JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has embarked on a high-profile business trip to Southeast Asian countries and Australia to strengthen trade, security, and other regional cooperation.
But while he held talks with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney, ocean activists say there is something amiss in the meeting as whale hunting in the Southern Ocean was not included in the agenda.
Whaling in the Antarctic has strained diplomatic ties between Australia and Japan. The International Court of Justice ruled in 2014 that Japan’s whaling program is unlawful and therefore it must cease once and for all. The Federal Court of Australia also told Japan to stop its massive whaling in the region.
Despite the rulings, however, Japan ignored them and practically turned deaf ears to global condemnation.
For one thing, whaling is uniquely Japanese, a tradition that dates back since time immemorial – a cultural tradition that only Japanese can understand.
Chris Burgess wrote in The Asia-Pacific Journal  an analogy comparing between Japan and whales.
He said to deny Japan from whaling is tantamount to denying Japan’s existence, an insult to its national pride and identity.
Speaking of Japanese-ness, whaling is not an isolated case that Japan has blatantly misunderstood.
Take for instance the demand for apologies for its wartime past. Japan withheld apologies and if it did, the form and content are rather ambiguous.
Japanese prime ministers have acknowledged the pains and sorrows wars have inflicted to hundreds or thousands of victims, but the nation’s officials continue to visit the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respect to war criminals.
SEE ALSO: Japan, S. Korea ‘comfort women’ feud flares amid Pyongyang missile fears
The comfort women’s issue is another thing.
Survivors have demanded apologies and compensation, but Japan strongly denied forcing women into sex slavery — besides hasn’t Germany or America done it too?
Japan has been condemned by its Asian neighbours for glossing over wartime crimes yet it continues to rewrite schools history textbooks extolling its military past. Japan claims innocence to fingers pointed at him as if Japan is simply maligned with impunity.
Simply put, Japan and whales are inseparable. Whale is a delicacy bringing back nostalgia of home and childhood, as Rupert Wingfield-Hayes wrote in BBC News, Tokyo.
To the Japanese, ethics and morality on meat-eating are practically relative and arbitrary the same way Australians slaughter kangaroo for its meat or how British cook adorable rabbits for a hearty meal, or how Americans make a burger out of a holy cow.
For the Japanese, meat means whale. Could there be a deep chasm between eastern and western thought in regard to being a carnivore?
What Japan might have overlooked is the scale and magnitude of its whale hunting. Japan hunts for 333 mink whales each year traversing and trespassing international waters and marine sanctuaries.
SEE ALSO: Obama urged to pressure Japan to end whaling
Following the release of the Academy Award-winning documentary, The Cove (2009) , which showed the brutal whale slaughter turning waters into blood red, Taiji has become ground zero for local and international activism. Taiji is a town located in Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture.
The film brought global awareness on how fishermen round up some 1,000 dolphins a year to sell to marine parks or kill for meat.
In response to it, Megumi Sasaki produced a documentary film, A Whale of a Tale , in an attempt to shed light on the juxtaposition of contrast between Japanese and non-Japanese thoughts in regard to whale.
Her film, however, did not get as much attention as The Cove.
Japan did not sail to international waters to hunt for whales, not until 1934 , eventually ending up to Antarctica. The nation’s confidence was boosted with its advancing technology including the introduction of steam ships and grenade-tipped harpoon guns. Further, whales helped keep Japanese citizens fed both during and after World War II.
Just like its display of military might in the heydays of territorial expansion, the Japanese whaling fleet commands strength and fearless dominion over international waters.
Confrontation at Sea
The Sea Shepherd has been in the media spotlight, unfazed with the Japanese fleet.
The marine conservation group has launched an annual campaign to confront and send the Japanese fleet back home minus the whales.
Dramatic confrontations like adrenaline-packed action movie have taken place in high seas. The head-on clashes, however, have been said to be illegal posing risk and danger at sea.
The Sea Shepherd has been charged in a  U. S. court for its action despite its noble cause. The U. S. arm of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has agreed to pay AU$3.332 million  (US$2.25 million) to Japanese whalers for breaching a court injunction.
But just like the Japanese, who can stop the Sea Shepherd?
This year, the group dispatched two vessels to mutually bully and harass the Japanese fleet. Sea Shepherd Global vessels, the Ocean Warrior and the MV Steve Irwin, left Australia’s Southern Operations Base the first weekend of December carrying 51 crew members from eight countries.
Their goal is to intercept the Japanese fleet, which departed from Japan in late November, and prevent them from killing their self-allocated quota of 333 minke whales. This year’s campaign is dubbed as Operation Nemesis.
What else can be done?
Matt Collis of the International Fund for Animal Welfare suggested it is critical to maintain diplomatic pressure on Japan.
He said external pressure can only be successful if enough decision-makers in Japan understand the risks to Japan’s wider interests by continued whaling and start to question the wisdom of that decision.
He also noted that the main option for governments is to make strong diplomatic protests to Japan as 33 countries have already done so, including Australia, the U. S., Mexico, South Africa and all 28 EU member states, led by New Zealand.
The Japanese government needs to understand the changes that have taken place in the course of human history. This is the era where global awareness on the state of the planet has become more urgent than ever.
Part of the difficulty to stop Japanese whaling is rooted in its bureaucratic system. Japan’s whaling is government-run, a large bureaucracy with research budgets, annual plans, promotions and pensions.
If the ministry’s office in charge of whaling is downsized, it discredits the bureaucrats and politicians. For now, downsizing or demolishing the whaling section is not possible. As BBC  noted:
More activism
Activism has to continue to put pressure on Japan sending a message that time has changed.
Remember what the small neighbour South Korea did. Victims of comfort women protested every Wednesday without ceasing since the 2005 in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul.
The move was aimed at forcing the Japanese government to make public and face-to-face apology, as well as to offer individual compensation for its wartime sex crimes.
As a constant reminder, the now aged women in their 80s or 90s, supported by various civic and academic groups, put up bronze statues in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and in major cities worldwide.
The statues depict young girls who were forced to served as comfort women for Japanese soldiers during World War II. The sight has embarrassed embassy officials. Recently, these grandmothers have stroke a breakthrough.
SEE ALSO: Japan: South Korea’s WWII ‘comfort women’ to receive $90k each
The Japanese government finally caved in to their demands for formal apology and compensation. However, there is a string-attached to the compensation package. Japan asked the South Korean government to remove the statues they have erected in front of the embassies and elsewhere.
A big whale statue might not be needed to put up in front of every Japanese embassy around the globe, but a sustained pressure can send the message across: it is sad to say goodbye to whaling, but time has changed.
It is time to free the whales.
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The first prototype of a new eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier (APC) for use by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has been developed to help defeat an invasion of any in a string of Japanese held islands in the East China Sea coveted by China.
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The prototype of the recently unveiled «Wheeled Armored Vehicle (Improved)» will be the forerunner of a new class of infantry fighting vehicles that will replace the Type 96 Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier in service with the JGSDF since 1996.
Both wheeled APCs look alike to the untrained eye but it’s «under the hood» where the superiority of the new APC lies.
Japan’s Ministry of Defense said the new APC will feature improved protection against a variety of modern threats such as RPGs and IEDs (improvised explosive devices). The new machine will also be fitted with a more powerful engine and a strengthened suspension to cope with the increased weight and payloads.
Equally important is the machine’s modular design that will confer a versatility and room for future growth in capabilities compared to the Type 96.
Built by Komatsu Limited, the prototype APC can carry 11 men : three crew members and eight dismounted infantrymen.
It will be fitted with a remote weapons station mounting either a Howa Type 96 automatic grenade launcher or a .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M-2HB machine gun. These are the same weapons mounted on the Type 96.
The prototype APC is 8.4 meters long; 2.5 meters wide; is 2.9 meters high and weighs about 20 tons.
Its engine is a 10.8 liter diesel engine capable of developing 500 horsepower (372.8 kilowatts), allowing the vehicle to attain a maximum speed of 100 kilometers per hour on paved roads.
The rear compartment will be modular in nature, and mission modules can be fitted on the APC as required by the mission. In addition to the basic APC variant, a communications support vehicle and an engineering variant were shown on the video released by the government.
Trials with the prototype are expected to last until 2019. Production will follow.

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TOKYO —
Yokozuna Hakuho suffered a stunning upset, handing ozeki Kisenosato the sole lead on Sunday as the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament passed the half-way mark after eight days.
Hakuho, looking to extend his record career championship haul to 38, entered the day with Kisenosato as one of just two unbeaten wrestlers in the 15-day tourney at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan, but No. 2 maegashira Arawashi (2-6) deflected his fellow Mongolian’s lightning-quick charge and forced him out.
The loss left Kisenosato alone with an 8-0 record. Despite racking up more wins last year than any other wrestler, Kisenosato remains in the hunt for his first career championship. Although he looked extremely solid through the first week, he nearly slipped up on Sunday.
The 31-year-old ozeki survived a scare during his prolonged effort to twist Okinoumi (2-6) down. Before the third-ranked maegashira hit the dirt, the wrestlers’ centrifugal motion nearly carried the ozeki out first. Only some nimble footwork from Kisenosato allowed him to skirt the straw bales and remain undefeated.
Hakuho was joined at 7-1 by both 10th-ranked maegashira: Takanoiwa from Mongolia and Sokokurai from Chinese Inner Mongolia. Takanoiwa overpowered No. 7 maegashira Myogiryu (2-6), while Sokokurai shoved out No. 12 Daishomaru (2-6).
Komusubi Takayasu, who started the day as one of the two wrestlers in the top ranks with only two losses, was the deserved loser after a strong but unimaginative tachiai. Top-ranked maegashira Mitakeumi (5-3) was forced back to the straw with a stiff arm to his throat, but wiggled out, turned the tables on the komusubi and forced him out.
Goeido also slipped to his third loss against rival ozeki Terunofuji, who evened his record at 4-4. Despite being less mobile due to his bad knees, the Mongolian ably kept Goeido off his belt on the tachiai. Goeido responded by trying to get around his opponent but lost his footing in the process and saw his record drop to 5-3.
Kotoshogiku, a year removed from a championship here, took another step toward demotion. The ozeki looked wobbly from the start in his loss to No. 2 maegashira Shohozan (3-5), who twisted him down to his sixth loss.
After a losing record in November, Kotoshogiku needs to win six of his last seven bouts to remain an ozeki for the next grand sumo tournament in March.
Yokozuna Kakuryu made short work of sekiwake debutant Shodai, improving to 5-3 with a shove out that sent the youngster to his fifth loss.
Thirty-two-year-old “new” sekiwake Tamawashi (5-3) got the better of No. 1 maegashira Takarafuji, pulling him down to a fifth loss.
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Despite aid from the United States being put on hold, the Duterte administration has attracted close to P1 trillion in official development assistance (ODA) from economic giants China and Japan in its first seven months in office.
The record amount in ODA is expected to further increase with more commitments from other countries.
“From July 1st to now, the President has raised close to P1 trillion in ODA. And I’m only counting the amounts from China and Japan, and there’s more ODA that we have received but haven’t counted in from various countries,” Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said in a Palace statement on Sunday.
Dominguez also emphasized that he was referring to ODA alone, not trade deals.
ODA refers to both outright grants and long-term and low-interest loans given by foreign governments to support development efforts of developing countries.
Last month, US aid agency Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC), expressing concerns over extrajudicial killings amid the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, said it was putting on hold funding for a second Philippine antipoverty program.
MCC said its board had “deferred a vote on the reselection of the Philippines for compact development, subject to further review of concerns around rule of law and civil liberties.”
Its first five-year, $434-million compact with the Philippines ended in May last year.
In its statement, Malacañang said the ODA from China and Japan totaled some $18 billion (about P900 billion).
“The ODA from Japan, as announced by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is 1 trillion yen, which is equivalent to more or less $9 billion,” Dominguez said.
For the ODA from China, Dominguez said the government had already submitted the list of projects to China last November. These projects include the rehabilitation of the Agus River, irrigation facilities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and a seaport in Cebu.
“Our team is going to China in the third week of January to discuss how to make progress in the projects that we have submitted to them,” Dominguez said.
As for the assistance from Japan, Dominguez said the administration would start lining up the projects on Jan. 16 and discuss in greater detail the terms from Japan.
He said the foreign aid from China and Japan were not requested but rather voluntary offers from the two countries.
“I think they (China and Japan) are collaborating to help our country move ahead. I think they see a lot of potential in the Philippine economy, potential for our growth and potential for them to do business here,” Dominguez said.
He said the Duterte administration would still welcome ODA from other countries as long as the offers matched the government’s priorities.
For his part, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said the P1 trillion ODA from China and Japan alone in less than seven months “reflects these countries’ complete trust and confidence in the leadership of President Duterte,” as well as the strength of the Philippine economy.
“The Philippines is the fastest-growing economy in Asia based on our third-quarter performance last year. We expect to build upon this milestone this year and post even better-than-expected growth,” Andanar said.
“We are the chair of the Asean this year as it commemorates its 50th year. This and the Miss Universe pageant offer opportunities for the country to put its best foot forward and show the world that we are moving ahead with great strides,” he added.
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said earlier that with the sizable commitments from foreign countries, the economic team wanted to continue securing more bilateral ODA.
“We will borrow given the best terms and conditions. For example, if we can borrow at 0.25-percent interest rate, 40 years to pay from a bilateral source compared with 5-percent interest, 25 years to pay from a multilateral source, other things equal, then it’s a no-brainer: We borrow from the bilateral source,” Diokno said in a text message.
“The speed by which the loan will flow into the economy will also matter,” he said.
The budget chief said a bilateral ODA was both cheaper and faster to tap than a multilateral ODA.
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia said the government would prefer to borrow from “whichever is cheaper and faster.”
“The trips to China and Japan simply afforded more options,” said Pernia, who is also director general of the National Economic and Development Authority.
As bilateral ODAs are cheaper, Pernia said the government might pursue infrastructure projects through a mix of public-private partnership (PPP) and ODA or government funding.
Diokno had said the administration preferred what he called “hybrid PPPs,” in which the government would take care of the financing and the construction, while the operations would be entrusted to the private sector.
“This way, the government can take advantage of lower borrowing rates through development assistance. At the same time, it will allow the private sector to efficiently manage operations of PPP projects,” he said in a recent speech.
As domestic interest rates remain relatively low, the Duterte administration wanted to finance its programmed wider deficit of 3 percent of the gross domestic product in the next six years through a mix of 80-percent local and 20-percent foreign financing. — WITH A REPORT FROM BEN O. DE VERA

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ATAMI, SHIZUOKA PREF. – Japanese Communist Party Chairman Kazuo Shii emphasized Sunday that ongoing efforts to form a united front with other opposition parties will not be rolled back in the run-up to the next House of Representatives election.
“There will never be a backtracking. We will create a united front that will achieve a victory at any time when the Lower House is dissolved (for an election),” Shii said on the first day of the JCP’s four-day convention in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture.
He said the party’s aim will be to establish a mutual support system for unified opposition candidates in the next Lower House election and to reach an agreement on common policies with the other opposition parties to wrest power from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Executives of the Democratic Party, the main opposition force, attended the convention with executives from the Liberal and Social Democratic parties for the first time. In their addresses, they said they were ready to strengthen the opposition tie-up for the next Lower House election.
“I promise to push forward talks actively on specific efforts to make as much cooperation as possible,” DP Deputy President Jun Azumi said. “I hope (the opposition camp) will be prepared as soon as possible for the coming showdown battle.”
On the possibility of the four opposition parties drawing up common policies, Azumi said, “It would be possible to put them together in a certain width.”
Heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, chief representative of the Liberal Party, said, “Let’s establish an ever closer relationship of cooperation among the opposition parties to bring about a change of government.”
Tadatomo Yoshida, chief of the SDP, said, “We should achieve a real united front.”
A Lower House election need not be held until December 2018, but there is speculation that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may call an election sometime this year to further consolidate his power.
Shii, the JCP leader, signaled his eagerness again to promote his initiative of establishing a coalition government by the current opposition parties.
“If the opposition parties are serious about forming a united front, we cannot steer clear of the issue of a coalition government among them,” Shii said. “It would be crucially important to hammer out a forward-looking agreement.”
Regarding opposition cooperation in single-seat constituencies for the next election, Shii suggested he was willing to accept in some cases a loose cooperative form of mutual support for unified candidates instead of sticking to a more rigorous system of exchanging formal recommendations.
The convention was the JCP’s first in three years. When it winds up on Wednesday, the party plans to adopt a resolution that will serve as a near-term action plan, including the goal of capturing 8.5 million votes in the proportional representation portion of the next Lower Houser election.
On Wednesday, the JCP plans to decide on executive appointments. Shii and Akira Koike, head of the Secretariat, are expected to remain in their posts in light of the potential for an early Lower House election being called.

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FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts —
The New England Patriots are headed back to a familiar spot: the AFC championship game.
Dion Lewis had a 13-yard touchdown reception, a 98-yard kickoff return for a score, and a late 1-yard touchdown to help the Patriots hold off the Houston Texans 34-16 on Saturday night and advance to an NFL-record sixth straight conference title game.
Lewis became the fifth Patriots player to score three touchdowns in a playoff game. He’s also the first player in the Super Bowl era to score on a rush, a catch and a kick return in a postseason game.
The Patriots survived a gritty effort by the Texans’ top-ranked defense, which intercepted Brady twice. Houston’s special teams also forced a third turnover.
But the Texans couldn’t find enough traction on offense to take full advantage of the Patriots’ mistakes, settling for field goals on both of Brady’s picks.
New England led just 17-13 at the half, but pushed its lead to 24-13 early in the third quarter on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Brady to James White.
Houston’s Brock Osweiler was intercepted three times after that, and the Texans managed only a field goal the rest of game.
It was the first breakout game of the season for Lewis, who spent the first eight games of the season on injured reserve recovering from offseason surgery on his left knee.
Brady finished 18 of 38 for 287 yards and two touchdowns and was showered with chants of “MVP! MVP!” and “Brady! Brady!” late in the game. Julian Edelman was Brady’s most dependable target, catching eight passes for 137 yards.
Osweiler was just 23 of 40 for 198 yards with the two turnovers.
When New England did have the ball in the first half, it gave Houston a steady diet of Lewis early with LeGarrette Blount coming off an illness that limited him during practice this week.
Without Blount to contend with, the Texans applied pressure to Brady.
A. J. Bouye intercepted a slightly overthrown ball by Brady late in the first quarter on a pass that bounced out of the hands of receiver Michael Floyd. That led to a 27-yard field goal that cut New England’s lead to 14-6.
On the ensuing kickoff, Lewis coughed up the ball on a hit from Akeem Dent. Eddie Pleasant fell on it at the Patriots 12, and two plays later, Brock Osweiler hit C. J. Fiedorowicz from 8 yards out to cut the deficit to 14-13.
Brady only threw two interceptions during the regular season. With his 28 touchdown passes, that was the lowest touchdown to interception ratio in NFL history.
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TOKYO: Every day is the same. He wakes at 6:45 am, eats breakfast 20 minutes later and reports for work at eight o’clock sharp. But this isn’t your typical Japanese salaryman.
This man is in his 80s and he is in prison — a cage of structure and certainty that he is hesitant to ever leave.
«I don’t know what kind of life I should lead after I get out. I’ll be worried about my health and financial situation once I leave,» the inmate told AFP on condition of anonymity from Tokyo’s Fuchu Prison, where he is serving time for attempted theft.
His case is not unique: Japan is in the midst of a geriatric crime wave such that its prisons increasingly look like nursing homes.
The situation has become so dire the government approved a plan to deploy nursing care staff to about half of Japan’s 70 prisons from April, allocating a budget of 58 million yen (US$495,000).
In 2015, almost 20 percent of those who were either arrested or interrogated by police were aged 65 or older — up from 5.8 percent in 2000, according to the National Police Agency.
Most are imprisoned for petty crime such as shoplifting and theft.
The rise in senior crime is attributed to increased economic hardship, an ageing population, and pure greed, according to a 2013 report by the National Police Agency.
«It’s a problem that the work of prison officers is becoming more like nursing care,» Justice Ministry official Shinsuke Nishioka said, contrasting that with the traditional task of ensuring the incarcerated don’t escape.
Officers at Fuchu, Japan’s biggest male-only correctional house, have to change diapers for some prisoners and help them bathe.
«Older prisoners sometimes are hard of hearing,» Nishioka said. «They don’t understand instructions and they have to go to the toilet often. It’s tough. We’ll need more officers. «
As part of the plan to tackle the issue, authorities have also given the greenlight to a plan to send physical fitness experts to more prisons to cater to the needs of older inmates.
Prison life in Japan is far from easy — talking is forbidden while at work, inmates must walk single file, and bathing is restricted.
Even during rare events put on for their entertainment, they are only allowed to sit ramrod straight with their hands on their laps. Applause is generally forbidden.
Life is monotonous, and naturally restricted, yet many prefer this predictable regimen where they have shelter, food, and medical care, to life on the outside.
«At least (in prison) they have a roof over their head and guaranteed meals,» says Tina Maschi, associate professor at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service.
Yukie Kuwahara, in charge of prisoner welfare at Fuchu, said inmates tend to feel anxious as the day to leave approaches.
«They don’t have to worry about day-to-day things inside prison,» she said.
‘TOUGH ON THE OUTSIDE’
The recidivism rate for the over-65s is high: According to government data, about 70 percent of elderly offenders are back behind bars within five years.
«The reason why many older ex-convicts return to prisons is because it’s difficult for them to be financially independent,» said Akio Doteuchi, a senior researcher at NLI Research Institute.
«Securing housing and a job after going back into society is extremely difficult. And they’re isolated socially as more and more people are living alone,» Doteuchi added.
Fuchu prison offers help such as job application role-playing exercises and lectures on social security services as prisoners approach release.
Halfway houses have also been set up to help ex-convicts in their early days of freedom.
One such place — Tokyo’s Ryozenkai — provides healthy elderly ex-prisoners with computer training, classes in manners and daily dinner during their 16-week stay.
But manager Terumi Obata says that four months is far too short as he believes there is a high risk of reoffending in the first two years if people do not get proper support.
«There’s no doubt financial stability is the most crucial» challenge, Obata said.
«But helping (ex-convicts) build trust with other people and teaching them there are good ones is crucial,» he said, noting many were abused or grew up in dysfunctional homes.
Having a bridge between prison and the wider world can make all the difference.
«Life is tougher on the outside,» one ex-offender told AFP. Now in her 60s, she served 15 years of a murder sentence before being released.
«Everything has changed in society, such as mobile phones and automated ticket turnstiles» at train and subway stations, she said.
She secured a cleaning job after joining a halfway house and believes she has turned a corner in her life, vowing never to return to prison.
«I want to work more regularly so that I can pay part of the earnings to the victim’s family. «

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