| Foreign policy [ ] Abe and U | In December 2015, the Abe government announced the creation of a new intelligence unit, the [], to aid counter-terrorism operations, to be based in the Foreign Ministry but led by the Prime Minister's Office |
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| Abe with Argentine President, , , 21 November 2016 In January 2014, Abe became the first Japanese leader to attend India's in Delhi as , during a three-day visit where he and Prime Minister agreed to increase co-operation over economic, defense and security issues and signed trade agreements related to energy, tourism and telecoms | He visited again on 15 August 2012, the anniversary of the end of World War II, and after winning the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party, he visited on 17 October 2012 in an official capacity as party president |
Among the items to which this team raised objections were and other curricular materials "not taking into consideration the age of children", school policies banning traditional boys' and girls' festivals, and mixed-gender.
7| Abe, Shinzo 5 June 2013 | Domestic policy [ ] Abe's return to the Prime Ministership saw a renewed attempt to downplay Japan's wartime atrocities in school textbooks, an issue that had contributed to his earlier downfall |
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| The British journalist of described him as "far more right wing than most of his predecessors" | In return, Modi complimented Abe as a "phenomenal leader", noted how India-Japan relations had a "wonderful human touch" and invited him to attend the Ganga aarti ceremony at in his constituency |
There has been some division within the Abe cabinet between "fiscal hawks", such as Finance Minister Aso, who favor fiscal consolidation through spending cuts and tax increases, and deflationists, such as Abe himself, who argue in favor of a "growth first" policy that prioritises economic expansion and recovery over budget considerations using the slogan "no fiscal health without economic revitalization".
3| [], Mainichi Shimbun, 26 September 2006 | Favoritism scandals [ ] In March 2018, it was revealed that the finance ministry with finance minister at its head had falsified documents presented to the parliament in relation to the scandal, to remove 14 passages implicating Abe |
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| Modi made his first major foreign visit to Japan in autumn of 2014, where he and Abe discussed agreements on nuclear co-operation, and joint maritime exercises | A representative of the US National Security Council welcomed the statement, and referred to Japan as having been a "model for nations everywhere" in its record on "peace, democracy, and the rule of law" since the war's end |
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