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Democratic Party of Japan
![Japan: Electoral Landslide With an Ambiguous Mandate Japan: Electoral Landslide With an Ambiguous Mandate](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-12-13_05-24-18.jpg)
Japan: Electoral Landslide With an Ambiguous Mandate
By Sheila A. Smith
Recession Returns to Japan
By Clint Richards
![Polls Give Abe a Bump, But Not on Collective Self-Defense Polls Give Abe a Bump, But Not on Collective Self-Defense](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-05_06-18-42.jpg)
Polls Give Abe a Bump, But Not on Collective Self-Defense
By Clint Richards
![No End in Sight for Marginalization of Japan’s Opposition No End in Sight for Marginalization of Japan’s Opposition](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-23_12-20-37.jpg)
No End in Sight for Marginalization of Japan’s Opposition
By Clint Richards
![A Taxing Time for Japan A Taxing Time for Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sizes/thumbnail/13588_527b598b6c8d4.jpg)
A Taxing Time for Japan
The government is considering a 3% hike in the consumption tax to pay for reconstruction. But will it backfire?
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Kan Needs to Attack LDP
Japan’s embattled prime minister should remind voters why they booted out the last lot.
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Kan Should Ignore Polls
Naoto Kan should ignore a new opinion poll that shows support for his Cabinet at under 20 percent.
Power Before the People?
Japan’s problems didn’t begin with the DPJ. If elections are to mean anything, a party needs a fair crack at the whip.
![Should Japan Just Relax? Should Japan Just Relax?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sizes/thumbnail/15464_527c4846586f7.jpg)
Should Japan Just Relax?
Commentators are always quick to warn of Japan’s impending demise. But are things really as bad they’re made out?
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Kan Sets 2011 Agenda
The Japanese PM has set out three principles to guide his government in the New Year. But will he choke?
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LDP Not Playing Ball
Japan’s main opposition party could ultimately harm its own interests through its relentless criticism of the government.
![Japan: What Island Dispute? Japan: What Island Dispute?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sizes/thumbnail/14911_527b63088a05f.jpg)
Japan: What Island Dispute?
Japan’s foreign minister shrugs off talk of a territory dispute with China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands.