13742: POTUS WHEELS DOWN FOR RALLY NO II - RALLY DUBS Edition

Xi and POTUS to face off at virtual UN General Assembly

The opening of the United Nations General Assembly debate on Tuesday will be a quiet affair, as the pandemic has forced the annual gathering online. But the 75th session comes as the world body faces perhaps its greatest confluence of challenges: a global health crisis that has caused a severe economic downturn, compounded by climate change and rising tensions between its two most powerful members, the U.S. and China.

World leaders who would typically flock to U.N. Headquarters in New York will instead deliver speeches via prerecorded video. Since they need not be physically present, more heads of state than usual are scheduled to address the assembly, whereas in a normal year they might send deputies or foreign ministers. Speeches by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are scheduled for Tuesday, marking the first appearances at the General Assembly for both men since 2015.

Xi's slot comes shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump, who is up for reelection in November and until recently had vowed to attend the event in person. Now he, too, is expected to deliver remarks remotely. For Xi, "the priority is maintaining international cooperation against COVID and how to bring back the international economy to financial health," said Yu Tiejun, associate professor in the School of International Studies at Peking University. "China's position on the U.N. is very supportive," Yu said. In contrast, Trump has been sharply critical of international organizations. In May, he said he would pull the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, calling it a "puppet" of China – the second-largest donor to the U.N. system after the U.S.

Trump has also opted out of UNESCO and threatened to withdraw from the World Trade Organization. In his remarks on Tuesday, he is expected to criticize the U.N. and its response to the pandemic. "I hope China will not retaliate with words," Yu said. "The U.N. cannot function well if the main powers are not cooperating." Ichiro Fujisaki, a former Japanese ambassador to the U.S., observed that "the U.S. is not showing tremendous interest in the U.N. General Assembly." On the other hand, he said, "China and Russia are trying to show they are globalist, multilateral powers." Also delivering remarks on the first day of high-level debate will be President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, another U.S. rival, followed by French President Emmanuel Macron. South Korean President Moon Jae-in will address his last General Assembly before his term expires next year. Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, elected last week, will make his debut on the world stage on Friday.

Both Moon and Suga, caught between close security ties with the U.S. and economic relationships with China, are expected to play things cautiously in case Trump wins a second term. And the online proceedings mean Suga, in particular, misses out on a chance to start building international relationships in person. For his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, this mingling was an important element of his diplomacy-driven foreign policy. "Usually, the UNGA is more important for the outside bilateral meetings and small group meetings than for the assembly," said Fujisaki, who also represented Japan at the U.N. Aside from the leaders' addresses, a number of virtual forums are scheduled for this week.

On Thursday, Xi is expected to participate in a meeting on the "maintenance of international peace and security," Niger, the African country that currently holds the Security Council presidency, confirmed to Nikkei. At the meeting, dignitaries will discuss global governance after the COVID-19 crisis. On the same day, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson are to take part in a roundtable on climate change. Guterres, who will speak first on Tuesday, is likely to urge world leaders to coordinate their pandemic responses and cooperate on vaccine development. "It is absolutely essential that a vaccine be considered a global public good," he said last week, according to U.N. Global Communications.

Guterres is also expected to ask countries to align their economic recovery plans with the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals, which appear unlikely to be met by the 2030 deadline.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Xi-and-Trump-to-face-off-at-virtual-UN-General-Assembly

#10726280 at 2020-09-21 00:35:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12727: American Response To Trudeau and Ricin Mailer Edition

Ben Fulford Part 2

While lower down on the Khazarian slave leadership totem pole, Canada's Justin Castro (Trudeau), has been exposed for getting a $125 million foundation payment entirely with taxpayer money, according to Canadian Secret Intelligence Service sources.

Not only that but Justin Castro's foundation has been getting anywhere from $150,000 to $700,000 a year from the Tide Foundation funded by none other than George Soros, the sources say. 
Mass protests against Castro and his Nazi deputy Chrystia Freeland have begun in Canada.In Japan, meanwhile, a push in being made to replace slave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with his deputy Yoshihide Suga. 

Suga has been involved in multiple corruption scandals.  For example, he has been pushing to compensate Japan's indigenous Ainu people with generous funds. 

The problem, according to Japanese military intelligence, is that most of the so-called Ainu who would get the money are in fact North Korean agents. 
Suga is involved in many other scandals including shady Olympic and defense-related land deals that lined his pockets, they say. 

For this reason, Suga is expected to be just an interim figure who will preside over a complete revamp of the post-war colonial government in Japan.

There are many other signs of the collapse of the old regime, especially in the U.S.  Here, as widely reported elsewhere, there are mass incidents of arson, paid demonstrations in 48 of the 50 largest U.S. cities, attacks on railroad transportation, etc.  https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ive-never-seen-anything-shippers-using-west-coast-ports-cant-book-rail-bnsf-and-union

The NSA and other sources are also reporting intensified weather warfare in all parts of the planet, with either droughts or floods devastating agricultural production in China, Africa, the U.S., and elsewhere.

A look around the world will also reveal demonstrations against Khazarian puppet leaders in France, Germany, Israel, Australia, etc."

The general on the ground atmosphere in this part of the world is one of disbelief the sitting governments are so completely inept at handling a national emergency, be it staged or otherwise," is how MI6 sees the situation."
We envision and autumn and winter of civilian discontent and by Christmas, we may very well see a popular revolt to put down this whole medical martial law fiasco," they predict.

A former Vodaphone boss explains how 5G creates sickness that provides a positive Covid-19 test result and the global agenda that goes with its introduction. https://www.bitchute.com/video/YH9ESCvOfSAX/

Despite all the chaos and seeming bad news reported above, it is all part of the death throes of Khazarian mob rule, Western and Asian secret society sources say. 
Preparations to replace this dying beast with a better system of running the planet are well underway they say.
There are many signs this is true. 

For example, we were able to confirm with Japanese banks what our Pentagon sources said last week and that is that the SWIFT International payments system is no longer under the control of the Zionists. 

The banks say they no longer have to go through Citibank or Bank of America to send money overseas. 
Furthermore, transfers can now be done without using the mark of the beast "My Number" that used to be mandatory in Japan.

Of course, the war is not yet over and we can expect a lot of turmoil over the coming months.  This may include an EMP attack, a food crisis, new false flag nuclear attacks, and more.

Nonetheless, all of the world's major military forces are now aligned against the Khazarian Mafia so their final defeat is only a matter of time.  We are reluctant to give specific dates but world events make it clear Satanic elite rule is ending.

#10725945 at 2020-09-21 00:04:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12727: American Response To Trudeau and Ricin Mailer Edition

Japan's Defense Ministry eyes record $51.6bn in spending under Suga

Japan's Ministry of Defense will request a record 5.4 trillion yen ($51.6 billion) in the fiscal 2021 budget, seeking a ninth straight year of increases as China rises and new technological threats emerge.

The tally, which also covers Japanese contributions to the U.S. military presence, has topped records every year since fiscal 2015 under now-former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The ministry considers the fiscal 2021 increase necessary in a fast-changing East Asian security landscape that includes Chinese advances in the East and South China seas and the North Korean missile program. New Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has expressed interest in continuing efforts by Abe to bolster Japan's defenses and diplomatic strategy. The Defense Ministry requested 5.32 trillion yen for fiscal 2020, receiving 5.31 trillion yen in the initial budget. It has gotten about 40 billion yen less a year on average than it has sought since fiscal 2015.

In addition to the military buildup by China and other neighbors, the ministry worries about the growing threats in space and the cyber realm. It wants a larger budget to develop new technologies and train personnel for these threats and to launch a dedicated electronic-warfare unit that uses electromagnetic waves to thwart enemy attacks. The ministry will also finance the development of new jet engines that will power next-generation fighters to be deployed in 2035, around when the Self-Defense Forces start decommissioning F-2s. It will sign a contract for the new fighters as early as October with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. For an alternative to the U.S.-developed Aegis Ashore missile shield, whose deployment was halted in June, the Defense Ministry will choose from multiple options by year-end, such as building new Aegis-equipped vessels or offshore anti-missile facilities. It ask the government to fund the alternative but will not request a specific amount at this time.

One option is to set up an anti-missile radar system on land that is tied to interceptor missiles at sea. But the ministry is widely expected not to pursue this, since a hostile actor could disrupt radio communications between the radar and the missile launchers.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-after-Abe/Japan-s-Defense-Ministry-eyes-record-51.6bn-in-spending-under-Suga

Suga, POTUS agree to boost Japan-US alliance

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and US President Donald Trump have agreed to further strengthen the Japan-US alliance. Suga talked with Trump by telephone for about 25 minutes on Sunday night in their first phone call since Suga took office on September 16. After the talks, Suga told reporters that President Trump assured him they would work together to further develop the alliance, which they consider the foundation for regional peace and stability. Suga asked Trump for full US support in resolving the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea. The president responded he would work closely with Japan on the issue. The leaders agreed the two allies will cooperate on the development and distribution of a vaccine and treatment for COVID-19. They also confirmed close cooperation to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Trump told Suga to call anytime 24 hours a day in the event of a contingency. The prime minister told reporters that he is willing to hold telephone talks with other world leaders to deepen bilateral relations.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200921_04/

#10696364 at 2020-09-18 19:41:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13689: I Spy Now Missing Y Edition

Ben Fulford Part 2
While lower down on the Khazarian slave leadership totem pole, Canada's Justin Castro (Trudeau), has been exposed for getting a $125 million foundation payment entirely with taxpayer money, according to Canadian Secret Intelligence Service sources.

Not only that but Justin Castro's foundation has been getting anywhere from $150,000 to $700,000 a year from the Tide Foundation funded by none other than George Soros, the sources say. 
Mass protests against Castro and his Nazi deputy Chrystia Freeland have begun in Canada.

In Japan, meanwhile, a push in being made to replace slave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with his deputy Yoshihide Suga.  Suga has been involved in multiple corruption scandals.  For example, he has been pushing to compensate Japan's indigenous Ainu people with generous funds. 

The problem, according to Japanese military intelligence, is that most of the so-called Ainu who would get the money are in fact North Korean agents. 
Suga is involved in many other scandals including shady Olympic and defense-related land deals that lined his pockets, they say.  For this reason, Suga is expected to be just an interim figure who will preside over a complete revamp of the post-war colonial government in Japan.

There are many other signs of the collapse of the old regime, especially in the U.S.  Here, as widely reported elsewhere, there are mass incidents of arson, paid demonstrations in 48 of the 50 largest U.S. cities, attacks on railroad transportation, etc.  https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ive-never-seen-anything-shippers-using-west-coast-ports-cant-book-rail-bnsf-and-union

The NSA and other sources are also reporting intensified weather warfare in all parts of the planet, with either droughts or floods devastating agricultural production in China, Africa, the U.S., and elsewhere.

A look around the world will also reveal demonstrations against Khazarian puppet leaders in France, Germany, Israel, Australia, etc."
The general on the ground atmosphere in this part of the world is one of disbelief the sitting governments are so completely inept at handling a national emergency, be it staged or otherwise," is how MI6 sees the situation.

"We envision and autumn and winter of civilian discontent and by Christmas, we may very well see a popular revolt to put down this whole medical martial law fiasco," they predict.

A former Vodaphone boss explains how 5G creates sickness that provides a positive Covid-19 test result and the global agenda that goes with its introduction. 
https://www.bitchute.com/video/YH9ESCvOfSAX/

Despite all the chaos and seeming bad news reported above, it is all part of the death throes of Khazarian mob rule, Western and Asian secret society sources say.  Preparations to replace this dying beast with a better system of running the planet are well underway they say.There are many signs this is true. 

For example, we were able to confirm with Japanese banks what our Pentagon sources said last week and that is that the SWIFT international payments system is no longer under the control of the Zionists. 
The banks say they no longer have to go through Citibank or Bank of America to send money overseas. 
Furthermore, transfers can now be done without using the mark of the beast "My Number" that used to be mandatory in Japan.

Of course, the war is not yet over and we can expect a lot of turmoil over the coming months.  This may include an EMP attack, a food crisis, new false flag nuclear attacks, and more.

Nonetheless, all of the world's major military forces are now aligned against the Khazarian Mafia so their final defeat is only a matter of time.  We are reluctant to give specific dates but world events make it clear Satanic elite rule is ending.

#10690468 at 2020-09-18 03:44:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13681: OOOOH NOOOOO Mr. Bill Edition

Ben Fulford Part 2
While lower down on the Khazarian slave leadership totem pole, Canada's Justin Castro (Trudeau), has been exposed for getting a $125 million foundation payment entirely with taxpayer money, according to Canadian Secret Intelligence Service sources.

Not only that but Justin Castro's foundation has been getting anywhere from $150,000 to $700,000 a year from the Tide Foundation funded by none other than George Soros, the sources say. 
Mass protests against Castro and his Nazi deputy Chrystia Freeland have begun in Canada.

In Japan, meanwhile, a push in being made to replace slave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with his deputy Yoshihide Suga.  Suga has been involved in multiple corruption scandals.  For example, he has been pushing to compensate Japan's indigenous Ainu people with generous funds. 
The problem, according to Japanese military intelligence, is that most of the so-called Ainu who would get the money are in fact North Korean agents.  Suga is involved in many other scandals including shady Olympic and defense-related land deals that lined his pockets, they say. 
For this reason, Suga is expected to be just an interim figure who will preside over a complete revamp of the post-war colonial government in Japan.

There are many other signs of the collapse of the old regime, especially in the U.S.  Here, as widely reported elsewhere, there are mass incidents of arson, paid demonstrations in 48 of the 50 largest U.S. cities, attacks on railroad transportation, etc.  https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ive-never-seen-anything-shippers-using-west-coast-ports-cant-book-rail-bnsf-and-union

The NSA and other sources are also reporting intensified weather warfare in all parts of the planet, with either droughts or floods devastating agricultural production in China, Africa, the U.S., and elsewhere.

A look around the world will also reveal demonstrations against Khazarian puppet leaders in France, Germany, Israel, Australia, etc."
The general on the ground atmosphere in this part of the world is one of disbelief the sitting governments are so completely inept at handling a national emergency, be it staged or otherwise," is how MI6 sees the situation.
"We envision and autumn and winter of civilian discontent and by Christmas, we may very well see a popular revolt to put down this whole medical martial law fiasco," they predict.

A former Vodaphone boss explains how 5G creates sickness that provides a positive Covid-19 test result and the global agenda that goes with its introduction. https://www.bitchute.com/video/YH9ESCvOfSAX/

Despite all the chaos and seeming bad news reported above, it is all part of the death throes of Khazarian mob rule, Western and Asian secret society sources say. 

Preparations to replace this dying beast with a better system of running the planet are well underway they say.There are many signs this is true.  For example, we were able to confirm with Japanese banks what our Pentagon sources said last week and that is that the SWIFT international payments system is no longer under the control of the Zionists. 
The banks say they no longer have to go through Citibank or Bank of America to send money overseas.  Furthermore, transfers can now be done without using the mark of the beast "My Number" that used to be mandatory in Japan.

Of course, the war is not yet over and we can expect a lot of turmoil over the coming months. 
This may include an EMP attack, a food crisis, new false flag nuclear attacks, and more.

Nonetheless, all of the world's major military forces are now aligned against the Khazarian Mafia so their final defeat is only a matter of time.  We are reluctant to give specific dates but world events make it clear Satanic elite rule is ending.

#10667678 at 2020-09-16 15:41:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13652: Corney For The Poppin Edition

>>10666933 pb Japan PM Suga Wikileaks Dig

Japan's new PM Suga fills cabinet with many familiar faces

Yoshihide Suga, Japan's new prime minister, on Wednesday unveiled a cabinet filled with many familiar faces, some significant tweaks, and only a sprinkling of women. Suga picked Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Katsunobu Kato as chief cabinet secretary – the new leader's role for nearly eight years under Shinzo Abe. This position as the government's top spokesperson is the prime minister's main tool for exercising control over Japan's powerful bureaucracy. These and other choices for top positions signal a focus on continuity from Abe's tenure. Like Suga and returning Finance Minister Taro Aso, Kato is one of a handful of officials to have remained in Abe's cabinet through multiple reshuffles. "I want to bring together capable individuals who have a desire for reform, and build a cabinet that will work for the people," Suga told reporters Monday.

Kato served as deputy chief cabinet secretary for nearly three years from when Abe began his second stint as prime minister in December 2012. He was later tapped as state minister for some of Abe's top policy priorities, such as resolving the abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea. As health minister, he played a central role in the response to the coronavirus pandemic. Defense Minister Taro Kono became the minister for administrative reform one of Suga's pet issues and was replaced by Nobuo Kishi, Abe's younger brother, who is promoted to his first-ever cabinet post. Toshimitsu Motegi was reappointed as foreign minister, as was Yasutoshi Nishimura as minister of state for economic and fiscal policy and point man for the government's coronavirus response.

Earlier on Wednesday, Abe's previous cabinet resigned en masse – a formality in Japanese politics before a new government line-up is unveiled. The new ministers were appointed by Emperor Naruhito at a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in the afternoon. Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi; Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama; Education Minister Koichi Hagiuda and Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto remain in their current roles. Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Kazuyoshi Akaba, a member of ruling coalition partner Komeito, also stayed in place.

Suga reappointed Shigeru Kitamura, a former top intelligence officer whom Abe picked as national security adviser last year. Suga's new agency to coordinate digital policy will be led by Takuya Hirai, a former minister for information technology policy under Abe. Ryota Takeda, currently chair of the National Public Safety Commission, is the new communications minister. Yoko Kamikawa, who served as justice minister in a previous Abe cabinet, returned to that role. She is one of only two women in the 20-strong government line up.

Suga also brought back Norihisa Tamura as health, labor and welfare minister, a post he held in the first cabinet of Abe's second stint as prime minister. The new cabinet features a handful of first-time cabinet members besides Kishi, including Kotaro Nogami, a former deputy chief cabinet secretary, as agriculture minister.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-after-Abe/Japan-s-new-PM-Suga-fills-cabinet-with-many-familiar-faces

#10667485 at 2020-09-16 15:18:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13652: Corney For The Poppin Edition

#13649
>>10665188, >>10665383, >>10665561 President Trump's Tweets News and Decodes
>>10665451 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet
>>10665582, >>10665602, >>10665606, >>10665608, >>10665631, >>10665632, >>10665684 BLM Antifa Terrorist War Reports
>>10665251, >>10665517, >>10665585, >>10665586, >>10665640, >>10665759 Meme Camo discussion
>>10665307, >>10665398, >>10665495, >>10665505, >>10665518 David Brock /Norm Eisen + Assorted Scum
>>10665432, >>10665440, >>10665424 Dig on Château de la Chèvre d'Or The Golden Goat France
>>10665483, >>10665490, >>10665530 Bill Gates Sr Dead more notes
>>10665329, >>10665367, >>10665650 Financefag reports
>>10665378, >>10665396 Ocean Policy Committee info
>>10665331, >>10665353 man tries to grab school children Orpington, Bromley, Greater London
>>10665321, >>10665736 Q Drop Decodes and discussions
>>10665355, >>10665713 Weatherfag reports
>>10665569, >>10665634 Chinese Virus Reports
>>10665223 Dark Web Voter Database Report Casts New Doubts on Russian Election Hack Narrative
>>10665297 Whitney Webb Exposes Upcoming 2020 Election Chaos
>>10665424 More Digs on NY mansion from Joy Behar's tweet
>>10665547 On this day: Mayflower sets sail September 16, 1620
>>10665620 USPS operation vote by mail fraud
>>10665666 City councilors choose no action against mayor over QAnon comments Deputy mayor said Armacost used free speech
>>10665724 Multiple Arrests In Trafficking Operation
>>10665950 #13649

#13648
baker change, community bake
>>10664449 New DJT: What is this all about? (Biden w/phone)
>>10664487 MULEgate: U.S. Attorney John Durham Caught Mueller Once Before in Shocking 1990s FBI Corruption Probe
>>10664501 rep massie on gate's vaccine, "they can stick a vaccine in me, over my cold dead body"
>>10664512 @RickGrenell on Fox News
>>10664514, >>10664624 What is this all about? Actual Biden clip (slightly dif than POTUS version….)
>>10664563 Lyrics to Despacito (what Biden actually played): "I want to breathe your neck slowly"
>>10664616 Tucker interview w/Chinese MD whistleblower in mp4
>>10664666, >>10664693, >>10664707 9/11 second tower vid explosion without plane
>>10664678 Barbados to remove queen as head of state next year
>>10664687 Q DROPS CAN BE FOUND HERE
>>10664699 California Cities Using Their Streets As Collateral To Pay Down Pension Liabilities With Debt
>>10664704 Female police officer jailed for using her badge to steal six properties
>>10664759 Digital camouflage for digital soldiers - ways to make undetectable memes
>>10664763 John Basham Don't be confused that I am a journalist or in any way apolitical
>>10664773 , >>10664874 Meet Obama's Hatchet Man and The Architect of the Democratic Coup Playbook
>>10664816 Tucker Carlson Exposes Democrat Plan to Steal 2020 Election from Trump
>>10664847 U.S. is in Middle East 'to protect Israel' not for oil, Trump says
>>10664859, >>10664872, >>10664909, >>10664884 New Scavino FB: SIR - it's time to roll. Gloves off. Game on. Let's GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #MAGA
>>10664789, >>10664865 Moar digs on Newell Brands
>>10664825 Jow Biden "Misses" Campaign Event
>>10664890 Lawn fertiliser or bomb ingredients? New York firefighters find potassium nitrate in Queens home
>>10664917 Démocrates Using "Color Revolution" Tactics Used Against Foreign Leaders To Try To Get Rid Of Trump
>>10664935 LIVE: Streamer in Hurricane Sally. Crazy!
>>10664943 BREAKING Japan parliament elects Yoshihide Suga new prime minister
>>10664949 Democrats tap Norm Eisen to consult on House Judiciary Committee
>>10665104, >>10665091 Tanks near Hwy I-84 headed towards Portland? ANONS DIG
>>10665150 #13648

Previously Collected Notables
>>10663595 #13646, >>10664350 #13647,
>>10661306 #13643, >>10662054 #13644, >>10662845 #13645
>>10659021 #13640, >>10659792 #13641, >>10660564 #13642

Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com

#10666734 at 2020-09-16 13:33:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13651: ALREADY DONE Edition

#13648
baker change, community bake
>>10664449 New DJT: What is this all about? (Biden w/phone)
>>10664487 MULEgate: U.S. Attorney John Durham Caught Mueller Once Before in Shocking 1990s FBI Corruption Probe
>>10664501 rep massie on gate's vaccine, "they can stick a vaccine in me, over my cold dead body"
>>10664512 @RickGrenell on Fox News
>>10664514, >>10664624 What is this all about? Actual Biden clip (slightly dif than POTUS version….)
>>10664563 Lyrics to Despacito (what Biden actually played): "I want to breathe your neck slowly"
>>10664616 Tucker interview w/Chinese MD whistleblower in mp4
>>10664666, >>10664693, >>10664707 9/11 second tower vid explosion without plane
>>10664678 Barbados to remove queen as head of state next year
>>10664687 Q DROPS CAN BE FOUND HERE
>>10664699 California Cities Using Their Streets As Collateral To Pay Down Pension Liabilities With Debt
>>10664704 Female police officer jailed for using her badge to steal six properties
>>10664759 Digital camouflage for digital soldiers - ways to make undetectable memes
>>10664763 John Basham Don't be confused that I am a journalist or in any way apolitical
>>10664773 , >>10664874 Meet Obama's Hatchet Man and The Architect of the Democratic Coup Playbook
>>10664816 Tucker Carlson Exposes Democrat Plan to Steal 2020 Election from Trump
>>10664847 U.S. is in Middle East 'to protect Israel' not for oil, Trump says
>>10664859, >>10664872, >>10664909, >>10664884 New Scavino FB: SIR - it's time to roll. Gloves off. Game on. Let's GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #MAGA
>>10664789, >>10664865 Moar digs on Newell Brands
>>10664825 Jow Biden "Misses" Campaign Event
>>10664890 Lawn fertiliser or bomb ingredients? New York firefighters find potassium nitrate in Queens home
>>10664917 Démocrates Using "Color Revolution" Tactics Used Against Foreign Leaders To Try To Get Rid Of Trump
>>10664935 LIVE: Streamer in Hurricane Sally. Crazy!
>>10664943 BREAKING Japan parliament elects Yoshihide Suga new prime minister
>>10664949 Democrats tap Norm Eisen to consult on House Judiciary Committee
>>10665104, >>10665091 Tanks near Hwy I-84 headed towards Portland? ANONS DIG
>>10665150 #13648

Previously Collected Notables
>>10663595 #13646, >>10664350 #13647,
>>10661306 #13643, >>10662054 #13644, >>10662845 #13645
>>10659021 #13640, >>10659792 #13641, >>10660564 #13642

Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com

#10665958 at 2020-09-16 10:52:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13650: Anons Keeping The Light Of Freedom On Edition

Global Announcements
>>10582798 Memefarmer announces resignation. Mega has removed the Meme Warehouse. Memefarmer suggests each anon collect memes on one topic, put on cloud, and publish a link.
>>10533308, >>10622358 FBI Confirms QAnon Group Not A 'Terrorist Threat' - UPDATE 2
>>10641061 , >>10649739 Update: CM Feeling much better.

Notables are NOT endorsements



#13649
>>10665188, >>10665383, >>10665561 President Trump's Tweets News and Decodes
>>10665451, >>10665788 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet + US Mil news
>>10665582, >>10665602, >>10665606, >>10665608, >>10665631, >>10665632, >>10665684, >>10665849, >>10665792 BLM Antifa Terrorist War Reports
>>10665251, >>10665517, >>10665585, >>10665586, >>10665640, >>10665759, >>10665781, >>10665828, >>10665892 Meme Camo discussion
>>10665307, >>10665398, >>10665495, >>10665505, >>10665518 David Brock /Norm Eisen + Assorted Scum
>>10665569, >>10665634, >>10665826, >>10665719, >>10665783 Chinese Virus Reports
>>10665321, >>10665736, >>10665789 Q Drop Decodes and discussions
>>10665432, >>10665440, >>10665424 Dig on Château de la Chèvre d'Or The Golden Goat France
>>10665483, >>10665490, >>10665530 Bill Gates Sr Dead more notes
>>10665329, >>10665367, >>10665650 Financefag reports
>>10665378, >>10665396 Ocean Policy Committee info
>>10665331, >>10665353 man tries to grab school children Orpington, Bromley, Greater London
>>10665355, >>10665713 Weatherfag reports
>>10665821, >>10665830 Gen. Flynn tweets.
>>10665223 Dark Web Voter Database Report Casts New Doubts on Russian Election Hack Narrative
>>10665297 Whitney Webb Exposes Upcoming 2020 Election Chaos
>>10665424 More Digs on NY mansion from Joy Behar's tweet
>>10665547 On this day: Mayflower sets sail September 16, 1620
>>10665620 USPS operation vote by mail fraud
>>10665666 City councilors choose no action against mayor over QAnon comments Deputy mayor said Armacost used free speech
>>10665724 Multiple Arrests In Trafficking Operation
>>10665815 Mattel Releases Día De Los Muertos 2020 Barbie Doll (Skull Doll)
>>10665829 Barbara Sturm is a German dermatologist "I know all of Hollywood"
>>10665868 WHAT IF, the private hospitals are the mechanism for obtaining huge govt. funding to pour into Antiifa/BLM!?
>>10665790 There's a reason why Rush is wondering if Biden is ever seen at night
>>10665919 September 17th, tomorrow, is Constitution Day.
>>10665950 #13649

#13648
baker change, community bake
>>10664449 New DJT: What is this all about? (Biden w/phone)
>>10664487 MULEgate: U.S. Attorney John Durham Caught Mueller Once Before in Shocking 1990s FBI Corruption Probe
>>10664501 rep massie on gate's vaccine, "they can stick a vaccine in me, over my cold dead body"
>>10664512 @RickGrenell on Fox News
>>10664514, >>10664624 What is this all about? Actual Biden clip (slightly dif than POTUS version….)
>>10664563 Lyrics to Despacito (what Biden actually played): "I want to breathe your neck slowly"
>>10664616 Tucker interview w/Chinese MD whistleblower in mp4
>>10664666, >>10664693, >>10664707 9/11 second tower vid explosion without plane
>>10664678 Barbados to remove queen as head of state next year
>>10664687 Q DROPS CAN BE FOUND HERE
>>10664699 California Cities Using Their Streets As Collateral To Pay Down Pension Liabilities With Debt
>>10664704 Female police officer jailed for using her badge to steal six properties
>>10664759 Digital camouflage for digital soldiers - ways to make undetectable memes
>>10664763 John Basham Don't be confused that I am a journalist or in any way apolitical
>>10664773 , >>10664874 Meet Obama's Hatchet Man and The Architect of the Democratic Coup Playbook
>>10664816 Tucker Carlson Exposes Democrat Plan to Steal 2020 Election from Trump
>>10664847 U.S. is in Middle East 'to protect Israel' not for oil, Trump says
>>10664859, >>10664872, >>10664909, >>10664884 New Scavino FB: SIR - it's time to roll. Gloves off. Game on. Let's GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #MAGA
>>10664789, >>10664865 Moar digs on Newell Brands
>>10664825 Jow Biden "Misses" Campaign Event
>>10664890 Lawn fertiliser or bomb ingredients? New York firefighters find potassium nitrate in Queens home
>>10664917 Démocrates Using "Color Revolution" Tactics Used Against Foreign Leaders To Try To Get Rid Of Trump
>>10664935 LIVE: Streamer in Hurricane Sally. Crazy!
>>10664943 BREAKING Japan parliament elects Yoshihide Suga new prime minister
>>10664949 Democrats tap Norm Eisen to consult on House Judiciary Committee
>>10665104, >>10665091 Tanks near Hwy I-84 headed towards Portland? ANONS DIG
>>10665150 #13648

#10665227 at 2020-09-16 07:05:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13649: Late Takin' Baker Scrambles for Notables Edition

>>10665185

#13648
baker change, community bake
>>10664449 New DJT: What is this all about? (Biden w/phone)
>>10664487 MULEgate: U.S. Attorney John Durham Caught Mueller Once Before in Shocking 1990s FBI Corruption Probe
>>10664501 rep massie on gate's vaccine, "they can stick a vaccine in me, over my cold dead body"
>>10664512 @RickGrenell on Fox News
>>10664514, >>10664624 What is this all about? Actual Biden clip (slightly dif than POTUS version….)
>>10664563 Lyrics to Despacito (what Biden actually played): "I want to breathe your neck slowly"
>>10664616 Tucker interview w/Chinese MD whistleblower in mp4
>>10664666, >>10664693, >>10664707 9/11 second tower vid explosion without plane
>>10664678 Barbados to remove queen as head of state next year
>>10664687 Q DROPS CAN BE FOUND HERE
>>10664699 California Cities Using Their Streets As Collateral To Pay Down Pension Liabilities With Debt
>>10664704 Female police officer jailed for using her badge to steal six properties
>>10664759 Digital camouflage for digital soldiers - ways to make undetectable memes
>>10664763 John Basham Don't be confused that I am a journalist or in any way apolitical
>>10664773 , >>10664874 Meet Obama's Hatchet Man and The Architect of the Democratic Coup Playbook
>>10664816 Tucker Carlson Exposes Democrat Plan to Steal 2020 Election from Trump
>>10664847 U.S. is in Middle East 'to protect Israel' not for oil, Trump says
>>10664859, >>10664872, >>10664909, >>10664884 New Scavino FB: SIR - it's time to roll. Gloves off. Game on. Let's GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #MAGA
>>10664789, >>10664865 Moar digs on Newell Brands
>>10664825 Jow Biden "Misses" Campaign Event
>>10664890 Lawn fertiliser or bomb ingredients? New York firefighters find potassium nitrate in Queens home
>>10664917 Démocrates Using "Color Revolution" Tactics Used Against Foreign Leaders To Try To Get Rid Of Trump
>>10664935 LIVE: Streamer in Hurricane Sally. Crazy!
>>10664943 BREAKING Japan parliament elects Yoshihide Suga new prime minister
>>10664949 Democrats tap Norm Eisen to consult on House Judiciary Committee
>>10665104, >>10665091 Tanks near Hwy I-84 headed towards Portland? ANONS DIG
>>10665150 #13648

FINAL FINAL
Tanks note-takers, turned into quite a bun!

#10665158 at 2020-09-16 06:54:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13649: Late Takin' Baker Scrambles for Notables Edition

Global Announcements
>>10582798 Memefarmer announces resignation. Mega has removed the Meme Warehouse. Memefarmer suggests each anon collect memes on one topic, put on cloud, and publish a link.
>>10533308, >>10622358 FBI Confirms QAnon Group Not A 'Terrorist Threat' - UPDATE 2
>>10641061 , >>10649739 Update: CM Feeling much better.

Notables are NOT endorsements

#13648
>>10664449 New DJT: What is this all about? (Biden w/phone)
>>10664514 What is this all about? Actual Biden clip (slightly dif than POTUS version….)
>>10664563 Lyrics to Despacito (what Biden actually played): "I want to breathe your neck slowly"
>>10664616 Tucker interview w/Chinese MD whistleblower in mp4
>>10664666, >>10664693, >>10664707 9/11 second tower vid explosion without plane
>>10664678 Barbados to remove queen as head of state next year
>>10664687 Q DROPS CAN BE FOUND HERE
>>10664699 California Cities Using Their Streets As Collateral To Pay Down Pension Liabilities With Debt
>>10664704 Female police officer jailed for using her badge to steal six properties
>>10664759 Digital camouflage for digital soldiers - ways to make undetectable memes
>>10664816 Tucker Carlson Exposes Democrat Plan to Steal 2020 Election from Trump
>>10664847 U.S. is in Middle East 'to protect Israel' not for oil, Trump says
>>10664859, >>10664872, >>10664909 New Scavino on FB: Let's GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
>>10664865 Moar digs on Newell Brands
>>10664890 Lawn fertiliser or bomb ingredients? New York firefighters find potassium nitrate in Queens home
>>10664917 Démocrates Using "Color Revolution" Tactics Used Against Foreign Leaders To Try To Get Rid Of Trump
>>10664943 BREAKING Japan parliament elects Yoshihide Suga new prime minister
>>10665104, >>10665091 Tanks near Hwy I-84 headed towards Portland? ANONS DIG
>>10665150 #13648

#13647
>>10663759, >>10663774, >>10664144, >>10664154, >>10664174, >>10664194, >>10664218, >>10664179, >>10664235 Holy F*** Cringe - Joe Biden begins speaking at a Hispanic Heritage Month event by playing "Despacito" on his cell phone
>>10664289, >>10664271, >>10664268 Matt Whitaker Sky/Fortress Tweet Same day E4b ORDER66 Flying Fortress was spotted - Sept 13th
>>10663722, >>10663961, >>10664094, >>10664336 Commie Salt Responses to POTUS Townhall Minibun ← needs more salt
>>10663912, >>10663923 Eddie Bravo is a based new age samurai
>>10663705, >>10663644 BOMBSHELL: The Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese Progressive Association, is actively funding elements of the BLM movement.
>>10663640, >>10663925 Los Angeles-area authorities worked Tuesday to apprehend a suspected armed carjacker in a standoff amid suspicions he could be connected to the shooting of two sheriff's deputies over the weekend
>>10663963, >>10664007 EXCLUSIVE: Rare photos capture Epstein cavorting with scantily clad young women on his 'Pedophile Island
>>10663731, >>10663851 MOAR PANIC
>>10664235 NEW PDJT - It doesn't get any better than this.
>>10663669 On Sept. 16 at noon Eastern, Future Tense will host an online event called "How Should We Talk About QAnon?" For more information and to RSVP, visit the New America website.
>>10663680 China Virologist Full paper.
>>10663700 POTUS Schedule for WEDNESDAY September 16, 2020
>>10663713 It's a free country. Anyone can organize. You DC types hate it when conservatives do what you do. - GRENELL
>>10663727 Australian police accessed Chinese diplomats' emails and messages as part of foreign political interference investigation
>>10663732 Another video of the heavy-set woman screaming at the BLM protest in Philadelphia.
>>10663736 Pres. Trump says COVID-19 will go away even without a vaccine in part because of ... "herd mentality."
>>10663655 Infiltration. Traitors first.
>>10663739 The Battle of Midway and the confirmation that George H. W. Bush is a big fat f*g Nazi liar
>>10663764 Mask-Enforcing Humanoid Robots Set To Invade Office Spaces
>>10663776 Haiti Chaos | Protesters torch cars & demand release of detained officer in Port-au-Prince
>>10663827 Video - BLM protesters in Milwaukee, Wisc. surround a man's house. He has a Trump & US flag on the outside. He was reportedly arrested for brandishing a weapon.
>>10663762 Tucker/Nick Fuentes Mashup re: BLM Subversive Agenda
>>10663882 "Federal Highway administration wants the DC government to remove the Black Lives Matter Plaza sign.
>>10663902 Why Dave Rubin And Many Others Are Leaving The Democratic Party
>>10663906 The View' co-host Sunny Hostin calls Joe Rogan 'misogynistic, racist, homophobic,' not fit to host debate
>>10663914 People fleeing Melbourne to be fined $5,000
>>10663952 Oregon GOP wins voter guide lawsuit
>>10663953 Antifa Organizing
>>10663955 Texas Supreme Court blocks Harris Co. Clerk from sending mail-in ballot applications
>>10663682 New board for MEMES anons
>>10664055 Wildfires make it difficult to track COVID-19 cases
>>10664104 Yep, a few of us knew this from Day One! #China made the virus a weapon.
>>10664107 Grab and go! @USArmy
>>10664124 Dr. Li-Meng YAN's twitter account suspended after her appearance on TuckerCarlson.
>>10664128 PF
>>10664139 Kerry: Trump Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem Would Lead to a Mideast Explosion - Flashback
>>10664265 Benghazi: The Forgotten "September 11th" Attack On The US Consulate In Libya
>>10664281 Blackstone's Schwarzman emerges as Wall Street's top political donor
>>10664350 #13647

#10665150 at 2020-09-16 06:54:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13648: Biden Cringe Reaches Level Never Before Thought Possible Edition

#13648
>>10664449 New DJT: What is this all about? (Biden w/phone)
>>10664514 What is this all about? Actual Biden clip (slightly dif than POTUS version….)
>>10664563 Lyrics to Despacito (what Biden actually played): "I want to breathe your neck slowly"
>>10664616 Tucker interview w/Chinese MD whistleblower in mp4
>>10664666, >>10664693, >>10664707 9/11 second tower vid explosion without plane
>>10664678 Barbados to remove queen as head of state next year
>>10664687 Q DROPS CAN BE FOUND HERE
>>10664699 California Cities Using Their Streets As Collateral To Pay Down Pension Liabilities With Debt
>>10664704 Female police officer jailed for using her badge to steal six properties
>>10664759 Digital camouflage for digital soldiers - ways to make undetectable memes
>>10664816 Tucker Carlson Exposes Democrat Plan to Steal 2020 Election from Trump
>>10664847 U.S. is in Middle East 'to protect Israel' not for oil, Trump says
>>10664859, >>10664872, >>10664909 New Scavino on FB: Let's GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
>>10664865 Moar digs on Newell Brands
>>10664890 Lawn fertiliser or bomb ingredients? New York firefighters find potassium nitrate in Queens home
>>10664917 Démocrates Using "Color Revolution" Tactics Used Against Foreign Leaders To Try To Get Rid Of Trump
>>10664943 BREAKING Japan parliament elects Yoshihide Suga new prime minister
>>10665104, >>10665091 Tanks near Hwy I-84 headed towards Portland? ANONS DIG

FINAL for now

#10665132 at 2020-09-16 06:51:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13648: Biden Cringe Reaches Level Never Before Thought Possible Edition

Notables #13648
@700

>>10664624 Biden did not play Fuck the police, the meme maker changed song from Despacito to Fuck the police, kek and Trump quote tweeted the meme maker
>>10664487 MULEgate: U.S. Attorney John Durham Caught Mueller Once Before in Shocking 1990s FBI Corruption Probe
>>10664501 rep massie on gate's vaccine, "they can stick a vaccine in me, over my cold dead body"
>>10664512 @RickGrenell on Fox News
>>10664532 , >>10664791 , 10664988 That house from Joy Behar's tweet
>>10664563 DESPACITO: Spanish-Language Song Biden Played Has Lyrics 'I Want To Breathe On Your Neck Slowly'
>>10664586 For NEWEFAGS
>>10664616 Coronavirus whistleblower speaks out about possible COVID origin on 'Tucker'
>>10664625 Biden just waved to no one
>>10664699 California Cities Using Their Streets As Collateral To Pay Down Pension Liabilities With Debt
>>10664704 Female police officer jailed for using her badge to steal six properties
>>10664720 Girls Gone Wild Connected to Snoop Dog Epstein liked to watch.
>>10664759 /Bun -Digital Camoflauge for Digital Soldiers
>>10664763 John Basham Don't be confused that I am a journalist or in any way apolitical
>>10664773 , >>10664874 Meet Obama's Hatchet Man and The Architect of the Democratic Coup Playbook
>>10664789 , 10664865 Follow The Pen -Newell Brands
>>10664825 Jow Biden "Misses" Campaign Event
>>10664859 , >>10664872 , >>10664884 Scavino Jr. SIR - it's time to roll. Gloves off. Game on. Let's GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #MAGA
>>10664890 Lawn fertiliser or bomb ingredients? New York firefighters find potassium nitrate in Queens home
>>10664917 Tucker: Démocrates Using "Color Revolution" Tactics Used Against Foreign Leaders To Try To Get Rid Of Trump
>>10664935 LIVE: Streamer in Hurricane Sally. Crazy!
>>10664943 BREAKING Japan parliament elects Yoshihide Suga new prime minister
>>10664949 Democrats tap Norm Eisen to consult on House Judiciary Committee
>>10664999 Bill Gates senior dead at 94
>>10665051 , 10665104 Highway 84 toward portland Lots and lots of tanks

Thats all I gotbakes
merge?

o7

#10665066 at 2020-09-16 06:42:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13648: Biden Cringe Reaches Level Never Before Thought Possible Edition

>>10665004
tx, i'm good now.

#13648
baker change w/note-taking help
>>10664449 New DJT: What is this all about? (Biden w/phone)
>>10664514 What is this all about? Actual Biden clip (slightly dif than POTUS version….)
>>10664563 Lyrics to Despacito (what Biden actually played): "I want to breathe your neck slowly"
>>10664616 Tucker interview w/Chinese MD whistleblower in mp4
>>10664666, >>10664693, >>10664707 9/11 second tower vid explosion without plane
>>10664678 Barbados to remove queen as head of state next year
>>10664687 Q DROPS CAN BE FOUND HERE
>>10664699 California Cities Using Their Streets As Collateral To Pay Down Pension Liabilities With Debt
>>10664704 Female police officer jailed for using her badge to steal six properties
>>10664759 Digital camouflage for digital soldiers - ways to make undetectable memes
>>10664816 Tucker Carlson Exposes Democrat Plan to Steal 2020 Election from Trump
>>10664847 U.S. is in Middle East 'to protect Israel' not for oil, Trump says
>>10664859, >>10664872, >>10664909 New Scavino on FB: Let's GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
>>10664865 Moar digs on Newell Brands
>>10664890 Lawn fertiliser or bomb ingredients? New York firefighters find potassium nitrate in Queens home
>>10664917 Démocrates Using "Color Revolution" Tactics Used Against Foreign Leaders To Try To Get Rid Of Trump
>>10664943 BREAKING Japan parliament elects Yoshihide Suga new prime minister

#10664943 at 2020-09-16 06:19:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13648: Biden Cringe Reaches Level Never Before Thought Possible Edition

BREAKING Japan parliament elects Yoshihide Suga new prime minister

00:47 AM · Sep 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1306092344719015936

#10662307 at 2020-09-16 01:27:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13645: 9pm Philadelphia Town Hall POTUS & George Stephanopolis On ABC Edition

Shinzo Abe Resigning, Confirmation of Old News

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns due to poor health
August 28, 2020 10:27 AM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-resigns-due-to-poor-health

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns for health reasons
Fri August 28, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/asia/shinzo-abe-japan-resignation-health-intl-hnk/index.html

Yoshihide Suga on path to become next prime minister of Japan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/Yoshihide-Suga-on-path-to-become-next-prime-minister-of-japan

#10662199 at 2020-09-16 01:18:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13645: 9pm Philadelphia Town Hall POTUS & George Stephanopolis On ABC Edition

>>10662088 pb
>>10662164
Japan's next PM Suga picks new cabinet roles for Kono and Kato

Abe successor to form government on Wednesday with many familiar faces.
Yoshihide Suga, the man poised to be Japan's next prime minister, has picked current Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Katsunobu Kato as chief cabinet secretary and Defense Minister Taro Kono to head administrative reform in his new cabinet expected to take office on Wednesday. After winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership race on Monday, Suga is set to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and form a government Wednesday following a vote in the legislature and a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

The position of chief cabinet secretary, which Suga long filled under Abe, serves as the prime minister's main tool for exercising control over the powerful bureaucracy, as well as the government's top spokesperson. Suga plans to name Nobuo Kishi, Abe's younger brother, to replace Kono as defense minister, Kishi's his first-ever cabinet post. Toshimitsu Motegi will stay on as foreign minister, as will Yasutoshi Nishimura as minister of state for economic and fiscal policy and point man for the government's coronavirus response. Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi; Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama; Education Minister Koichi Hagiuda and Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto are also expected to remain in their current roles. Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Kazuyoshi Akaba, a member of ruling coalition partner Komeito will stay in place as well.

Suga is also set to reappoint Shigeru Kitamura, a former top intelligence officer whom Abe picked as national security adviser last year.

These and other choices for top positions signal a focus on continuity from Abe's tenure. Like Suga and returning Finance Minister Taro Aso, Kato is one of a handful of officials to have remained in Abe's cabinet through multiple reshuffles. "I want to bring together capable individuals who have a desire for reform, and build a cabinet that will work for the people," Suga told reporters Monday. Suga met with Kato at a Tokyo hotel Tuesday night to sound him out about the chief cabinet secretary role. "If you are willing to choose me, I will make sure not to let you down," Kato reportedly said.

Kato served as deputy chief cabinet secretary for nearly three years from when Abe began his second stint as prime minister in December 2012. He was later tapped as state minister for some of Abe's top policy priorities, such as resolving the abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea. As health minister, he played a central role in the response to the coronavirus pandemic. Suga's plans for a new agency to coordinate digital policy will be led by Takuya Hirai, a former minister for information technology policy under Abe, now returning to the government to cover digital affairs. Ryota Takeda, currently chair of the National Public Safety Commission, will become the new communications minister. Yoko Kamikawa, who served as justice minister in a previous Abe cabinet, will return to that role. Suga will also bring back Norihisa Tamura as health, labor and welfare minister, a post he held in the first cabinet of Abe's second stint as prime minister.

The new cabinet will feature a handful of first-time cabinet members besides Kishi, including Kotaro Nogami, a former deputy chief cabinet secretary, as agriculture minister.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-after-Abe/Japan-s-next-PM-Suga-picks-new-cabinet-roles-for-Kono-and-Kato

Just a procedural/administrative thing to pave way for the changes voted on yesterday

#10662164 at 2020-09-16 01:15:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13645: 9pm Philadelphia Town Hall POTUS & George Stephanopolis On ABC Edition

Japanese Cabinet Resigns En Masse Ahead of Suga's Assumption of Premiership - Kyodo

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet have resigned, paving the way for Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), to potentially become Japan's prime minister on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, both houses of the Japanese parliament will hold a vote to name the new prime minister, who will then appoint new ministers.

Suga, a 71-year-old politician who holds a role in the current administration as chief Cabinet secretary, is expected to pursue his predecessor's "Abenomics" policies and is currently the front-runner in the prime minister race. Suga has also underscored the significance of Japan's participation in a range of international economic agreements and has called for a revival of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The entire Japanese government resigned, with each of the ministers submitting requests to Abe, according to Kyodo News.

Abe announced his intention to resign on August 28 due to the exacerbation his chronic ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, which forced him to resign from a previous term as prime minister in 2007.

Earlier this month, LDP General Council chief Shunichi Suzuki said the country's next prime minister could announce a snap general election shortly after taking office on September 16.

https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009161080469751-japanese-cabinet-resigns-en-masse-ahead-of-Sugas-assumption-of-premiership—kyodo/

#10662088 at 2020-09-16 01:09:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13644: Feelz Like An Early Nightshift Night Edition

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/09/cca27e0fe605-us-eager-to-cooperate-with-japan-as-it-awaits-new-prime-minister.html
U.S. eager to cooperate with Japan as it awaits new prime minister
The U.S. government said Tuesday it is paying attention to Japan's process of selecting a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and that it is eager to continue to cooperate on various regional and global issues.
While reiterating U.S. appreciation for Abe's years of effort in championing the bilateral alliance, a State Department spokesperson said in a statement, "We are watching the process of selecting a new prime minister with great interest."
"We look forward to continuing our work with the government of Japan, a steadfast ally, across our broad agenda of regional and global issues," the official said, reaffirming the alliance as "the cornerstone of peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region."
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, 71, a longtime Abe loyalist, is set to be elected as the next prime minister in a parliamentary vote Wednesday after winning a landslide victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership race on Monday.
Abe has served for nearly eight years beginning in December 2012, but said in late August that he will step down due to a chronic health issue.

#10662068 at 2020-09-16 01:07:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13644: Feelz Like An Early Nightshift Night Edition

>>10662051
Japanese Cabinet Resigns En Masse Ahead of Suga's Assumption of Premiership - Kyodo

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet have resigned, paving the way for Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), to potentially become Japan's prime minister on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, both houses of the Japanese parliament will hold a vote to name the new prime minister, who will then appoint new ministers.

Suga, a 71-year-old politician who holds a role in the current administration as chief Cabinet secretary, is expected to pursue his predecessor's "Abenomics" policies and is currently the front-runner in the prime minister race. Suga has also underscored the significance of Japan's participation in a range of international economic agreements and has called for a revival of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The entire Japanese government resigned, with each of the ministers submitting requests to Abe, according to Kyodo News.

Abe announced his intention to resign on August 28 due to the exacerbation his chronic ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, which forced him to resign from a previous term as prime minister in 2007.

Earlier this month, LDP General Council chief Shunichi Suzuki said the country's next prime minister could announce a snap general election shortly after taking office on September 16.

https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009161080469751-japanese-cabinet-resigns-en-masse-ahead-of-Sugas-assumption-of-premiership—kyodo/

#10645297 at 2020-09-14 17:20:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13623: @23 Pain Infiltrations Are All Belong To US Edition

Suga High: Abe's #2 Becomes Japan's Next PM After Landslide LDP Victory - What That Means For Japan

On Monday, two weeks after the (second and final) resignation by Shinzo Abe on Aug 28 who stepped down as Japan's Prime Minister due to deterioration in a pre-existing health condition (the same condition he cited when he quit for the first time in 2007), Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held its presidential election to appoint a successor to current LDP leader (and Prime Minister) Shinzo Abe.

The election results show that Yoshihide Suga (Chief Cabinet Secretary) won a decisive victory over the other two candidates (Fumio Kishida and Shigeru Ishiba), as widely expected, and has been elected the next LDP president. The election will be immediately followed by the wholesale resignation of the current Abe cabinet, the appointment of Suga as the next Prime Minister during a special Diet session on September 16, and Suga forming his own cabinet.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/Suga-high-abes-2-becomes-japans-next-pm-after-landslide-ldp-victory-what-means-japan

#10642019 at 2020-09-14 10:38:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13619: Anons Stand At The Ready Edition

#13617
>>10640521 'This is not just an economic thing': Flight Centre CEO lashes Queensland border restrictions (9news.com)
>>10640557 NYPD Officers Shot At While Responding To Domestic Incident In Queens (Youtube)
>>10640564 Related to Q drop #4686? Kevin Wharton Price of Africa Town Coalition, who stormed the hospital where the two LAPD sheriffs were being treated after being ambushed, is celebrating the shooting on Facebook (twatter)
>>10640574 Leaked Chinese files reveal 2.4M Aussies targeted in 'sinister' surveillance program (Skynews/Youtube)
>>10640529, >>10640579 "Wiped their phones multiple times. Also ran certain laptops on portable operating systems, "thumb drives".Didn't help, That little hit team was very CAREFULLY monitored.They really do "have it all" in this instance.You won't believe what they discussed regularly (Twatter)
>>10640586 (REMINDER) PDJT (Twatt) The USofA will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization
>>10640591, >>10640600 NEW: Video of witness reaction to the LASD deputies being ambushed & shot in Compton with these men seemingly celebrating what they've just seen. One yells "No justice, no peace!" as one of the deputies struggles to stand up. @FOXLA (TWATTER) These people are SICK.
>>10640617 Venezuela claims capture of 'American spy' near major oil refining complex (intelnews.org)
>>10640633 Gov. Newsom Dials Back Criticism of Trump on Eve of President's Visit to California (Youtube)
>>10640644, >>10640651, >>10640678, >>10640753, >>10640808, >>10640823, >>10640846, >>10640857 Anons talk: WTF kind of message is this ABC news? Abraham Lincoln hair + BLOOD STAINED TELEGRAM (Twatter)
>>10640654 The TRUTH About President Trump |Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Youtube)
>>10640663, >>10640777 PANIC: Qmap.pub Website Shuts Down After N.J. Man Identified as Operator (Bloomberg)
>>10640683 Trump's QAnon followers are a dangerous cult. How to save someone who's been brainwashed. (nbcnews)
>>10640700 Codemonkey "Working on new site feature that should help fight back against the groups that are doxing and deplatforming aggregator sites" (Twatter)
>>10640739, >>10640935 'Didn't do anything wrong': Oregon Fire Marshal explains resignation (koin.com)
>>10640759 anon opines about corn and Corney comms being used for PAIN
>>10640588 QDropAnon BigGraphic 2Yr delta (good job)
>>10640792 How Ry Chit, this won't end well: Chinese Communist Party Floats 'Defund The U.S. Military' Campaign For U.S. Left To Adopt (thenationalpulse.com)
>>10640768 Sportsfans will love this, Lancaster rioter gets hit in his testicles with a rubber bullet, not even Mommie Karen's frozen stove top stuffing can take away that PAIN! (twatter)
>>10640804 They just can't help themselves: Gov. Sisolak calls Henderson Trump rally 'reckless and selfish'; city threatens fine to venue (fox5vegas/xmfg.com)
>>10640841 Coronavirus Victoria: 'Youngest victim' may have died from other cause (news.com)
>>10640858 DanScavino (Twatt) Another great day in Nevada concludes for President @realDonaldTrump and team. POTUS back in Las Vegas now - with trips to California Arizona Washington, D.C., tomorrow!
>>10640861 (LifeLog) Trump pics (good!)
>>10640873 (Reminder of Henderson NV in Qdrop #721+ from Feb 2018)
baker change
>>10640901, >>10640907 From Voat: Louisiana judge found guilty of crimes against juveniles
>>10640501, >>10640520, >>10640606, >>10640757, >>10640771, >>10640829, >>10640909, >>10640920, >>10641037 Lancaster antifa fake firefighters image DIG
>>10640513 Lancaster rioting (FB live feed)
>>10640918 Victoria police stomp on a man's head during arrest
>>10640973 Russian arrested for cyber crime in Bangkok allegedly w/820mil in BTC
>>10640995, >>10641007, >>10641026 New DJT: Biden Handlers know this is a lie! (re depleting SocSec by 2023)
>>10641006 Hawaiian arson suspect arrested
>>10641009 Queen will return to public duties at Remembrance Day
>>10641104, >>10641109, >>10641121 Portland arson suspect released wo/bail - ANONS DIG
>>10641129 Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to succeed Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister
>>10641134 "White Genocide Is Real - In Their Own Words" (vid)
>>10641150 XRVision's Sentinel AI system - DIG CALL
>>10641163 Judge for FOIA suit re Durham-related records? Emmet Sullivan (you can't make this stuff up)
>>10641183 City Council member's controversial remarks re deputy shootings were "personal"
>>10641191 #13617

Previously Collected Notables
>>10640395 #13616,
>>10638108 #13613, >>10638916 #13614, >>10639634 #13615
>>10635763 #13610, >>10636476 #13611, >>10637308 #13612

Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com

#10641194 at 2020-09-14 06:45:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13618: CodeMonkey, Take Care of Yourself & Get Well Quick! Edition

Global Announcements
>>10641061 Pray for CM - Serious appendix pain
>>10582798 Memefarmer announces resignation. Mega has removed the Meme Warehouse. Memefarmer suggests each anon collect memes on one topic, put on cloud, and publish a link.
>>10533308, >>10622358 FBI Confirms QAnon Group Not A 'Terrorist Threat' - UPDATE 2


Notables are NOT endorsements

#13617
>>10640521 'This is not just an economic thing': Flight Centre CEO lashes Queensland border restrictions (9news.com)
>>10640557 NYPD Officers Shot At While Responding To Domestic Incident In Queens (Youtube)
>>10640564 Related to Q drop #4686? Kevin Wharton Price of Africa Town Coalition, who stormed the hospital where the two LAPD sheriffs were being treated after being ambushed, is celebrating the shooting on Facebook (twatter)
>>10640574 Leaked Chinese files reveal 2.4M Aussies targeted in 'sinister' surveillance program (Skynews/Youtube)
>>10640529, >>10640579 "Wiped their phones multiple times. Also ran certain laptops on portable operating systems, "thumb drives".Didn't help, That little hit team was very CAREFULLY monitored.They really do "have it all" in this instance.You won't believe what they discussed regularly (Twatter)
>>10640586 (REMINDER) PDJT (Twatt) The USofA will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization
>>10640591, >>10640600 NEW: Video of witness reaction to the LASD deputies being ambushed & shot in Compton with these men seemingly celebrating what they've just seen. One yells "No justice, no peace!" as one of the deputies struggles to stand up. @FOXLA (TWATTER) These people are SICK.
>>10640617 Venezuela claims capture of 'American spy' near major oil refining complex (intelnews.org)
>>10640633 Gov. Newsom Dials Back Criticism of Trump on Eve of President's Visit to California (Youtube)
>>10640644, >>10640651, >>10640678, >>10640753, >>10640808, >>10640823, >>10640846, >>10640857 Anons talk: WTF kind of message is this ABC news? Abraham Lincoln hair + BLOOD STAINED TELEGRAM (Twatter)
>>10640654 The TRUTH About President Trump |Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Youtube)
>>10640663, >>10640777 PANIC: Qmap.pub Website Shuts Down After N.J. Man Identified as Operator (Bloomberg)
>>10640683 Trump's QAnon followers are a dangerous cult. How to save someone who's been brainwashed. (nbcnews)
>>10640700 Codemonkey "Working on new site feature that should help fight back against the groups that are doxing and deplatforming aggregator sites" (Twatter)
>>10640739, >>10640935 'Didn't do anything wrong': Oregon Fire Marshal explains resignation (koin.com)
>>10640759 anon opines about corn and Corney comms being used for PAIN
>>10640588 QDropAnon BigGraphic 2Yr delta (good job)
>>10640792 How Ry Chit, this won't end well: Chinese Communist Party Floats 'Defund The U.S. Military' Campaign For U.S. Left To Adopt (thenationalpulse.com)
>>10640768 Sportsfans will love this, Lancaster rioter gets hit in his testicles with a rubber bullet, not even Mommie Karen's frozen stove top stuffing can take away that PAIN! (twatter)
>>10640804 They just can't help themselves: Gov. Sisolak calls Henderson Trump rally 'reckless and selfish'; city threatens fine to venue (fox5vegas/xmfg.com)
>>10640841 Coronavirus Victoria: 'Youngest victim' may have died from other cause (news.com)
>>10640858 DanScavino (Twatt) Another great day in Nevada concludes for President @realDonaldTrump and team. POTUS back in Las Vegas now - with trips to California Arizona Washington, D.C., tomorrow!
>>10640861 (LifeLog) Trump pics (good!)
>>10640873 (Reminder of Henderson NV in Qdrop #721+ from Feb 2018)
baker change
>>10640901, >>10640907 From Voat: Louisiana judge found guilty of crimes against juveniles
>>10640501, >>10640520, >>10640606, >>10640757, >>10640771, >>10640829, >>10640909, >>10640920, >>10641037 Lancaster antifa fake firefighters image DIG
>>10640513 Lancaster rioting (FB live feed)
>>10640918 Victoria police stomp on a man's head during arrest
>>10640973 Russian arrested for cyber crime in Bangkok allegedly w/820mil in BTC
>>10640995, >>10641007, >>10641026 New DJT: Biden Handlers know this is a lie! (re depleting SocSec by 2023)
>>10641006 Hawaiian arson suspect arrested
>>10641009 Queen will return to public duties at Remembrance Day
>>10641104, >>10641109, >>10641121 Portland arson suspect released wo/bail - ANONS DIG
>>10641129 Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to succeed Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister
>>10641134 "White Genocide Is Real - In Their Own Words" (vid)
>>10641150 XRVision's Sentinel AI system - DIG CALL
>>10641163 Judge for FOIA suit re Durham-related records? Emmet Sullivan (you can't make this stuff up)
>>10641183 City Council member's controversial remarks re deputy shootings were "personal"
>>10641191 #13617

#10641191 at 2020-09-14 06:44:24 (UTC+1)
Q RESEARCH GENERAL #13617: Wheels & Walls W&W (Wizards & Warlocks) Edition

#13617
>>10640521 'This is not just an economic thing': Flight Centre CEO lashes Queensland border restrictions (9news.com)
>>10640557 NYPD Officers Shot At While Responding To Domestic Incident In Queens (Youtube)
>>10640564 Related to Q drop #4686? Kevin Wharton Price of Africa Town Coalition, who stormed the hospital where the two LAPD sheriffs were being treated after being ambushed, is celebrating the shooting on Facebook (twatter)
>>10640574 Leaked Chinese files reveal 2.4M Aussies targeted in 'sinister' surveillance program (Skynews/Youtube)
>>10640529, >>10640579 "Wiped their phones multiple times. Also ran certain laptops on portable operating systems, "thumb drives".Didn't help, That little hit team was very CAREFULLY monitored.They really do "have it all" in this instance.You won't believe what they discussed regularly (Twatter)
>>10640586 (REMINDER) PDJT (Twatt) The USofA will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization
>>10640591, >>10640600 NEW: Video of witness reaction to the LASD deputies being ambushed & shot in Compton with these men seemingly celebrating what they've just seen. One yells "No justice, no peace!" as one of the deputies struggles to stand up. @FOXLA (TWATTER) These people are SICK.
>>10640617 Venezuela claims capture of 'American spy' near major oil refining complex (intelnews.org)
>>10640633 Gov. Newsom Dials Back Criticism of Trump on Eve of President's Visit to California (Youtube)
>>10640644, >>10640651, >>10640678, >>10640753, >>10640808, >>10640823, >>10640846, >>10640857 Anons talk: WTF kind of message is this ABC news? Abraham Lincoln hair + BLOOD STAINED TELEGRAM (Twatter)
>>10640654 The TRUTH About President Trump |Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Youtube)
>>10640663, >>10640777 PANIC: Qmap.pub Website Shuts Down After N.J. Man Identified as Operator (Bloomberg)
>>10640683 Trump's QAnon followers are a dangerous cult. How to save someone who's been brainwashed. (nbcnews)
>>10640700 Codemonkey "Working on new site feature that should help fight back against the groups that are doxing and deplatforming aggregator sites" (Twatter)
>>10640739, >>10640935 'Didn't do anything wrong': Oregon Fire Marshal explains resignation (koin.com)
>>10640759 anon opines about corn and Corney comms being used for PAIN
>>10640588 QDropAnon BigGraphic 2Yr delta (good job)
>>10640792 How Ry Chit, this won't end well: Chinese Communist Party Floats 'Defund The U.S. Military' Campaign For U.S. Left To Adopt (thenationalpulse.com)
>>10640768 Sportsfans will love this, Lancaster rioter gets hit in his testicles with a rubber bullet, not even Mommie Karen's frozen stove top stuffing can take away that PAIN! (twatter)
>>10640804 They just can't help themselves: Gov. Sisolak calls Henderson Trump rally 'reckless and selfish'; city threatens fine to venue (fox5vegas/xmfg.com)
>>10640841 Coronavirus Victoria: 'Youngest victim' may have died from other cause (news.com)
>>10640858 DanScavino (Twatt) Another great day in Nevada concludes for President @realDonaldTrump and team. POTUS back in Las Vegas now - with trips to California Arizona Washington, D.C., tomorrow!
>>10640861 (LifeLog) Trump pics (good!)
>>10640873 (Reminder of Henderson NV in Qdrop #721+ from Feb 2018)
baker change
>>10640901, >>10640907 From Voat: Louisiana judge found guilty of crimes against juveniles
>>10640501, >>10640520, >>10640606, >>10640757, >>10640771, >>10640829, >>10640909, >>10640920, >>10641037 Lancaster antifa fake firefighters image DIG
>>10640513 Lancaster rioting (FB live feed)
>>10640918 Victoria police stomp on a man's head during arrest
>>10640973 Russian arrested for cyber crime in Bangkok allegedly w/820mil in BTC
>>10640995, >>10641007, >>10641026 New DJT: Biden Handlers know this is a lie! (re depleting SocSec by 2023)
>>10641006 Hawaiian arson suspect arrested
>>10641009 Queen will return to public duties at Remembrance Day
>>10641104, >>10641109, >>10641121 Portland arson suspect released wo/bail - ANONS DIG
>>10641129 Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to succeed Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister
>>10641134 "White Genocide Is Real - In Their Own Words" (vid)
>>10641150 XRVision's Sentinel AI system - DIG CALL
>>10641163 Judge for FOIA suit re Durham-related records? Emmet Sullivan (you can't make this stuff up)
>>10641183 City Council member's controversial remarks re deputy shootings were "personal"


FINAL

#10641159 at 2020-09-14 06:37:20 (UTC+1)
Q RESEARCH GENERAL #13617: Wheels & Walls W&W (Wizards & Warlocks) Edition

#13617
>>10640521 'This is not just an economic thing': Flight Centre CEO lashes Queensland border restrictions (9news.com)
>>10640557 NYPD Officers Shot At While Responding To Domestic Incident In Queens (Youtube)
>>10640564 Related to Q drop #4686? Kevin Wharton Price of Africa Town Coalition, who stormed the hospital where the two LAPD sheriffs were being treated after being ambushed, is celebrating the shooting on Facebook (twatter)
>>10640574 Leaked Chinese files reveal 2.4M Aussies targeted in 'sinister' surveillance program (Skynews/Youtube)
>>10640529, >>10640579 "Wiped their phones multiple times. Also ran certain laptops on portable operating systems, "thumb drives".Didn't help, That little hit team was very CAREFULLY monitored.They really do "have it all" in this instance.You won't believe what they discussed regularly (Twatter)
>>10640586 (REMINDER) PDJT (Twatt) The USofA will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization
>>10640591, >>10640600 NEW: Video of witness reaction to the LASD deputies being ambushed & shot in Compton with these men seemingly celebrating what they've just seen. One yells "No justice, no peace!" as one of the deputies struggles to stand up. @FOXLA (TWATTER) These people are SICK.
>>10640617 Venezuela claims capture of 'American spy' near major oil refining complex (intelnews.org)
>>10640633 Gov. Newsom Dials Back Criticism of Trump on Eve of President's Visit to California (Youtube)
>>10640644, >>10640651, >>10640678, >>10640753, >>10640808, >>10640823, >>10640846, >>10640857 Anons talk: WTF kind of message is this ABC news? Abraham Lincoln hair + BLOOD STAINED TELEGRAM (Twatter)
>>10640654 The TRUTH About President Trump |Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Youtube)
>>10640663, >>10640777 PANIC: Qmap.pub Website Shuts Down After N.J. Man Identified as Operator (Bloomberg)
>>10640683 Trump's QAnon followers are a dangerous cult. How to save someone who's been brainwashed. (nbcnews)
>>10640700 Codemonkey "Working on new site feature that should help fight back against the groups that are doxing and deplatforming aggregator sites" (Twatter)
>>10640739, >>10640935 'Didn't do anything wrong': Oregon Fire Marshal explains resignation (koin.com)
>>10640759 anon opines about corn and Corney comms being used for PAIN
>>10640588 QDropAnon BigGraphic 2Yr delta (good job)
>>10640792 How Ry Chit, this won't end well: Chinese Communist Party Floats 'Defund The U.S. Military' Campaign For U.S. Left To Adopt (thenationalpulse.com)
>>10640768 Sportsfans will love this, Lancaster rioter gets hit in his testicles with a rubber bullet, not even Mommie Karen's frozen stove top stuffing can take away that PAIN! (twatter)
>>10640804 They just can't help themselves: Gov. Sisolak calls Henderson Trump rally 'reckless and selfish'; city threatens fine to venue (fox5vegas/xmfg.com)
>>10640841 Coronavirus Victoria: 'Youngest victim' may have died from other cause (news.com)
>>10640858 DanScavino (Twatt) Another great day in Nevada concludes for President @realDonaldTrump and team. POTUS back in Las Vegas now - with trips to California Arizona Washington, D.C., tomorrow!
>>10640861 (LifeLog) Trump pics (good!)
>>10640873 (Reminder of Henderson NV in Qdrop #721+ from Feb 2018)
baker change
>>10640901, >>10640907 From Voat: Louisiana judge found guilty of crimes against juveniles
>>10640501, >>10640520, >>10640606, >>10640757, >>10640771, >>10640829, >>10640909, >>10640920, >>10641037 Lancaster antifa fake firefighters image DIG
>>10640513 Lancaster rioting (FB live feed)
>>10640918 Victoria police stomp on a man's head during arrest
>>10640973 Russian arrested for cyber crime in Bangkok allegedly w/820mil in BTC
>>10640995, >>10641007, >>10641026 New DJT: Biden Handlers know this is a lie! (re depleting SocSec by 2023)
>>10641006 Hawaiian arson suspect arrested
>>10641009 Queen will return to public duties at Remembrance Day
>>10641104, >>10641109, >>10641121 Portland arson suspect released wo/bail - ANONS DIG
>>10641129 Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to succeed Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister
>>10641134 "White Genocide Is Real - In Their Own Words" (vid)
>>10641150 XRVision's Sentinel AI system - DIG CALL

LAST CALL

#10641142 at 2020-09-14 06:33:13 (UTC+1)
Q RESEARCH GENERAL #13617: Wheels & Walls W&W (Wizards & Warlocks) Edition

>>10641129
>BREAKING: Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to succeed Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister

wtf is really going on w/Abe?

#10641129 at 2020-09-14 06:30:11 (UTC+1)
Q RESEARCH GENERAL #13617: Wheels & Walls W&W (Wizards & Warlocks) Edition

BREAKING: Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to succeed Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1305393150748286976

#10638627 at 2020-09-14 02:00:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13614: Is That Pepe Love On The Rally Stage Or What? Edition

LDP set to elect Suga as leader to succeed Japan PM Abe

TOKYO (Kyodo) – The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday is set to elect Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new president and ultimately Japan's new leader to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

In a vote at a meeting of LDP lawmakers of both chambers of parliament, Suga is expected to secure a comfortable victory over his two rivals Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister, and Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister as a majority of the LDP's factions have backed the top government spokesman since Abe said last month he would step down for health reasons. Suga's election as prime minister at an extraordinary Diet session on Wednesday is almost certain as the governing party controls the House of Representatives, the more powerful lower chamber, and holds a majority in the House of Councillors with its coalition partner Komeito party.

The LDP election has become a mere formality for endorsing the party factions' decisions to back Suga, 71, as they seek to ensure Cabinet posts. In the party election, 394 LDP lawmakers and 141 delegates of local chapters will vote, with the party's rank-and-file members excluded this time around to speed up the process amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Most local chapters held primaries, although it was up to each chapter to decide whether to give all three allotted ballots to a single candidate or to multiple candidates in proportion to primary results. The election was prompted by Abe's abrupt announcement on Aug. 28 that he will step down due to a relapse of an intestinal disease called ulcerative colitis, just days after he became the longest-serving prime minister in the country's history in terms of consecutive days in office. Kishida, 63, who decided not to run in the party's previous leadership election to make way for Abe and asked for his support in the election this time, and Ishiba, 63, who is popular among the public but has less support among his fellow party lawmakers, expressed an interest in running in the LDP presidential election shortly after Abe's announcement.

But Suga, who does not belong to a party faction, quickly emerged as the front-runner while showing little originality in his election pledges, promising to continue Abe's policies including his "Abenomics" package of monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and structural reform. LDP Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai was among the faction leaders who declared support for Suga early on, and the party's largest faction led by Hiroyuki Hosoda, a former secretary general, with 98 members followed, setting the course for Suga to become the next leader of Japan. Attention is now focused on the likely lineup of Suga's Cabinet, although how long its members will remain in their positions is unclear.

Suga's term as LDP president is limited to the remainder of Abe's current three-year term through September 2021 and a lower house election must be held before Oct. 21 that year.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200914/p2g/00m/0na/019000c

#10499529 at 2020-09-02 02:53:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13437: POTUS Goes One-On-One With Laura Part II Edition

Market Report

Asian stocks climbed Wednesday along with U.S. and European equity futures as gains led by technology firms that propelled global shares to record highs show little sign of abating. Australian stocks outperformed, while Japan and South Korea posted more modest increases and China and Hong Kong fluctuated. Japanese shares rose on Wednesday after positive data on the U.S. manufacturing sector spurred hopes of a global economic recovery remains on track to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. Stocks also got a boost after Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga emerged as the leading candidate to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a leadership election expected this month. If Suga becomes the new prime minister, this would suggest few major changes to economic policy and lesser chances of political instability, which are positives for equities, analysts said. The Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.31% to 23,209.27 by 0204 GMT, while the broader Topix index was up 0.2% at 1,619.05. S&P 500 futures rose after a climb in Apple Inc. again pulled the benchmark to an all-time high. Crude oil climbed above $43 a barrel as the pickup in economic activity in the U.S. and China signaled a pronounced recovery in crude consumption.

Here are some key events to watch this week:
U.S. jobless claims for the week ended Aug. 29 are due Thursday. U.S. jobs report Friday is forecast to show payrolls continued to rebound in August from virus lows.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-01/fresh-u-s-stock-record-asia-shares-to-open-mixed-markets-wrap
https://www.reuters.com/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-stocks-rise-on-u-s-data-easing-concerns-about-new-prime-minister-idUSL4N2FZ0G8

China sets yuan midpoint at 16-month high, but touch softer than expectations
China's central bank on Wednesday set its official yuan midpoint at the highest level in nearly 16 months, following a sharp rally in the spot rate a day earlier. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the midpoint rate at 6.8376 per dollar prior to the market open, 122 pips or 0.18% firmer than the previous fix of 6.8498. It was the strongest guidance rate since May 14, 2019. However, the guided rate was still slightly weaker than market expectations of 6.8318, with some traders suspecting that the authorities might be starting to get a bit uncomfortable with the recent rapid gains in the yuan. The onshore spot yuan finished trading at its strongest level in nearly 16 months on Tuesday, riding on improving domestic data and a widening interest rate gap favouring the Chinese currency.
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-yuan/china-sets-yuan-midpoint-at-16-month-high-but-touch-softer-than-expectations-idUSAZN0FRR00
Australia in first recession for nearly 30 years
Gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk 7% in the April-to-June quarter compared to the previous three months. This is the biggest fall since records began back in 1959 and comes after a fall of 0.3% in the first quarter. An economy is considered to be in recession if it sees two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Australia was the only major economy to avoid a recession during the 2008 global financial crisis - mainly due to demand from China for its natural resources.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53994318
Dollar edges higher on solid U.S. economic data
The dollar bounced off two-year lows on Wednesday as U.S. data pointed to a firm manufacturing activity, while the euro retreated from its highest levels since 2018 on profit-taking. Economic data published on Tuesday showed U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated to a nearly two-year high in August amid a surge in new orders, with the reading from the Institute for Supply Management highest level since November 2018. The U.S. data followed similarly upbeat Chinese and European manufacturing indicators. The dollar index =USD inched up 0.12% at 92.346, having hit its lowest since April 2018. Among antipodean currencies, the Australian dollar AUD=D3 changed hands at $0.73845, while the New Zealand dollar NZD=D3 traded at $0.6764. Elsewhere in the market, Sterling GBP=D3 traded at 1.3422, just below last year's high that followed the 2019 election of 1.3516. The Chinese yuan CNH=EBS was little changed, last up down 0.03% in offshore markets to 6.8266.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-forex/dollar-edges-higher-on-solid-u-s-economic-data-idUSKBN25T066
https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary?region=asia&screener=nyse
https://www.macrotrends.net/2566/crude-oil-prices-today-live-chart

#10490144 at 2020-09-01 03:44:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13425: POTUS Goes One-On-One With Laura Edition

Dollar dumped on rate outlook, Aussie looks to RBA

The dollar fell toward multi-year lows against most major currencies on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve's new policy framework continued to fuel bets that U.S. rates will stay lower for longer than other countries.

The Australian dollar held around a two-year high against the greenback as traders wait for news from a Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) policy meeting later on Tuesday to gauge policymakers' views on the economy. The yen was hemmed into a narrow range as politicians jockeyed to choose a new premier following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation last week. The U.S. data calendar this week is full of important releases on manufacturing, durable goods, and employment, but positive results are unlikely to halt the dollar's decline due to strong expectations that rates will remain extremely low.

"The dollar is weak not only against G10 currencies but also against emerging market currencies," said Minori Uchida, head of global market research at MUFG Bank in Tokyo. "This shows the dollar is in a downtrend that will last for some time. Low rates and an excess supply of dollars are driving this move." Against the euro EUR=D3, the dollar fell to $1.1973 on Tuesday in Asia to reach its lowest since May 2018. The British pound GBP=D3 rose to $1.3402, the highest since December last year, after Japan's foreign minister said a broad agreement on a Japan-UK trade deal is close. The dollar was quoted at 0.9021 Swiss francs CHF=EBS, just a shade above the lowest in more than five years. The greenback eased slightly to 105.73 yen JPY=D3.

The Fed's historic switch last week to focusing more on average inflation and higher employment means it has leeway to keep benchmark rates lower for longer, which has encouraged dollar bears to sell the currency.

A decline in long-term Treasury yields on Monday highlights the strong headwinds facing the dollar. Data due later on Tuesday is expected to show that U.S. manufacturing activity continued to expand in August, but this may not be enough to change the negative sentiment surrounding the dollar, analysts said. Against a basket of six major currencies, the dollar index =USD slid on Tuesday to a two-year low at 91.947. The yen was in focus as investors place bets on who will become Japan's new prime minister. The largest faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has thrown its support behind Yoshihide Suga, who currently serves as chief cabinet secretary. Suga is a close ally of Abe and is likely to continue many of Abe's policies if he becomes the new prime minister.

The Australian dollar AUD=D3 rose to $0.7398, close to its highest since August 2018. The RBA is not expected to make any major changes at a policy meeting on Tuesday, but traders want to see how central bankers assess the economic outlook as the country grapples with a recent increase in coronavirus cases. The New Zealand dollar NZD=D3 held steady at $0.6756, near its strongest in two years. The onshore yuan CNY=CFXS surged to 6.8310, the highest in more than a year. The dollar also fell broadly against other emerging Asian currencies, further underlining the greenback's woes. Some investors may turn cautious due to increasing tension between the United States and China in the run up to this year's U.S. presidential election in November.

The United States said on Monday it was establishing a new bilateral economic dialogue with Taiwan in a move that is sure to anger Beijing, because China claims Taiwan as its own territory.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-forex/dollar-dumped-on-rate-outlook-aussie-looks-to-rba-idUSKBN25S371

#10478281 at 2020-08-31 02:43:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13410: Alaska Poppin Justice Edition

Asian stocks reach 29-month top, China services surprisingly strong

Asian shares notched a 29-month high on Monday as investors wagered monetary and fiscal policies globally would stay super stimulatory, while an upbeat reading on China's service sector augured well for continued recovery there-see story below on PBOC yuan peg. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.5% to reach its highest since March 2018, extending a 2.8% gain last week. Chinese blue chips .CSI300 firmed 0.7% to reach levels not seen since mid-2015. Surveys showed Chinese manufacturing activity edged back a tick to 51.0 in July, but services jumping a full point to 55.2 in a hopeful sign of reviving consumer demand. E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 ESc1 climbed another 0.5%, while EUROSTOXX 50 futures STXEc1 added 1%.

Tokyo's Nikkei .N225 rallied 1.9% aided by news Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) had bought more than 5% stakes in each of the five leading Japanese trading companies. The Nikkei had dipped on Friday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation stirred doubts about future fiscal and monetary stimulus policies. Those concerns were eased somewhat by news Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, and a close ally of Abe, would join the race to succeed his boss. A slimmed-down leadership contest is likely around Sept. 13 to 15. Attention was now on a host of Federal Reserve officials that are set to speak this week, kicking off with Vice Chair Richard Clarida later Monday as they put more flesh on the bank's new policy framework

Yields on 30-year bonds US30YT=RR jumped almost 16 basis points last week and were last at 1.52%, 139 basis points above the two-year yield. The spread was now approaching the June gap of 146 basis points which was the largest since late 2017. That shift was of little benefit to the U.S. dollar given the prospect of short rates staying super-low for longer, and the currency fell broadly. Early Monday, the dollar index was off at 92.30 =USD and just a whisker above the recent two-year low of 92.127 cap#3 The euro stood at $1.1902 EUR=, having climbed 0.9% last week.

The dollar did steady a little on the yen at 105.55 JPY=, after dropping 1.1% on Friday before finding support in the 105.10/20 zone. In commodity markets, the weakness in the dollar helped underpin gold at $1,969 an ounce. (and since they never mention silver it's up +0.56 +2.02%-cap #4)Oil prices steadied, having dipped on Friday after Hurricane Laura passed the heart of the U.S. oil industry without causing any widespread damage. Brent crude LCOc1 futures rose 26 cents to $46.07 a barrel, while U.S. crude CLc1 gained 13 cents to $43.10.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-reach-29-month-top-china-services-surprisingly-strong-idUSKBN25R026

China factory activity weaker than expected
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-factory-activity-weaker-than-expected-2020-08-30?mod=asia-markets
China lifts yuan midpoint to highest since July 2019
China's central bank lifted its official yuan midpoint to the highest in 13 months on Monday to reflect persistent weakness in the U.S. dollar in global markets. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the midpoint rate at 6.8605 per dollar prior to the market open, 286 pips or 0.42% firmer than the previous fix of 6.8891 on Friday, and was the strongest since July 2, 2019.
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-yuan/china-lifts-yuan-midpoint-to-highest-since-july-2019-idUSAZN0FRP00

Japan industrial output rises for second month in recovery sign
Japan's factory output rose for a second straight month in July, signaling a gradual recovery from the blow delivered by the coronavirus pandemic. But retail sales fell for a fifth straight month and at a somewhat faster pace, a worrying sign for private consumption, which accounts for more than half of the world's third-largest economy. Monday's data underscored the fragility of an economy that suffered a record 27.8% contraction in the April-June quarter as the pandemic took a heavy toll on both domestic and external demand.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Japan-industrial-output-rises-for-second-month-in-recovery-sign
https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary?region=asia
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy
https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures

#10184066 at 2020-08-05 01:14:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13032: We Caught Them Spying - Now Its Up To The Attorney General Edition

Japan gov't spokesman dispels concerns about PM Abe's health

TOKYO – Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga dispelled concerns over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's health during a press conference on Aug. 4, suggesting that the Japanese leader appears just fine.

"I've been seeing him every day and he has been devoted to his duties in a calm manner. I don't think there are any problems with him at all," Suga told the press.

Since earlier this year, Prime Minister Abe has taken almost no days off as he's had to respond to the novel coronavirus. People who attended meetings with him raised voices of concern, with one saying, "He looks pale," and another saying, "He appears to be tired."

While Abe considered resting at his villa in late July, he decided not to as damage from torrential rain disasters spread in the country. He continued to lead disaster response efforts by staying in the prime minister's office only in the afternoon, among other measures.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200804/p2a/00m/0na/012000c

#8801088 at 2020-04-15 13:03:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11267: 'Lunatic Democrats' Edition

Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths
APRIL 15, 2020 / 5:15 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home, as media reports warned that as many as 400,000 of them could die of the coronavirus without urgent action, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came under pressure to hand out more cash.

People wearing protective face masks walk on the street after the government announced state of emergency for the capital and some prefectures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Sugamo district, an area popular among the Japanese elderly, in Tokyo, Japan April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Japan, which tests only people with symptoms of the coronavirus, has so far recorded more than 9,000 infections, including passenger who caught the virus on a cruise ship, with nearly 200 deaths.

Reports in Japanese media citing an undisclosed health ministry projection said fatalities could reach the 400,000-mark without mitigation measures. It also estimated that as many as 850,000 people could need ventilators.

Japan has seen an accelerating infection rate in recent weeks, particularly in Tokyo. The government has responded by declaring an emergency in Tokyo and six other areas including Osaka, and a goal to cut interactions between people by 70 percent.

The measures include a request that people isolate and businesses close, although there are no fines or penalties to force compliance. The government spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, urged people to do everything in their power to help the government reach its target.

Japan's capital on Wednesday announced 127 new cases, with at least 327 nationwide, according to Kyodo newswire.

A lawmaker, Takashi Takai, was forced to resign from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Wednesday, after media reported he had visited a bar in Tokyo's Kabukicho red light district despite the call to stay at home."

moar:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-urges-citizens-to-isolate-as-reports-warn-of-400000-deaths-idUSKCN21X149

#8204778 at 2020-02-21 10:05:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10504: Dancin' in the Graveyard Edition

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3879436

Despite having confirmed 97 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, not including the passengers on the virus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship, Japanese officials said Friday (Feb. 21) that the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics will proceed as scheduled.

During a press conference, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga stressed that the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will not be rescheduled and that the organizers have made the necessary precautions to guarantee the integrity of the event. In addition, Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto told the media that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has instructed the Japanese government not to worry about the epidemic and to carry out the games, reported Reuters.

As the number of COVID-19 cases rises in Japan, many sporting events have been canceled in the country, including a marathon in the city of Nagoya. The well-known Tokyo Marathon, which is scheduled for March 1, has been closed to public participants and will only feature elite athletes.

#8171405 at 2020-02-18 06:39:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10460: Ghostin The Shills Edition

Japan to start trials using HIV treatment for coronavirus: Suga

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is aiming to start trials soon using an HIV treatment for the coronavirus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday.

"We're currently preparing to start clinical trials using HIV medication on the novel coronavirus," Suga, the government's top spokesman, said at a daily press briefing.

He added that he could not comment on how long it would take for the new drug to be approved.

Japan now has seen over 500 coronavirus cases, with more than 450 of them from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-treatment/japan-to-start-trials-using-hiv-treatment-for-coronavirus-Suga-idUSKBN20C047

#8134821 at 2020-02-14 17:19:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10413: Sometimes A Leak Turns Into A Flood Edition

China's top diplomat to visit Japan ahead of Xi's state trip

China's top diplomat will travel to Tokyo this month to discuss whether Chinese President Xi Jinping will go ahead with a state visit to Japan as planned in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

Yang Jiechi, state councilor and a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo, will meet with Japanese National Security Council head Shigeru Kitamura and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his visit from Feb. 28 to Feb. 29. Yang last went to Japan in June for the Group of 20 summit.

Xi is scheduled to visit Japan in April after the National People's Congress, which begins on March 5. But there are some government and party officials in China who question whether to hold the congress, saying they worry that bringing regional leaders to Beijing for an extended period of time could hamper efforts to contain the virus.

Others are against postponing the annual congress. China held the NPC as planned during the height of the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, outbreak from 2002 to 2003. The Xi leadership is eager to strengthen ties with Japan amid protracted tensions with the U.S., and wants the state visit to go as planned. But Xi may be forced to delay the trip if the NPC is postponed.

Tokyo is also invested in Xi's trip, since it would be a sign that Beijing values their bilateral relationship. "We will steadily prepare for President Xi to come to Japan as scheduled this spring," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday. "We do not expect the Japanese side to ask for a delay."
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/China-s-top-diplomat-to-visit-Japan-ahead-of-Xi-s-state-trip

#8010684 at 2020-02-03 15:56:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10253: Stonger, Safer and More Prosperous Edition

Coronavirus latest: Lufthansa expands flight suspension to Beijing, Shanghai

Huawei says normal production has resumed as China death toll tops SARS. China on Monday raised the mainland death toll from the new virus to 361, higher than the number of mainlanders who died from SARS. The number of confirmed cases hit 17,205.

Cases have been confirmed in the U.K., Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, the U.S., Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Cambodia, Sweden and Russia.

Here are the latest developments (Tokyo time):

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Monday, February 3

11:45 pm. Saudi Arabia is planning a major, short-term oil production cut to cope with the fallout of China's coronavirus outbreak, the Wall Street Journal reported.

11:30 p.m. Austrian Airlines said it will halt all flights to China until the end of February. Germany's Lufthansa said flights to Beijing and Shanghai will be suspended until Feb. 28, while those to Nanjing, Shenyang and Qingdao will be suspended until March 28. The United Arab Emirates said it will cease all flights with China starting Wednesday, excluding those to Beijing.

10:40 p.m. Vietnam said it will quarantine citizens and others arriving from China's Hubei Province at government facilities. Those who have been in other parts of China during the past 14 days will be isolated and placed under supervision at home or at designated facilities.

8:00 p.m. Turkey said it will halt all flights to China through the end of February.

7:01 p.m. Taiwan's education ministry said all universities and colleges on the island will begin a new semester after Feb. 25. The ministry also said on Sunday that all primary and high schools will have an extended winter break until Feb. 25, from Feb. 11.

5:50 p.m. A new 1,000-bed hospital built in Wuhan in just 10 days opened to receive patients suffering from coronavirus, according to state media. A second such facility, with 1,500 beds, is to open in the city later in the week.

5:10 p.m. The Vietnamese government has told schools to extend their holidays by another week, to Feb. 10, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

5:00 p.m. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the country refused entry over the weekend to eight foreigners who had recently been in China's Hubei Province.

4:31 p.m. China's gross domestic product growth will slow to 5.4% this year due to the virus, research specialist Oxford Economics predicts, trimming its previous forecast for a 6% expansion. It expects most of the impact to be felt in the first quarter, with activity rebounding later.

3:30 p.m. Huawei Technologies said it has resumed normal production of consumer devices, carrier equipment and other products. Most of this production was in Dongguan, Guangdong Province.

3:07 p.m. Some 200 Taiwanese currently in Hubei Province will return to Taiwan aboard a charter flight operated by China Eastern that is to take off at 7:50 p.m. and land a little more than two hours later at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, about 40 km west of Taipei, according to state-owned Central News Agency, citing Wuhan Taiwanese Business Association Chairman.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus-outbreak/Coronavirus-latest-Lufthansa-expands-flight-suspension-to-Beijing-Shanghai
moar at link

nikkei.com has done a good job of tracking all this with wuick text based updates.

#7749645 at 2020-01-08 08:58:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9918: What Caused the Tehran Air Crash? Edition

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/world-reaction-iran-missile-strike/507-dca308ee-dbff-4f26-abfb-aaedbb2422d2

A Russian lawmaker warns that a conflict between the U.S. and Iran might lead to a nuclear war. It was just one of many responses by world leaders and other officials after Iran launched a missile strike against bases in Iraq that house U.S. forces. The strike was in retaliation for the U.S. killing Iran's top military commander last week.

"Reciprocal strikes by the U.S. and Iran may lead to an all-out war in the region," said Vladimir Dzhabarov, a lawmaker with Russia's upper house of parliament. "If Washington sees that it can't achieve its goals, there's a danger of a nuclear war."

The Russian lawmaker said the U.N. Security Council should get involved to prevent further escalation in the Middle East.

Germany condemned the missile strike. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer urged Iran "not to engage in further escalation."

None of the German troops stationed in Iraq were injured.

Japan says it will urge governments to do their utmost to help ease tensions following an Iranian missile strike at bases in Iraq used by U.S. forces.

Japanese Chief Cabinet spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Japan remained on track to soon deploy a warship to the Gulf to help safeguard Japanese vessels and oil tankers transiting the area.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says all of his country's troops and diplomatic staff in Iraq are safe after Iran's firing of missiles at two military bases there. Around 300 Australian defense personnel are stationed in Iraq.

France, Poland, Denmark and Finland also said their troops in Iraq were not harmed.

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https://twitter.com/radiosweden/status/1214819698271019013

Swedish military report no injuries in attack against Coalition bases in Iraq. "The personnel on the ground took measures according to the security routine." They are following the situation and have plans in place to evacuate if needed. There are c.70 Swedish soldiers in Iraq.

#7739698 at 2020-01-07 13:09:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9905: All Eyes on the Middle East Edition

Japan issues arrest warrant for Ghosn's wife, looks for ways to bring him back

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn's wife Carole for allegedly lying in testimony, as officials sought ways to bring the fugitive car industry boss back for trial on financial misconduct charges. The perjury arrest warrant accuses Carole Ghosn of falsely claiming not to know, or to have met, people connected to a company that received payments from Nissan Motor, part of which it subsequently transferred to a firm owned by Ghosn.

eparately, a senior Ministry of Justice official said staff were poring over Lebanese laws to find a way to return Ghosn and that Japan "will do whatever it can" to have him face trial.

The former Nissan and Renault SA chairman is scheduled to hold a news conference on Wednesday, his first such appearance since his arrest in November 2018 and his dramatic flight last month to Lebanon, his childhood home..

"Last time Carlos Ghosn announced a press conference and got re-arrested. This time, the day before he is announced to speak out freely for the first time, they issued an arrest warrant for his wife Carole Ghosn," a spokeswoman for Ghosn told Reuters in Beirut. Ghosn is expected to detail some of the claims he has made against Nissan since his arrest.

Citing an interview with Ghosn, Fox Business reported that he said he has "actual evidence" and documents to show there was a Japanese government-backed coup to "take him out". He plans to identify those he believes responsible, the broadcaster said.

In earlier court filings seen by Reuters and statements released by his lawyers in Japan, Ghosn has claimed that he was unseated to destroy any possibility of a merger between Nissan and Renault, accusing Nissan executives of colluding with Japanese prosecutors and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry officials. Ghosn's legal team in Japan also said prosecutors withheld evidence, citing concerns voiced by Nissan that it included sensitive information about operations and employees.
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Nissan said Ghosn's flight from Japan would not affect its policy of holding him responsible for "serious misconduct". "The company will continue to take appropriate legal action to hold Ghosn accountable for the harm that his misconduct has caused to Nissan," the automaker said in a statement.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, on Tuesday, described Ghosn's escape to Beirut as "regrettable" and said Tokyo had asked Lebanon for help, although he declined to say what exactly Japan had asked of Lebanon.
"It's necessary to carefully consider the legal systems of both countries," he told a news conference,

Lebanon does not normally extradite its citizens.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn-statement/japan-issues-arrest-warrant-for-ghosns-wife-looks-for-ways-to-bring-him-back-idUSKBN1Z6057

#7630354 at 2019-12-27 05:43:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9762: Q "We Will Have The Last Laugh" Edition

Japan Approves MSDF dispatch to Middle East to ensure safe sea lane

has details finally
The Japanese Cabinet approved Friday the dispatch of Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel to the Middle East for information-gathering activities to help ensure the safety of a key oil shipping lane. Japan's contribution to peace in the Mideast comes as tensions remain high between the United States and Iran over a 2015 nuclear deal, with Washington blaming Tehran for a series of attacks on oil tankers.

Japan has decided not to join a U.S.-led coalition guarding ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz so as to avoid hurting its friendly ties with Iran. The United States pulled out of the multinational deal to curb Tehran's nuclear program last year, re-imposing economic sanctions on the country.

Two P-3C patrol planes, which are currently based in Djibouti for anti-piracy activities in the Gulf of Aden, and a helicopter-carrying destroyer will be sent along with around 260 MSDF personnel to engage in a one-year "survey and research" mission, which needs no parliamentary approval. "The peace and stability of the Middle East is vitally important for the peace and prosperity of the international community including our nation," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press conference. "It is necessary to boost intelligence activities for the safety of Japan-related ships in the region," he added.

After ordering the SDF to prepare for the dispatch, Defense Minister Taro Kono told a separate press conference that the destroyer Takanami will leave Japan in early February after about four weeks of training, and a unit leaving the country on Jan. 11 will engage in intelligence gathering by the P-3C aircraft.

Areas for the mission are limited to the Gulf of Oman, the northern part of the Arabian Sea, and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf have been excluded in view of Iran's criticism of the U.S. coalition initiative.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gave the nod to the planned MSDF dispatch during talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo last week, according to a Japanese government official. Safe passage of vessels in the area is vital for Japan, which relies on the Middle East for over 90 percent of its crude oil. But sending the SDF overseas is a sensitive issue in the country, as entanglement in a foreign conflict could violate its war-renouncing Constitution.

The Japanese public is divided over the dispatch, with 51.5 percent of respondents in a recent Kyodo News poll opposing the plan and 33.7 percent expressing support. In an emergency, the MSDF could engage in maritime policing action based on the SDF law, which allows personnel to take necessary actions, including the use of weapons, at sea to safeguard Japanese lives and property.

The government initially explored the possibility of extending protection to foreign ships with Japanese nationals aboard, but it decided to limit protection to Japanese-registered vessels as international maritime law only permits the use of force to protect a country's own vessels, officials said.

Most ships associated with Japanese shipping companies operate under foreign countries' flags, they said. The government will be required to report to parliament when the Cabinet makes decisions such as extension or termination of the MSDF Middle East mission.

The creation of the U.S.-led coalition in November follows a series of attacks in May and June on oil tankers, including one operated by a Japanese shipping firm, in the Gulf region.

The coalition was launched with the United States and six other countries – Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Britain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Washington had called for participation of its longtime ally Japan and other countries in the coalition, but many have expressed reservations or distanced themselves from the initiative, partly due to economic interests in Iran.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191227/p2g/00m/0na/033000c

#7572304 at 2019-12-20 18:22:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9687: The Fight is Real! The Time is Now! Edition

Abe, Rouhani discuss US-Iran nuclear deal standoff

TOKYO (Kyodo) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday to discuss the ongoing standoff between Tehran and Washington over a faltering 2015 nuclear deal. Rouhani became the first Iranian leader to visit Japan since 2000 when he landed in Tokyo, his overnight stay seen as an effort to break the impasse over the nuclear accord as U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a "maximum pressure" campaign. "The nuclear deal is an extremely important agreement for Iran. That's why we strongly condemn the United States' one-sided and irrational withdrawal," Rouhani said in the meeting with Abe at his office in Tokyo, part of which was open to the media. "We hope that Japan and other countries in the world will make efforts toward maintaining the accord," Rouhani said.

Abe, who visited Iran in June to broker dialogue between Tehran and Washington, said he is "deeply concerned" about the heightened tensions in the Middle East and Tokyo will do "whatever possible" to help ease them. Still, he also urged Iran to play a "constructive" role in bringing peace and stability and to fully abide by the nuclear deal. Japan has consistently supported the accord under which Iran promised to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. It was signed between Iran and Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States.

The first visit by an Iranian president since Mohammad Khatami in October 2000 comes when Iran is struggling under oil and other U.S. sanctions that have crippled the economy. Increased gasoline prices have sparked widespread protests, adding to the country's woes.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191220/p2g/00m/0na/104000c

Experts say Tehran is hoping Japan will resume importing Iranian crude oil to strengthen economic ties. During the meeting with Rouhani, Abe is expected to express concern about Iranian moves since May to undermine the 2015 nuclear accord between Tehran and other world powers, Japanese officials said. Iran has chipped away at its commitment through breaches such as exceeding the uranium enrichment cap, which came in response to the U.S. withdrawal and reinstatement of sanctions. Tensions have spiked in the Middle East after a spate of attacks on oil facilities and tankers, including a vessel operated by a Japanese firm near the Strait of Hormuz in June. The United States has accused Iran of being involved. Abe is expected to call on Iran to fulfill its responsibility for the critical oil transport lane and to ensure ships can safely navigate the waterway. Abe also plans to explain how, by deploying its Self-Defense Forces to the region, Japan is planning to contribute to Middle East stability, according to the officials. "We will spare no effort trying to explain our plan (to send the SDF) during the Japan-Iran summit," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference before Rouhani's arrival.

Japan has carefully weighed the SDF dispatch, deciding against joining a U.S.-led maritime security initiative to protect shipping near the Strait of Hormuz. Abe's Cabinet is expected to give the go-ahead on the plan next week after Rouhani is briefed in detail. The envisaged dispatch of an SDF destroyer and patrol plane will be limited to intelligence gathering in the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Japanese vessel and aircraft will stay away from the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Japanese government. Japan and Iran have built friendly ties over the years and Abe became the first Japanese leader to visit Tehran since 1978 when he went in June. Friday's summit is the 10th between Abe and Rouhani, who most recently met in September on the fringes of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.

While the Trump administration has hardened its stance on Iran since Washington pulled out of the nuclear accord in 2018, remaining members such as France and Britain have been trying to salvage it. Efforts are also under way to facilitate trade between Iran and Europe via a scheme that does not rely on U.S. dollars for transactions and can avoid breaking U.S. sanctions. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191220/p2g/00m/0na/104000c

#7394059 at 2019-11-29 16:24:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9456: I see a cold Moon rising . . . Edition

Probe into party hosted by Abe focuses on invitation to ex-head of questionable firm

TOKYO – Opposition legislators probing attendance at a controversial cherry blossom-viewing party hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have turned their attention toward an invitation card made out to the former head of a company suspected of running a multilevel marketing scheme.

Lawmakers suspect that the number 60 on the invitation was assigned to those invited to the party at the invitation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The taxpayer-funded party, which the prime minister hosts each year in spring, has come under scrutiny over the attendance of many people linked to an organization supporting the prime minister.

The government says it can't clarify who attended because the lists of guests "have already been discarded." The Cabinet Office claims it shredded a list of guests on May 9 this year, the same day a Japanese Communist Party lawmaker asked for access to related documents.

However, a leaflet of the organization Japan Life, which was raided by police in April this year on suspicion of running a fraudulent multilevel marketing scheme, showed a photo of an invitation card addressed to its former head, Takayoshi Yamaguchi, with the number "60-2357" allocated. The organization said he was invited to the party in 2015.

Numbers 60 to 63 were allocated to guests that the prime minister, the chief Cabinet secretary and others invited to the 2014 party, as shown by documents that the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) received from the Cabinet Office. Based on this information, opposition parties are grilling the government over allegations that the number 60 was printed on a card sent to Yamaguchi because he was invited through the prime minister's quota.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference on Nov. 27 that it remains unclear whether the number 60 was given to guests invited through the prime minister's quota because the lists of guests have been discarded.

"We don't have such information because the documents finished serving their purpose after the party ended," he said. Suga, who serves as the top government spokesman, claimed that the government discarded the lists of guests because their retention period was set at less than one year. He then asserted that it was difficult to specify the numbers allocated to the guests.
A focal point in the Moritomo scandal that surfaced in February 2017 was whether Prime Minister Abe's wife Akie was involved in the sale of state-owned land to the school operator. Nobuhisa Sagawa, then head of the Finance Ministry's Financial Bureau, told the Diet that the records of negotiations on the land deal had been dumped.

In the Kake scandal, opposition parties raised suspicions that the prime minister met with the head of Kake Educational Institution over its plan to set up a university-level veterinary school. However, the Abe administration reiterated that the records of visitors to the prime minister's office had been thrown away "without delay." The institution's head is a close friend of the prime minister.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191129/p2a/00m/0na/018000c

#7356940 at 2019-11-17 21:35:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9410: NO QResearch Title Image Edition

11-minute chat brings Moon and Abe no closer as intel deadline looms

Two leaders speak for first time in 13 months as defense cooperation begins to fray
TOKYO – The Japanese government said it was a 10-minute conversation. The South Koreans said it was 11. Either way, the first conversation between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in 13 months did little to bring the two sides closer.

The brief talks took place in Bangkok against an increasingly precarious diplomatic backdrop. A key intelligence-sharing pact between Japan and South Korea is set to expire on Nov. 22 and the countries' defense cooperation over North Korean missile launches is already showing signs of crumbling.

The conversation happened in a "friendly and sincere atmosphere," a spokesperson for South Korea's presidential Blue House said.

The Japanese side announced that the conversation lasted 10 minutes as it is customary to round such numbers. But South Korea offered the precise number of 11 minutes, reflecting the plight Moon finds himself in.

The two leaders chose to sit down for the conversation to avoid being seen as having a casual exchange. An 11-minute conversation is long enough not to be seen as small talk but too short for a formal meeting. Moon's government needed to show the public that the two sides did have a meaningful conversation but he did not cede any ground to Japan.

But as the two men engage in a diplomatic dance, Pyongyang appears to be emboldened by the heightened tensions between Tokyo and Seoul.

North Korea has conducted ballistic missile tests on four separate occasions since Seoul said in August it would leave the General Security of Military Information Agreement, which has allowed Japan and South Korea to communicate quickly and effectively regarding Pyongyang's drills.

Cracks are already emerging even though the framework is not set to end for a few more weeks. After the Oct. 2 launch, Japan initially announced that the North launched two missiles. It later revised the number to one. South Korea said it believed there was one missile all along and asked Japan to share intelligence under the GSOMIA.

Japan also broke tradition regarding the pact when it announced details of an Aug. 24 test before South Korea.

Cooperation between South Korea, which is closer to the launch sites, and Japan, which is closer to the landing sites, is a vital part of analyzing the type of missile fired by North Korea and its flight path. South Korea's decision to end the GSOMIA "completely misjudges the region's security landscape and is extremely disappointing," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Japan-South-Korea-rift/11-minute-chat-brings-Moon-and-Abe-no-closer-as-intel-deadline-looms

#7293600 at 2019-08-01 16:07:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9332: White Robots Are Raycis Edition

Japan, S. Korea foreign ministers make no progress on diplomatic row

BANGKOK (Kyodo) – Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha on Thursday came no closer to resolving a bitter diplomatic row between their countries over wartime history and trade policy.

The two held tense talks on the sidelines of annual ASEAN-related meetings in Bangkok as the United States has expressed concern over the growing enmity between its two biggest allies in Asia.

Kang told reporters she urged Tokyo to reconsider its tightening of export restrictions on South Korea, which Seoul has strongly criticized as going against rules established by the World Trade Organization.

Starting July 4, Japan has required individual licenses to export to South Korea three materials used to manufacture semiconductors and display panels for smartphones and TVs. South Korea had previously been exempt from the process, which can take about 90 days.

Japan also plans to remove South Korea from a "white list" of nations that have preferential status allowing them to buy products that can be diverted to military use.

The delisting, which it says is justified for national security reasons, may be approved by the Cabinet as early as Friday.

The export restrictions have come as bilateral ties were frayed by South Korean court decisions ordering compensation for victims of forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.

Japan says the court rulings last year violate international law because the issue of compensation was settled by a 1965 agreement under which it provided South Korea with $500 million in financial aid.

In the roughly one-hour meeting with Kang, Kono urged South Korea to take corrective action and prevent the court rulings from hurting Japanese companies, a Japanese official said.

There were no smiles at the outset of the meeting and the two silently shook hands for the cameras before reporters were escorted out of the room. It was their first face-to-face meeting since they spoke briefly in late June on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka.

Despite the frayed relations between the neighboring countries, which arguably have sunk to the lowest point since ties were normalized in 1965, the two ministers agreed to work closely together on efforts to denuclearize North Korea, the Japanese official said.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who will meet the two for a three-way meeting on Friday, is expected to play the role of mediator, having told reporters earlier in the week that he will "encourage" Japan and South Korea to "find a path forward."…

Washington is particularly concerned about a deadline later this month for the countries to renew a bilateral intelligence-sharing agreement that helps them counter missile threats from the North.

The General Security of Military Information Agreement is automatically renewed every year unless either side voices its intent to rescind the accord.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday Tokyo wants to maintain the agreement as it is "important (for the two countries) to cooperate with each other on issues that should be dealt with in a cooperative manner."

Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations are holding a series of meetings in the Thai capital where they will speak with counterparts from "dialogue partners" such as Japan and the United States.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190801/p2g/00m/0in/079000c

#7150536 at 2019-07-23 21:49:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9148: Meeting With The Bobs Edition

Japan protests to S. Korea, Russia over warning shots near Takeshima

Japan lodged on Tuesday a protest with Seoul and Moscow through respective diplomatic channels after a South Korean fighter jet fired hundreds of warning shots at a Russian military plane over islets claimed by Tokyo.
"We protested strongly based on the recognition that a Russian military aircraft flying over the Sea of Japan violated the territorial airspace near Takeshima in Shimane Prefecture twice," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference, referring to the Japanese name of the disputed islets.

Japan considers the islets, currently controlled by South Korea which calls them Dokdo, as an integral part of Japanese territory, but it does not have an air defense identification zone over them.

"In view of our stance on the sovereignty of Takeshima, it's totally unacceptable and extremely regrettable that warning shots were fired by a South Korean military aircraft," Suga said.

Japan-South Korea ties have worsened in recent months over compensation for wartime labor and Tokyo's recent tightening of export curbs on some South Korea-bound materials used in producing semiconductors and displays.

Japan urged both countries to prevent a recurrence, the top government spokesman said, adding that the Self-Defense Forces scrambled fighter jets to respond to the incident.

It is the first time a Russian military plane has violated South Korea's territorial airspace, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190723/p2g/00m/0fp/084000c

#7083786 at 2019-07-18 18:28:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9064: Salute last remains from WW2 being returned! WWG1WWA! Edition

Japan caught between US and SDF stipulations over military coalition in Middle East
Abe has a large task here as well as trying to win an election-I don't envy him at all-good luck to you
The United States will explain to interested parties July 19 its vision for a military coalition to protect the freedom and safety of commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the coast of Yemen in the Middle East.

Japan relies on the Gulf countries for over 80% of its crude oil supplies. In a tweet, U.S. President Donald Trump even named Japan as one of several countries that "should be protecting their own ships" on the dangerous shipping lanes where the U.S. provides protection.

Dispatching the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to the area, however, remains difficult under current laws. Furthermore, by doing so, Japan runs the risk of damaging the friendly ties it has long had with Iran, putting the Japanese government between a rock and a hard place.

"Japan is working closely with the U.S. regarding the Iran situation, but I will refrain from commenting on every piece of information that is being reported," Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura said at a press conference July 17. He indicated the government's intention to work toward relaxing tensions in the region, but avoided directly addressing U.S. explanations on the military coalition plan or how Japan would respond to it.

On June 12 and 13, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Iran, where he met with various officials including Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Abe was unable to fulfill his mission of being an intermediary between the U.S. and Iran, but has expressed his willingness to continue searching for a diplomatic solution.

Joining a military coalition organized by the U.S. has the potential to send Iran the message that Japan has joined an anti-Iran bloc. Tensions in Japan's relationship with Iran would be inevitable, making Japan's unique ability for diplomatic dialogue with Iran almost impossible. Because of this, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has only gone as far as to say that the Japanese government is "gathering necessary information and keeping a watchful eye on the state of affairs." At a press conference July 16, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya clarified his intention to prioritize diplomatic efforts, and said, "At this point, we are not thinking about dispatching the SDF."

Still, if Japan were to receive an official request from the U.S. to join its military coalition, it would have a difficult time turning it down. Many believe that Japan will have to cooperate in some form, with the Ministry of Defense beginning to review its legal framework in preparation for the dispatch of SDF troops. The Japanese government is planning to send someone from the Japanese Embassy in the U.S. to the information session that the U.S. government is giving about the military coalition on July 19. According to Kyodo News, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton – a hawk when it comes to Iran – is arranging a visit to Japan next week, during which the military coalition may be on the agenda.

Among Japan's options are maritime security operations, which are public security duties that SDF troops take part in on the ocean under the Self-Defense Forces Act. It allows the SDF to escort ships for the protection of people's lives and assets within the bounds of police action, and has been ordered three times in the past. However, SDF troops can only guard Japan-related vessels, such as those registered in Japan and those carrying shipments bound for Japan. The use of weapons that could be damaging to human life is limited to cases of legitimate self-defense and emergency evacuations, making it difficult to act in collaboration with a military coalition.

Joining a military coalition brings up the issue of whether Japan would be abiding by war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution. The Japanese government interprets the article to mean that SDF troops dispatched to other countries' land, waters and airspace are prohibited from using force. Force applies when the other party is "a country or an organization equivalent to a country." In the incident in June in which a tanker operated by a Japanese company was attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. government has made the claim that the attack was carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190718/p2a/00m/0na/016000c
what was done to Japan after WW2 is not biting them in ass as they could not have much in the way of large-scale organized military for a long time. That began changing a few years ago but it's not enough to protect oil interests

#7034648 at 2019-07-14 05:03:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9001: Over 9000 Edition

Tense Japan, S. Korean meeting on export curbs highlights mutual distrust

TOKYO – The first working-level meeting between the Japanese and South Korean governments here on July 12 over Tokyo's new restrictions on high-tech exports to Seoul highlighted mutual distrust between the two countries.
Discussions were held in a conference room at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo as officials from both governments faced each other without smiling.

The meeting, which lasted for 5 1/2 hours from 2 p.m., three hours longer than initially scheduled, was held at the request of Seoul.

From July 4, Tokyo stiffened controls on the exports of three chemicals – fluorinated polyimide, hydrogen fluoride and photoresist – used for the production of semiconductors and other goods. The move has sent shockwaves through South Korean society as it could deal a serious blow to its major companies including Samsung Electronics Co.

At the meeting, South Korean officials asked their Japanese counterparts about the basis for Tokyo's beefing up of export controls, while justifying Seoul's own export control system.

In response, Japanese officials pointed out the South Korean government's inadequate manpower situation and screening technique as the reasons for Tokyo's move.

The two sides remained far apart over the issue largely because of Tokyo's deep distrust of Seoul. The three chemicals can be converted for military use and hydrogen fluoride can be used to produce the toxic chemical weapon gas sarin.

In South Korea, more than 150 cases of illegal exports of hydrogen fluoride and other chemicals were exposed from 2015 to this past March.

The South Korean delegation insisted that the figure "proves that we're strictly cracking down on illegal exports. Hydrogen fluoride subject to our crackdowns doesn't include that produced in Japan."

However, Tokyo regards Seoul's measures to prevent illegal exports along its national border as inadequate. "We appreciate South Korea's crackdowns but the country needs to establish a system to prevent such illegal exports," said a senior official of the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry.

Since the two countries have not held trade management consultations since 2017, Japan pointed out that "concerns about security can't be dispelled."

Regarding the meeting as a "briefing session," Japan says that the conference did not constitute "negotiations" with Seoul, as Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.

Tokyo is taking the position that there is no room for dialogue on the matter on the grounds that Japan stiffened its export controls "because of inadequacies on the part of Seoul" and Japan's future response will "depend solely on South Korea," according to Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko.

The Japanese government announced on July 12 that it plans to exclude South Korea from a list of countries Tokyo gives preferential treatment in export procedures from mid-August or later.

Under the system, Japan gives such special treatment to 27 countries, which Tokyo recognizes have established adequate export control systems. Since Japan has never excluded any country from the list, Seoul will inevitably react sharply to Tokyo's move.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190713/p2a/00m/0bu/006000c

#6599316 at 2019-05-27 05:47:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8438: Red White and Q. May 27th in USA. The Pre Dawn Edition

>>6599259 24 May, 2019 14:21
Japan's PM Abe mulling visit to Iran - report

https://www.rt.com/newsline/460185-japan-abe-iran-visit/

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering a visit to Iran as early as mid-June, NHK television said on Friday. This would be the first such trip in four decades, as global concern grows about tension between Tehran and Washington.

Japan was a major buyer of Iranian oil for decades before US sanctions. Iran said the visit was unlikely in the near future, Reuters reported.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Japan and met the prime minister and Foreign Minister Taro Kono earlier this month.

Abe is likely to discuss his plan for a Tehran visit with US President Donald Trump when the latter visits Japan from Saturday, NHK said. Asked about the state of preparations for such a visit, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga denied the report.

Look like a plan for me
I think PM Abe short his ties and is now free
remember when Kim met POTUS?

#6586912 at 2019-05-25 17:19:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8422: Great Awakening Volume 64 - The [[[Hunters]]] Become The Hunted Edition

>>6586844
The era name - announced on Monday, April 1, by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga - means "beautiful harmony" It is based on a poem from the Manyoshu.



Translated as Collection of Myriad Leaves, the Manyoshu is considered the oldest anthology of Japanese vernacular verse, and, in the words of Manyoshu scholar Mack Horton, "the most revered repository of its classical poetic tradition."



Comprising approximately 4,500 poems, with the oldest verses believed to date back 759, the collection has been historically an inspiration for Japanese poetry. The anthology presents breadth in time span, with more than 530 named Japanese poets, verse forms, topics, and themes.



Despite the variety in the content, one of the reasons the collection is especially held in the Japanese imagination is because it's portrayed as being composed and enjoyed by the masses and ordinary Japanese people. In the words of Horton, "Manyoshu poems are, with exceptions, more emotional than intellectual."



The particular name Reiwa is taken from the preface of the fifth book of poems 815 and onwards - a section which has as a theme the elegant plum flower.



The English translation of the preface goes thus: "It is now the choice month of early spring, the weather is fine, the wind is soft. The plum blossom opens..."



In the original text, the words "choice month" (reigetsu, ??) and "soft wind" (kaze odayaka, ?? ) are the key influences, and by combining the characters ? and ?, the era name Reiwa (??) was created.



Commentators have also pointed out that ? refers to the month of February, which is the birth month of Crown Prince Naruhito, suggesting a nod to the crown prince, who will become emperor on May 1 and whose era it will be.

https://japan-forward.com/manyoshu-know-the-poetry-collection-where-japans-new-era-name-comes-from/

#6528724 at 2019-05-18 16:14:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8348: Fear the Storm Edition

Speculation grows that PM Abe set to dissolve lower house for summer double election

TOKYO – Speculation is growing within Japan's ruling and opposition camps that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may dissolve the House of Representatives to call a general election to coincide with the summer House of Councillors race.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga clearly said at a May 17 news conference that if opposition parties submit a no-confidence motion against the Abe Cabinet to the lower chamber, it could lead to the dissolution of the powerful chamber.

He apparently warned the opposition camp against introducing such a motion. However the remark, made by a key member of the Cabinet, is likely to cause wide political repercussions.

Suga's remarks came as high-ranking members of ruling and opposition parties have also pointed to the possibility of a double election, which is likely to happen if the prime minister dissolves the lower house shortly before the June 26 end of the ongoing regular Diet session.

An upper chamber election is held every tree years, with half of its 242 seats up for grabs each time. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured 65 seats in the 2013 upper house election, which LDP Election Strategy Committee chairman Akira Amari describes as "a figure that we cannot surpass."

A focal point is how the LDP will minimize its losses. If a double election is held, lower house candidates will also campaign, causing a possible synergistic effect with upper chamber candidates.

The opposition camp is not sufficiently prepared for an early lower house election, as they have yet to decide on fielding joint candidates to present a united front. Abe Cabinet's approval ratings remain high, and the celebratory mood surrounding the start of the Reiwa era continues to build. These factors are behind the growing view that the prime minister will call a double election.

LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai told a May 13 press conference that the party is "always prepared" for simultaneous elections for the lower and upper chambers. Hakubun Shimomura, chairman of the LDP Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision to the Constitution, suggested that he shares this view.

"There are some people who said we should 'accept the challenge' if the opposition bloc submits a no-confidence motion against the Abe Cabinet," he told reporters at the party headquarters on May 16.

With regard to the possibility of calling a double election to ask the public if they support constitutional revision, Shimomura said, "There are a growing number of people who have mentioned this recently."

A summit meeting of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations and regions is scheduled for June 28-29 in Osaka, shortly after the current Diet session ends.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190518/p2a/00m/0na/017000c

#6436838 at 2019-05-07 14:43:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8231: Report Week: Suicide Watch in Effect for D.C. Edition

No conditions for Japan-N. Korea summit, Abe tells POTUS

The Yomiuri Shimbun Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told U.S. President Donald Trump during telephone talks on Monday night that he aims to realize a bilateral meeting with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un to resolve the issue of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea without setting any preconditions.

The Japanese and U.S. leaders also agreed to cooperate with each other in analyzing details of projectiles recently launched by North Korea.

After the telephone talks, Abe told reporters: "I myself must face Workers' Party of Korea Chairman Kim Jong Un without setting any conditions. I'm determined to secure any opportunity."

So far, the prime minister has stated that a bilateral meeting with Kim "must be a meeting that can be conducive to resolving the abduction issue."

However, among member countries of six-party talks over North Korea's nuclear issues, only Japan has not held a bilateral meeting with North Korea. Abe's shift in stance seems to indicate a prioritization of realizing a bilateral meeting with Pyongyang.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said: "The prime minister has spoken of his determination more clearly to directly face Chairman Kim."

"To resolve the abduction issue, it's important for Japan to take the initiative," he added.

In Monday's telephone talks, the two leaders coordinated responses to North Korea's launching on Saturday of several short-range projectiles from around Wonsan, a city on North Korea's east coast.

Abe and Trump reconfirmed that they will aim for a swift realization of an agreement in the U.S.-North Korea bilateral meeting in June last year, in which Pyongyang promised total denuclearization.

Abe told reporters: "As to the response to North Korea, I share absolutely the same view as Mr. Trump in all respects."

If the projectiles launched by Pyongyang were ballistic missiles, the actions would violate U.N. Security Council sanctions resolutions concerning North Korea. Both Japan and the United States will make detailed analyses of Pyongyang's actions.

In the telephone talks, Abe and Trump also discussed a new trade negotiation between Japan and the United States. They confirmed that the two countries will accelerate the trade talks so that the outcome will be beneficial for both sides.
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005722370

#6318603 at 2019-04-26 04:12:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8080: 4 More Years, Trump 2020 Edition

" The Japanese government apologized to thousands of people forcibly sterilized under a now defunct eugenics program, and offered the victims money in compensation.

The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe devoted 3.2 million yen (US$28,000) to all surviving victims of the program, while Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga extended "sincere remorse and heartfelt apology."
What we know:

Conducted under Japan's Eugenics Protection Law, the program ran from 1948 until 1996 and targeted people with hereditary diseases for forced sterilization surgeries and vasectomies.
The law was designed to "prevent the birth of poor-quality descendants," and Tokyo until recently viewed the sterilizations as legal.
In around 16,500 cases, no consent was given for the procedures, while some victims were as young as nine years old.
Under the program, more than 8,000 additional people gave consent to be sterilized, while nearly 60,000 women agreed to terminate their pregnancies due to hereditary illnesses, according to the Japan Federation of Bar Associations."

https://www.rt.com/news/457429-japan-apology-forced-sterilization/

#6242177 at 2019-04-19 19:30:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7982: Digital Soldiers Edition

Japan using emperor, first lady's birthday to court Trump

TOKYO >> Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduling a rushed visit to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump and celebrate first lady Melania Trump's birthday, and then is inviting him to be first foreign leader to meet Japan's new emperor, the two countries announced today.
Without close friends in Asia, Abe is seen as using every opportunity, even the emperor's accession, to court Trump.

Tokyo and Washington said today that Trump and the first lady will make a state visit to Japan at the end of May, just weeks after Crown Prince Naruhito ascends Japan's Chrysanthemum throne. Naruhito's 85-year-old father, Emperor Akihito, is ending his three-decade reign on April 30 by abdicating.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said receiving Trump as the first state guest of the new imperial era would "symbolize the unshakable bond of the Japan-U.S. alliance."

Japanese officials are also arranging for Trump to watch the final day of a sumo wrestling tournament on May 26 so he can present a trophy to the winner. Trump may also travel to a Japanese naval base in Yokosuka west of Tokyo to see a destroyer that has been refitted as Japan's first postwar aircraft carrier, Japanese officials and media reports said.

Abe, experts say, is taking every opportunity to court Trump as Japan tries to stay out of the U.S. leader's crosshairs, unlike some other world leaders who have upset him on trade and other issues.

"I'm not sure what other choices this administration, or any Japanese administration, has except to try to build the best relationship possible with Washington through face-to-face interaction," said Stephen Nagy, a politics and international studies professor at International Christian University in Tokyo. "I think Mr. Trump being the first to meet the emperor is a good example of that."

Relations between Japan and two of its closest neighbors, South Korea and China, remain strained over their war history and territorial disputes.

In February, Trump said Abe had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to denuclearize North Korea. Abe did not deny the claim, triggering criticism from opposition lawmakers that his apparent effort to please Trump was embarrassing.

Abe has managed to largely stay on good terms with Trump by assiduously avoiding criticism of the U.S. leader. "You never hear criticisms out of Japan ... that has been very characteristic of the Abe administration," Nagy said. "I think he has done well because he hasn't insulted Mr. Trump to cause problems."
Abe was also the first foreign leader to meet Trump after his election in November 2016, not even waiting until he officially took office as is normal diplomatic practice, and gave him a special golf driver.

Hiro Aida, professor of global studies at Aoyama Gakuin University and an expert on Japan-U.S. relations, said Abe is jumping at the opportunity of the emperor's succession after his ties with Trump were seen to be weakening as the U.S. leader came down hard on trade issues, demanding that Japan do more to reduce the countries' trade imbalance.

"Inviting Trump in May to meet the new emperor would be a perfect chance for Abe to show how much he cares about Trump, while also showing their relationship off to the world," Aida said.

Abe may be also demonstrating his political power over Naruhito by sending the message that he can decide whom the emperor meets. Aida, however, said the choice of Trump amid continuing investigations into his administration's ties with Russia may hurt Naruhito's image.

Abe will travel to Washington on April 26-27, just ahead of the busy imperial succession. He and Trump are also expected to meet for a third month in a row in June when Japan hosts the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, western Japan, where the economy and trade will be the main issues.

The White House said today that Abe and Trump will discuss North Korean nuclear disarmament, trade and other issues during this month's visit. After talks at the White House, Abe and his wife Akie are to have an informal dinner with Trump and Melania to celebrate the first lady's 49th birthday. The next day, the two leaders are expected to play golf in the outskirts of Washington, following several previous rounds they have shared in each country.

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/04/19/breaking-news/japan-using-emperor-first-ladys-birthday-to-court-trump/

#6087006 at 2019-04-07 19:50:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7785: FISA Abuse, Lying, and Leaking Edition

Global Board Admin Announcements
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>>5857423 BO on global notables
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>>6069810 BV's announce BO's resignation in Meta thread. All board-related decisions will be made by BV's as a group.
>>6069934 8bit, thank you for your service to /qresearch/

Notables
are not endorsements

#7784
>>6086919 High production value Democrat 2020 slogans meme
>>6086785 Mamacita in a MAGA hat shuts down Trump Deranged bully (Video)
>>6086784 Reminder: NSA Director explains 'unmasking' (2017)
>>6086778, >>6086863 For keks: Brian stelter and the left can't meme
>>6086744 NXIVM jury pool gets questions about sex, Scientology (TimesUnion)
>>6086708, >>6086805 Nunes on Foxnews describes impending criminal referrals
>>6086621, >>6086626, >>6086708 Nunes referrals, Q Placeholders, Fox Article
>>6086462 "Skeletons in the Electric Car Closet" (ZeroHedge)
>>6086457 Good summary of the Huawei problem from EpochTimes
>>6086368 Anon: DJT tweet "Never Forget", "How/why did terrible event begin", PATRIOT act/911?
>>6086333 Ridiculous Bullshit (Honk Honk): Pelosi gets Kennedy 'Profile in Courage' award (DCExaminer)
>>6086327 Time Magazine bends the knee, "storm" cover progression before/after Mueller report
>>6086984 #7784

#7783
>>6085979 For Keks: [Pelosi] guarantees Democrats will hold House in 2020
>>6085915 Unscheduled meeting b/w POTUS & Randall Stephenson, CEO AT&T, at WH last Wednesday
>>6085883, >>6086010 Nadler is the new Schitt: "There was in plain sight open collusion with the Russians."
>>6085846 News unlocks the map: POTUS tweet on Fake News Media
>>6085809 Ukrainian officials claim to be thwarted trying to get DOJ to act on Dem's election interference
>>6085659 Gold Is Moving Back Into The Center Of The Global Financial System (Rubino)
>>6085646 Selective network outages in Sudan during ongoing power black-out & protests? (unconfirmed)
>>6085583 Tories threaten to oust May if UK to take part in EU elections due to Brexit extension
>>6085556, >>6085784, >>6085991 Officer shot in shooting at Manhattan Beach, CA
>>6085534 Dig on Anthony Bourdaine & possible connections to NXIVM, CF, Haiti & others
>>6085522, >>6085580 Romney getting loud on DACA & Trump's tax returns
>>6086139 #7783

#7782
>>6085368 Burnie Sanders demands voting rights for fellons behind bars in Iowa
>>6085255 Newsprint shortages on Cuba this weekend due to Trump's tightened Trade Embargo
>>6085223 Sen. Graham calling for US-Israel Mutual Defense Agreement
>>6085215 Heavy fighting continues around Tripolis as General Khalifa Haftar's troops progress
>>6085102 Two new studies on the accelerating race for Space Arms
>>6085087 Rhode Island's Teacher's Union opposes bill to criminalize sex with students
>>6085010 Italy moves to seize country's gold from Central Bank
>>6084994 Facebook planning to build Underwater Ring of data cables around Africa?
>>6084965 Fresh from the 4am talking points? Dan Rather & fake news re-running "Immigrants are animals"
>>6084897 Total power black-out in Sudan, power restoration in still progress
>>6084868 Yoshihide Suga preparing to be next PM of Japan? Will meet with Pence in May.
>>6084829 9th round of U.S.–China trade talks concluded smoothly
>>6084803 China to revise laws & regulations governing foreign investment
Change of Baker
>>6084741 An update on the plight of Julian Assange.
>>6084724 Netanyahu Vows to Annex West Bank Settlements
>>6085388 #7782


Previously Collected Notables
>>6083832 #7780, >>6084617 #7781
>>6083013 #7779, >>6083832 #7780, >>6083013 #7779
>>6080684 #7776, >>6081440 #7777, >>6082262 #7778
>>6078394 #7773, >>6079157 #7774, >>6079903 #7775
>>6075996 #7770, >>6076790 #7771, >>6077616 #7772

Notables Archive by BO (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)

#6086211 at 2019-04-07 18:34:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7784: Border States are Very Key – Public Will Learn Edition

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>>5857492 BO on "baker assist"
>>5958613 Please use PNGs or JPGs (not JPEGS) for images
>>6069810 BV's announce BO's resignation in Meta thread. All board-related decisions will be made by BV's as a group.
>>6069934 8bit, thank you for your service to /qresearch/

Notables
are not endorsements
#7783
>>6085979 For Keks: [Pelosi] guarantees Democrats will hold House in 2020
>>6085915 Unscheduled meeting b/w POTUS & Randall Stephenson, CEO AT&T, at WH last Wednesday
>>6085883, >>6086010 Nadler is the new Schitt: "There was in plain sight open collusion with the Russians."
>>6085846 News unlocks the map: POTUS tweet on Fake News Media
>>6085809 Ukrainian officials claim to be thwarted trying to get DOJ to act on Dem's election interference
>>6085659 Gold Is Moving Back Into The Center Of The Global Financial System (Rubino)
>>6085646 Selective network outages in Sudan during ongoing power black-out & protests? (unconfirmed)
>>6085583 Tories threaten to oust May if UK to take part in EU elections due to Brexit extension
>>6085556, >>6085784, >>6085991 Officer shot in shooting at Manhattan Beach, CA
>>6085534 Dig on Anthony Bourdaine & possible connections to NXIVM, CF, Haiti & others
>>6085522, >>6085580 Romney getting loud on DACA & Trump's tax returns
>>6086139 #7783

#7782
>>6085368 Burnie Sanders demands voting rights for fellons behind bars in Iowa
>>6085255 Newsprint shortages on Cuba this weekend due to Trump's tightened Trade Embargo
>>6085223 Sen. Graham calling for US-Israel Mutual Defense Agreement
>>6085215 Heavy fighting continues around Tripolis as General Khalifa Haftar's troops progress
>>6085102 Two new studies on the accelerating race for Space Arms
>>6085087 Rhode Island's Teacher's Union opposes bill to criminalize sex with students
>>6085010 Italy moves to seize country's gold from Central Bank
>>6084994 Facebook planning to build Underwater Ring of data cables around Africa?
>>6084965 Fresh from the 4am talking points? Dan Rather & fake news re-running "Immigrants are animals"
>>6084897 Total power black-out in Sudan, power restoration in still progress
>>6084868 Yoshihide Suga preparing to be next PM of Japan? Will meet with Pence in May.
>>6084829 9th round of U.S.–China trade talks concluded smoothly
>>6084803 China to revise laws & regulations governing foreign investment
Change of Baker
>>6084741 An update on the plight of Julian Assange.
>>6084724 Netanyahu Vows to Annex West Bank Settlements
>>6085388 #7782

#7781
>>6084281 MARINES - Spray
>>6084526 pool van split from POTUS to take us to hold at a restaurant
>>6084498 dig on ROBERT HURST - Aspen Institute & Epstein black book connection
>>6084439 Why Scandinavian Banks' Clean Reputations Are Threatened By Dirty Money
>>6084418 US ARMY: Today marks THE START
>>6084387 Berto Jongman - treason Most Foul
>>6084253 Finley: America's hate crime surge is a hoax
>>6084076 Correction *AM* wrt >>6084119 As of 10:26PM POTUS' motorcade is rolling to a, so far, unannounced location.
>>6084097 for background: 16 Dec 2013 Far-right group at heart of Ukraine protests meet US senator McCain
>>6084089, >>6084112, >>6084544 anons opine as to the current flow of future happenings
>>6084060 #India's foreign affairs Ministry announces that 15 Indian security agents CPRF were evacuated from Libyan capital #Tripoli to the Indian embassy in Tunisia.
>>6084048, >>6084063 US NAVY evacuating Americans from Libya
>>6083995 France Admits There Is 'Real Collusion' Between People-smugglers and Migrant 'Rescue' NGOs
>>6083948 GOODWILL is a SCAM digs.
>>6083936 Nunes ready to send 8 criminal referrals to the AG
>>6083940 "Ukrainian to US prosecutors: Why don't you want our evidence on Democrats?"
>>6083233 (pb) Ipsos poll: 53-47 result (Aus elections)
>>6084617 #7781

Previously Collected Notables
>>6083832 #7780
>>6083013 #7779, >>6083832 #7780, >>6083013 #7779
>>6080684 #7776, >>6081440 #7777, >>6082262 #7778
>>6078394 #7773, >>6079157 #7774, >>6079903 #7775
>>6075996 #7770, >>6076790 #7771, >>6077616 #7772
>>6073537 #7767, >>6074379 #7768, >>6075193 #7769
>>6071182 #7764, >>6071963 #7765, >>6072722 #7766
>>6068777 #7761, >>6069547 #7762, >>6070383 #7763
>>6066477 #7758, >>6067250 #7759, >>6068006 #7760

Notables Archive by BO (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)

#6085447 at 2019-04-07 17:16:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7783: National Beer Day — Free Beer for all Anons Edition

Global Board Admin Announcements
>>5893788, >>5896066 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
>>5857423 BO on global notables
>>5857492 BO on "baker assist"
>>5958613 Please use PNGs or JPGs (not JPEGS) for images
>>6069810 BV's announce BO's resignation in Meta thread. All board-related decisions will be made by BV's as a group.
>>6069934 8bit, thank you for your service to /qresearch/

Notables
are not endorsements
#7782
>>6085368 Burnie Sanders demands voting rights for fellons behind bars in Iowa
>>6085255 Newsprint shortages on Cuba this weekend due to Trump's tightened Trade Embargo
>>6085223 Sen. Graham calling for US-Israel Mutual Defense Agreement
>>6085215 Heavy fighting continues around Tripolis as General Khalifa Haftar's troops progress
>>6085102 Two new studies on the accelerating race for Space Arms
>>6085087 Rhode Island's Teacher's Union opposes bill to criminalize sex with students
>>6085010 Italy moves to seize country's gold from Central Bank
>>6084994 Facebook planning to build Underwater Ring of data cables around Africa?
>>6084965 Fresh from the 4am talking points? Dan Rather & fake news re-running "Immigrants are animals"
>>6084897 Total power black-out in Sudan, power restoration in still progress
>>6084868 Yoshihide Suga preparing to be next PM of Japan? Will meet with Pence in May.
>>6084829 9th round of U.S.–China trade talks concluded smoothly
>>6084803 China to revise laws & regulations governing foreign investment
Change of Baker
>>6084741 An update on the plight of Julian Assange.
>>6084724 Netanyahu Vows to Annex West Bank Settlements
>>6085388 #7782

#7781
>>6084281 MARINES - Spray
>>6084526 pool van split from POTUS to take us to hold at a restaurant
>>6084498 dig on ROBERT HURST - Aspen Institute & Epstein black book connection
>>6084439 Why Scandinavian Banks' Clean Reputations Are Threatened By Dirty Money
>>6084418 US ARMY: Today marks THE START
>>6084387 Berto Jongman - treason Most Foul
>>6084253 Finley: America's hate crime surge is a hoax
>>6084076 Correction *AM* wrt >>6084119 As of 10:26PM POTUS' motorcade is rolling to a, so far, unannounced location.
>>6084097 for background: 16 Dec 2013 Far-right group at heart of Ukraine protests meet US senator McCain
>>6084089, >>6084112, >>6084544 anons opine as to the current flow of future happenings
>>6084060 #India's foreign affairs Ministry announces that 15 Indian security agents CPRF were evacuated from Libyan capital #Tripoli to the Indian embassy in Tunisia.
>>6084048, >>6084063 US NAVY evacuating Americans from Libya
>>6083995 France Admits There Is 'Real Collusion' Between People-smugglers and Migrant 'Rescue' NGOs
>>6083948 GOODWILL is a SCAM digs.
>>6083936 Nunes ready to send 8 criminal referrals to the AG
>>6083940 "Ukrainian to US prosecutors: Why don't you want our evidence on Democrats?"
>>6083233 (pb) Ipsos poll: 53-47 result (Aus elections)
>>6084617 #7781

Previously Collected Notables
>>6083013 #7779, >>6083832 #7780
>>6080684 #7776, >>6081440 #7777, >>6082262 #7778
>>6078394 #7773, >>6079157 #7774, >>6079903 #7775
>>6075996 #7770, >>6076790 #7771, >>6077616 #7772
>>6073537 #7767, >>6074379 #7768, >>6075193 #7769
>>6071182 #7764, >>6071963 #7765, >>6072722 #7766
>>6068777 #7761, >>6069547 #7762, >>6070383 #7763
>>6066477 #7758, >>6067250 #7759, >>6068006 #7760

Notables Archive by BO (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)

#6085388 at 2019-04-07 17:11:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7782: Nunes will be remembered as a Great American Hero Edition

Last Call for Notables #7782
Baking in around 700

>>6085368 B. Sanders demands voting rights for fellons behind bars in Iowa
>>6085255 Newsprint shortages on Cuba this weekend due to Trump's tightened Trade Embargo
>>6085223 Sen. Graham calling for US-Israel Mutual Defense Agreement
>>6085215 Heavy fighting continues around Tripolis as General Khalifa Haftar's troops progress
>>6085102 Two new studies on the accelerating race for Space Arms
>>6085087 Rhode Island's Teacher's Union opposes bill to criminalize sex with students
>>6085010 Italy moves to seize country's gold from Central Bank
>>6084994 Facebook planning to build Underwater Ring of data cables around Africa?
>>6084965 Fresh from the 4am talking points? Dan Rather & fake news re-running "Immigrants are animals"
>>6084897 Total power black-out in Sudan, power restoration in still progress
>>6084868 Yoshihide Suga preparing to be next PM of Japan? Will meet with Pence in May.
>>6084829 9th round of U.S.–China trade talks concluded smoothly
>>6084803 China to revise laws & regulations governing foreign investment
Change of Baker
>>6084741 An update on the plight of Julian Assange.
>>6084724 Netanyahu Vows to Annex West Bank Settlements

#6084868 at 2019-04-07 16:12:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7782: Nunes will be remembered as a Great American Hero Edition

Suga emerges as post-Abe possibility

The Yomiuri Shimbun
the public eye for being the face of the "Reiwa" announcement, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is becoming a focus of attention as a possible successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Campaigning for the unified local elections Saturday afternoon, Suga mentioned he had announced the new era name during a speech in front of JR Sapporo Station.

At the sound of "Reiwa," many in the crowd of over 1,000 listeners raised their smartphones in his direction. After the speech he was swamped by the public - a sign of rising Suga fever.

Since the start of Abe's second administration, Suga has seen himself as the prime minister's behind-the-scenes fixer, according to a source close to him. During the era name announcement however, the spotlight shone more on Suga than Abe.

The night before the announcement, Suga apparently practiced lifting up a frame to show the new era name's characters in the press room at the Prime Minister's Office. The paper in the practice frame reportedly had the characters for "Heisei" written on it.

Suga has used the Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs - which oversees staffing for senior ministry and agency officials - to promote policies under Abe's platform and increase his own influence within the administration.

For instance, after he suggested that cellular communications fees "could be lowered by about 40 percent" and urged major mobile carriers to lower their rates, NTT Docomo Inc. announced it would cut communication charges by 20 to 40 percent this fiscal year.

Suga also helped cut through opposition among the ministries and agencies to the administration's plan to successfully revise the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law in order to increase the number of foreign workers.

He plans to visit the United States in May to meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, expanding his role to the diplomatic stage.

Suga, 70, has emphasized he is "not thinking at all about becoming prime minister."

However, there is a precedent - Keizo Obuchi was the chief cabinet secretary who had announced "Heisei" as the current era name, and he went on to become prime minister.

Liberal Democratic Party factions with leading "post-Abe" candidates are becoming increasingly wary of Suga's moves.
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005659147

#6000634 at 2019-04-01 04:44:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7674: 6,000,000 Posts And Counting Edition

Reiwa: Japan reveals name of new era ahead of Emperor's abdication
BY TOMOHIRO OSAKI
APR 1, 2019

"In a much-awaited moment that heralded a new chapter in Japan's history, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced Monday that the new Imperial era will be named Reiwa, taking one of the final steps toward initiating the nation's first imperial succession in three decades…

The first character represents "good fortune," while the second can be translated as "peace" or "harmony."

This was the first time that the characters chosen were taken from Japanese classical literature. Prior era names had used kanji from Chinese literature…

The new era will start on May 1, when Crown Prince Naruhito ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne following the abdication of his father, Emperor Akihito"

#5977509 at 2019-03-30 14:29:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7645: Fake MAGA Psychosis Edition

Japanese Gov't being cautious in steps for new era name
(this is going to heat up very soon-and it appears it is being done to not raise the alarm bells however, like here, there will be some who do not accept this)

Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers The government has instituted procedures to decide and announce the new era name "in a more careful manner" than those that were taken when the era name changed from Showa to Heisei 30 years ago, so that the new name can be accepted by the people without trouble.

At a press conference on Friday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, who chairs the government's council to discuss the procedures, said emphatically: "Preparations have been made for Monday [when the new era name will be decided]. We'd like to tackle the issue resolutely with a sense of tension so that the government will be able to announce the new era name without a hitch."

When it comes to the procedures, from the launching of an expert panel to the announcement of the new era name on Monday, the government will follow almost exactly in the footsteps of the procedures for choosing Heisei.
However, the time spent on the procedures will be about two hours, which is 30 minutes longer than the about 1½ hours taken for the Heisei procedures.

The experts the government is expected to seek opinions from will be confined to the Prime Minister's Office until the announcement of the new era name, to prevent the information leaking. There is the constraint of not closeting the experts for too long, but a senior government official said that the government has created an environment in which the experts can discuss the matter as carefully as possible.

Another senior government official, who attended the council to discuss the procedures, said, "[The government] achieved a balance at the eleventh hour."
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005641923

#5872029 at 2019-03-25 00:17:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7512: The MELTDOWN Edition

Japan and Germany do not recognize "Israeli" annexation of the occupied Syrian Golan

Japanese Yoshihide Suga Chief Cabinet Secretary said that his country's stance regarding the occupied Syrian Golan has not changed after the biased statements of the US President Donald Trump to the side of the Israeli occupation entity.
Suga said in statements broadcasted by Japanese TBC TV that the policy of the government has not changed and the Japanese stance does not recognize the "Israeli" annexation of the occupied Syrian Golan.
In the same context, German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, renewed his country's stance affirming that Golan is a Syrian land occupied by "Israel", slamming Trump's statements on the occupied Syrian Golan.
German Magazine of Contra quoted Maas as saying that Germany's stance towards this issue has not changed and it does not recognize the resolution on annexing Golan to "Israel" in accordance to UNSC resolutions, stressing that Golan is part of Syria.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=161635

#5238684 at 2019-02-18 07:20:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6694: Most Impressive Edition

Japanese cabinet spokesman mentions heated exchange of views between Kono, Lavrov
World February 18, 10:00 UTC+3
According to the Japanese official, it was a frank discussion

TOKYO, February 18. /TASS/. There was a frank though sometimes heated exchange of views between the Japanese and Russian foreign ministers during their recent meeting in Munich, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference in Tokyo on Monday.

"The parties continue talks feeling the weight of national interests, so sometimes a heated exchange of views was taking place [at the Munich meeting]. However, it was a frank discussion," he said.
There was a substantive exchange of views aimed at finding a mutually acceptable solution," the Japanese cabinet spokesman pointed out. "We will continue persistent talks in accordance with our commitment to making a peace treaty [with Russia], resolving the territorial dispute," Suga added.

On February 16, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono agreed that their deputies Igor Morgulov and Takeo Mori would hold consultations on the peace treaty issue in the coming weeks.

Kono told reporters later that Sergey Lavrov's visit to Tokyo was under consideration.

Dispute over Kurils
Since the mid-20th century, Russia and Japan have been holding consultations in order to clinch a peace treaty as a follow-up to World War II. The Kuril Islands issue remains the key sticking point since after WWII the islands were handed over to the Soviet Union while Japan laid claims to the four southern islands.

In November 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Singapore and agreed that the two countries would accelerate the pace of the peace negotiations based on the 1956 Joint Declaration. The document ended the state of war and said that the Soviet government was ready to hand Shikotan Island and a group of small islands called Habomai over to Japan on condition that Tokyo would take control of them once a peace treaty was signed.

However, after Japan and the United States had signed the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security in 1960, the Soviet Union withdrew its obligation to hand over the islands. A Soviet government's memorandum dated January 27, 1960, said that those islands would only be handed over to Japan if all foreign troops were pulled out of the country.

Russia has pointed out on numerous occasions that the document does not clarify handover conditions and thus required further clarification.

Putin-Abe meeting
Putin and Abe held a meeting in Moscow on January 21. The Russian leader confirmed that Moscow was interested in signing a peace treaty based on the 1956 document. He also emphasized the need to find a solution "that would be acceptable for the people of Russia and Japan." The parties agreed to continue boosting joint economic activities on the southern Kuril Islands in the areas of aquaculture, greenhouse farming, tourism, wind energy and waste management.

Peace treaty talks
On January 14, Lavrov and Kono held talks in Moscow, which were dedicated to the peace treaty issue. The Russian top diplomat stressed that Moscow had no intention to discuss its sovereignty over the southern Kuril Islands.

More:
http://tass.com/world/1045161

#4843187 at 2019-01-21 05:24:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6182: Lunar Eclipsin Edition

Abe expects peace treaty talks with Putin to be frank
World January 21, 8:08 UTC+3
Talks between Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe are scheduled for January 22
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TOKYO, January 21. /TASS/. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expects that his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, scheduled to take place on January 22, will be frank and will allow the two countries to advance peace treaty negotiations, as Abe himself said before departing for Moscow.

"I would like to hold thorough and frank talks with President Putin and advance peace treaty negotiations as much as possible," the Kyodo news agency quoted him as saying.

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Russia's sovereignty over Kuril Islands not negotiable, says Lavrov
After his visit to Moscow, the Japanese prime minister will head to Davos, Switzerland, to take part in the 2019 World Economic Forum.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference on Monday that Tokyo "will continue to hold patient negotiations to make a peace treaty once the territorial issue is resolved." At the same time, he declined to comment on Kyodo's reports that Abe was considering signing a peace treaty with Russia on condition that Moscow provided guarantees that Shikotan Island and a group of uninhibited small islands Japan calls Habomai would be handed over to Tokyo.

Peace treaty issue
Since the mid-20th century, Russia and Japan have been holding consultations in order to clinch a peace treaty as a follow-up to World War II. The Kuril Islands issue remains the sticking point since after WWII the islands were handed over to the Soviet Union while Japan laid claims to the four southern islands. In 1956, the two countries signed a joint declaration on ending the state of war and restoring diplomatic and all other relations, however, a peace treaty has still not been reached. Moscow has stated many times that Russia's sovereignty over the islands cannot be called into question.

On November 14, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Singapore and agreed that the two countries would speed up peace treaty talks based on the 1956 declaration.

The Joint Declaration said that the Soviet government was ready to hand Shikotan Island and a group of small islands over to Japan, adding that Tokyo would get actual control of the islands after a peace treaty was signed. However, after Japan and the United States had signed the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security in 1960, the Soviet Union withdrew its obligation to hand over the islands. A Soviet government's memorandum dated January 27, 1960, said that those islands would only be handed over to Japan if all foreign troops were pulled out of the country.

more:
http://tass.com/world/1040872

#4823736 at 2019-01-19 20:48:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6157: POTUS Remarks Edition

Abe, Putin to hold joint press conference

Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to hold a joint press conference following their summit in Moscow on Tuesday, which is expected to focus on negotiations to resolve their countries' territorial row and conclude a World War II peace treaty.

"The two leaders share a strong resolve not to pass on to the next generation issues remaining [between the two countries] for over 70 years since the end of the war, but to put an end to the issues by themselves," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press conference in Tokyo on Friday.

The upcoming 25th Abe-Putin summit is expected to continue for some two and a half hours, followed by a 30-minute joint press conference.

Abe is scheduled to leave for Moscow on Monday for Tuesday's summit. He will travel to Switzerland on Tuesday to give a speech at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Wednesday

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005488698

#4474692 at 2018-12-26 17:43:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5706: "Muh Mattis is a bad goy" Edition.

Japan to resume commercial whaling in 2019, defying decades-old intl moratorium

Following years of "scientific" whaling, Japan's whalers will resume commercial operations in 2019, according to a government decision. It defies a 1986 international moratorium on hunting endangered species.

Tokyo has decided to leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC), meaning that Japanese whalers will be able to resume commercial hunting for the first time in over 30 years. Japan will officially inform the IWC of its decision by year's end and the withdrawal will come into effect by June 30.

Yoshihide Suga, chief cabinet secretary, assured the public that commercial whaling "will be limited to Japan's territorial waters and exclusive economic zones." He said the country's ships will not hunt in the Antarctic or in the southern hemisphere, which was the main source of concern for Australia.

The announcement was not surprising, as it comes after the IWC declined Japan's request to allow its fishermen to hunt minke and other whales protected by the organization. But environmentalists accused Tokyo of using a "sneaky" timing to avoid condemnation.

"It's clear that the government is trying to sneak in this announcement at the end of year, away from the spotlight of international media, but the world sees this for what it is," Greenpeace Japan said in a statement.

It warned that high-end technology led to overfishing in Japanese waters and high seas, resulting in "the depletion of many whale species." Most whale populations have not yet recovered, the NGO said, adding that the list includes "larger whales such as blue whales, fin whales and sei whales."

From a technological point of view, modern-day whaling involves using explosive harpoons. The projectile is typically launched from cannon, penetrating the whale's hide and exploding. Whalers usually target the head of a whale, inflicting heavy brain damage and knocking the giant mammal out, or instantly killing it.

https://www.rt.com/news/447403-japan-resumes-commercial-whaling/

#4194897 at 2018-12-07 10:32:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5342: Sit Back And Enjoy The Show Edition

The shit is hitting the fan for vthe people's water in Japan…
Watch the water
Thanks Abe!
Diet enacts contentious law allowing private firms to take charge of Japan's water supplies
The Diet on Thursday enacted a controversial law allowing private companies to run water supply services as many public suppliers fall into the red and struggle to update aging facilities amid a shrinking population.

But critics are worried that the revised Water Supply Act, which paves the way for local governments to sell the rights to manage water services for as long as 20 years, will effectively lead to privatization, a move that could lead to higher water bills and prove unsuitable for coordinating reliable responses in times of disaster.

According to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, one-third of municipal governments managing water supply services were unable to cover operating costs with water bills, and the situation is expected to worsen further due to the declining population.

In the year through March 2017, 15 percent of the total water pipes in use had exceeded the maximum durable life of 40 years set by law. At the current pace of replacement, it will take 130 years to complete the renovation of all pipes. The law will encourage cooperation among local governments and introduce the concession system - a private finance initiative in which facilities owned by public entities are run by the private sector.

Six governments including Miyagi Prefecture and the city of Hamamatsu are already considering introducing the system.

In other countries, privatization of water supply businesses has often led to higher bills and poorer water quality. According to a survey by a private Dutch research group, at least 267 cities in 33 countries decided to resume public water services after privatization.

According to Yoshiki Seki, a professor of environment policy studies at Takushoku University, water bills tend to rise after privatization as distribution facilities are often monopolized by the supplier.

Paris concluded a concession contract in 1984 with major French water suppliers Veolia and Suez, but water bills saw an over threefold increase over about 25 years, according to Seki.

Opposition parties criticized the welfare ministry for not studying the law's potential impact well enough, arguing it has researched only three cases abroad of privatized water supply services that eventually returned to being public.

Mizuho Fukushima of the opposition Social Democratic Party also claimed the government is engaged in "unfair practices" because a female policy research member in the Cabinet Office's unit dealing with the matter was seconded from the Japanese arm of Veolia.

The opposition camp argued the government "is trying to sell off (public) water businesses for the profit of a foreign company."

A woman in her 70s who joined a citizens' rally against the legislation said the de facto privatization of public facilities is "problematic as taxpayers' money has been spent on them."

"We should not seek efficiency in matters which are directly linked to our lives," she said of the privatization push.

Prior to enactment, the bill cleared the House of Councilors on Wednesday, and the ruling bloc railroaded it through a Lower House panel later in the day.

During a news conference Thursday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga defended the enactment of the law.

"This is designed to strengthen the foundation for government-private sector collaboration and wide-area cooperation to provide safe water in a stable manner," Suga said.

The legislation is also designed to "prevent a sharp hike in tap water charges" and secure sustainability of the system," he said.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/06/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-enacts-contentious-law-allowing-private-firms-take-charge-water-supplies/#.XApLftszbxU

#4192393 at 2018-12-07 05:19:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5339: Optics Getting Obvious Edition

Japan government to shun Huawei, ZTE equipment: sources

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to ban government purchases of equipment from China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp to beef up its defenses against intelligence leaks and cyber attacks, sources told Reuters.

Chinese tech companies are under intense scrutiny from Washington and some prominent allies over ties to the Chinese government, driven by concerns they could be used by Beijing for spying.

A government ban in Japan will come after Huawei has already been locked out of the U.S. market and after Australia and New Zealand have blocked it from building 5G networks. Huawei has repeatedly insisted Beijing has no influence over it.

The Yomiuri newspaper, which first reported the news of Japan's planned ban earlier on Friday, said the government was expected to revise its internal rules on procurement as early as Monday.

The government does not plan to specifically name Huawei and ZTE in the revision, but will put in place measures aimed at strengthening security that apply to the companies, a person with direct knowledge and a person briefed on the matter said.

Japan's chief government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, declined to comment. But he noted that the country has been in close communication with the United States on a wide range of areas, including cybersecurity.

"Cybersecurity is becoming an important issue in Japan," he told a regular news conference. "We'll take firm measures looking at it from a variety of perspectives."

ZTE declined to comment. Huawei did not immediately comment.

Huawei supplies some network equipment to private Japanese telcos NTT Docomo and KDDI Corp….

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-china-huawei/japan-government-to-shun-huawei-zte-equipment-sources-idUSKBN1O600X?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

#3793903 at 2018-11-08 04:01:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4821: Fingers Crossed Edition

Vice President Pence to visit Japan Nov 12-13: Suga

>FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during an event hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump with workers on "Cutting the Red Tape, Unleashing Economic Freedom" in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

>TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will visit Japan on Nov. 12 and 13, Japan's top government spokesman said on Thursday.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that Japan and the U.S. would reconfirm their cooperation over North Korea and other issues during Pence's visit, although economic dialogue would not be on the agenda.

Pence will be stopping over in Japan during a visit to Asia for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum being held in Papua New Guinea.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-Suga-idUSKCN1ND08Z

#3579846 at 2018-10-24 01:22:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4542: Make America Nationalist Again Edition

>>3579818
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that he was "relieved" that a Japanese hostage believed to have been captured in Syria three years ago had been released, but added that the government still needed to confirm the man's identity.

Late on Tuesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tokyo had received information that a man believed to be Jumpei Yasuda, a freelance journalist, had been released. He said the government had notified Yasuda's wife, but still needed to confirm his identity.

Speaking to reporters, Abe also thanked Qatar and Turkey for their cooperation in the hostage's release.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-japan-hostage/japan-pm-abe-relieved-at-hostages-release-but-wants-to-confirm-identity-idUSKCN1MY041?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29

#3508725 at 2018-10-17 14:32:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4449: We Are The Plan Edition

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/17/national/politics-diplomacy/japanese-government-takes-steps-okinawa-blocking-u-s-base-landfill-work/

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The Japanese government takes steps against Okinawa blocking U.S. base landfill work

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The central government has requested that the land ministry review and invalidate the Okinawa Prefectural Government decision that forced a suspension on relocation work for the controversial U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

"We still hope to realize an early (base) relocation to the Henoko area and the return of (land occupied by) Futenma Air Station," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference Wednesday.

The landfill work was approved in 2013 by then-Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima, but his successor, Takeshi Onaga, who died in office in August, revoked the approval in 2015. In a court battle that followed, the revocation was found to be illegal and Onaga rescinded it in late 2016.

But on Aug. 31, Okinawa Prefecture again retracted the landfill work approval as instructed earlier by Onaga, citing illegality in the relocation work procedure. The base construction has been on hold since.

The government is seeking to relocate the U.S. base's operations from a crowded residential area of Ginowan to the less-populated coastal district of Henoko in Nago based on the Japan-U.S. agreement in 1996. Japan chose Henoko as the replacement site in 1999.

Way more going on here. Anyone stationed here previously should have more to say with this.

#2305345 at 2018-07-27 03:14:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2904 Blue Wave a Fading Memory Edition

Since Japan was mentioned and because so many here believe Kan is /our guy/, here's some info that might interest.

Abe switches from business dinners to lunches after criticism over drinking party during heavy rain warnings

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is refraining from holding business dinners after public criticism over a drinking party he attended with colleagues as heavy rain warnings were issued for areas in western Japan earlier this month.

Photos of the party on the night of July 5, including one showing a smiling Abe surrounded by dozens of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, were posted on Twitter, triggering a public backlash. The downpours through the following few days caused severe floods and landslides, and claimed the lives of more than 200 people.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/26/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-switches-business-dinners-lunches-criticism-drinking-party-heavy-rain-warnings/?utm_source=Daily+News+Updates&utm_campaign=be58b858e1-Friday_email_updates27_07_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c5a6080d40-be58b858e1-333418489

Japan has no interest in trade deal with just U.S., top government spokesman says

One of Japan's top policymakers has indicated that the government will continue to resist U.S. efforts to create a bilateral free trade agreement between the two nations.

"Japan is not going to do anything with any country that harms the national interest," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. "With FTA negotiations too, we'll handle them in that way."

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/23/business/japan-no-interest-trade-deal-just-u-s-Yoshihide-Suga/?utm_source=Daily+News+Updates&utm_campaign=704e053680-Tuesday_email_updates24_07_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c5a6080d40-704e053680-333418489

#1381282 at 2018-05-12 05:54:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1731: Kill Them With Research Edition

Japan trying to arrange Abe-Trump talks before US-North Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Abe hopes to hold talks with Trump on the fringes of the Group of Seven summit in June.

The Japanese government is making arrangements for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet US President Donald Trump ahead of a landmark US-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12, government sources said Friday.

As leaders from the Group of Seven industrialised nations are expected to gather in Canada on June 8 and 9, Abe hopes to hold talks with Trump on the fringes of the summit and coordinate efforts toward resolving issues related to Pyongyang, the sources said.

Abe is expected to ask Trump to push North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to address the long-standing issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s, the sources said.

Abe has placed priority on resolving the abduction issue.

Following the return to the United States of three US citizens detained by Pyongyang, Abe said the Trump-Kim summit will lead to progress on the Japanese abduction issue.

"It would be better [for the two leaders] to meet, and they will likely do so," a Japanese government source said.

The prime minister also hopes to reaffirm the need to press Pyongyang to abandon its weapons of mass destruction, including biological and chemical weapons, and missiles of all ranges.

Asked about the possibility of a Japan-US summit, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the top government spokesman, told a press conference Friday that Japan aims to convey its stance and throw its support behind the United States.

Speculation has emerged that Trump may visit Japan to brief Abe about the outcome of his meeting with Kim in Singapore.

Trump said Thursday he plans to meet Kim on June 12 in Singapore in what will be the first ever summit between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader.

Recent weeks have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity since the historic April 27 inter-Korean summit, when South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim agreed to pursue complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.

Japan, China and South Korea agreed in a trilateral leaders' summit on Wednesday in Tokyo that they will work toward the peninsula's denuclearisation in a rare show of unity.

http:// www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2145820/japan-trying-arrange-abe-trump-talks-us-north-korea-summit

#829492 at 2018-03-29 10:11:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1029: The REAL Russian Collusion II Edition

TOKYO
Japan has sounded out the North Korean government about a bilateral summit, and Pyongyang has discussed the possibility of a leaders' meeting with Japan, Japan's Asahi newspaper said on Thursday.
The government of Kim Jong Un has informed leaders of North Korea's ruling Korean Workers Party of the possibility of a summit with Japan, the newspaper said, citing an unidentified North Korean source and briefing papers.
"The Japanese government has expressed a wish to host a leaders meeting, via the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan," or Chongryon, Pyongyang's de facto embassy in Japan, the Asahi quoted the North Korean briefing papers as saying.
The Japanese government said it had been in touch with the North but declined to offer specific comment on the report.
"We have been communicating with North Korea through various occasions and means such as a route via our embassy in Beijing, but I would like to refrain from going into specifics," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference.
A Chongryon spokesman in Tokyo declined to comment on the Asahi report.