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LDP
October 28, 2021
Japan’s General Election Gives a Rare Chance of Political Change
By Thisanka Siripala
Japan’s opposition parties have teamed up, but will it be enough to bring about a change in government?
October 07, 2021
Japan’s Kishida: A Dove in Hawk’s Clothing?
By John Nilsson-Wright
The new Japanese prime minister will find it a challenge to unite his divided party while also winning the confidence of an increasingly skeptical electorate.
August 28, 2021
Japan, Taiwan Lawmakers Discuss China Threat
By Shannon Tiezzi
The interaction between legislators was intended as the equivalent of more formal “2+2” talks.
January 12, 2021
Revisiting the Obama-Hatoyama Relationship
By Gregory Kulacki
A controversy stoked by Obama's recent memoir gives causes to look back at a troubled relationship - and what could have been.
September 09, 2020
Assessing Abe Shinzo’s Geopolitical Legacy
By Ankit Panda
A biographer of Japan’s outgoing prime minister discusses Abe’s lasting legacy on foreign affairs and trade.
June 22, 2020
Japanese Politics Rocked by Arrests Over Voter Bribery Scandal
By Thisanka Siripala
A mammoth voter buying scandal involving a former ruling LDP cabinet minister poses a challenge for the Abe administration.
May 07, 2020
Japan Should Have a Serious Debate on Revising Its Constitution—But Not Now
By Rintaro Nishimura
Shinzo Abe is right about the need for a debate, but the time is not right.
July 26, 2019
What Japan's Elections Tell Us About a Post-Abe LDP
By Mina Pollmann
The results were an indication of ballot box strength, but Abe's pending Cabinet reshuffle will be equally telling.
July 18, 2019
Japan Prepares for Upper House Elections
By Mina Pollmann
In addition to issues like constitutional reform, social questions like disabled and LGBT rights are also in the spotlight.
October 02, 2018
Abe's Art of the Deal: What the Japanese Prime Minister Won in New York
By Tobias Harris
Japan is at the heart of virtually every effort to write new rules governing the global trading system in the 21st century.
July 28, 2018
Large and in Charge: Who is Taro Aso?
By Emese Schwarcz
Controversy has surrounded Japanese Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso ever since he entered politics.
July 01, 2018
Japan’s Lessons for Malaysia
By Nithin Coca
Japan’s 2009 election experience has lessons for Malaysia’s first opposition government.
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