Tokyo Review
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3.7KPoliticsTreading Carefully on Casino Resorts
The LDP begins laying the ground for a bill on a deeply unpopular issue – the opening of casino resorts, which stir...
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6.4KEconomyThe “Person Inside:” Corporate Twitter in Japan
When embattled electronics maker Sharp Corporation opened university recruiting for 2018 earlier this year, its official Twitter account called the company’s recruiting...
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8.9KPoliticsJapan’s New Politics and the Rule of Law
Recent years have witnessed Japan’s most dramatic program of legal and political reforms since the end of the Second World War, reforms...
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4.5KPoliticsOpposition Chaos gives Abe Room to Breathe
Support for the government may be falling, but the shock resignation of the Democratic Party's top leadership shows that the crisis in...
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9.6KSecurityJapan’s Maritime Strategy and the Dynamics of Denial
To paraphrase a political science aphorism, where a nation sits geographically is where it stands strategically. As an archipelago stretching over thousands...
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4.0KPoliticsBureaucrat Whistleblowers Spell Trouble for the LDP
Japan’s powerful bureaucracy has existed symbiotically with the LDP for generations; but recent scandals suggest some ministry officials are done covering for...
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Society
Where do Japan’s politicians eat?
Want to rub shoulders with Japanese politicians but don’t have a pass to the LDP cafeteria? (Too bad, you’re missing out on...
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4.9KEconomyJapan by the Numbers: Tunnel Universities
Though Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration has eschewed immigration as a solution for Japan’s labor shortage, foreign student workers are increasingly helping to...
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5.2KPoliticsAbe’s Tough Week is No Knockout Blow
Shinzō Abe faces tough polling in the wake of scandals and an electoral defeat - but the Prime Minister's grasp on power...
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5.5KMiscellanyJapan’s National Holidays: Marine Day
We're taking a break for Marine Day - but if you're interested, here's a very abridged history of this national holiday's origins.
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8.4KMiscellanyWell, Here We Are
Japan faces changes and challenges that deserve in-depth research and analysis.
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4.9KPoliticsTokyo Elections: Local Politics, National Consequences
Tokyo's elections were a stinging rebuke to the LDP government - but focusing on national consequences can overlook the local issues behind...
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