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Can Abe’s China Visit get Relations Back on Track?

Japan's long-serving Prime Minister visits China for the first time this month - as U.S.-China relations nosedive, can Japan and China repair...

Part I of this series examined the changes made in the four LDP Leadership and 19 cabinet postings. This article offers broader...

Newly re-elected LDP leader Shinzo Abe reshuffles his cabinet - what do the new appointments say about the direction of Japan's government?

Media accounts present two versions of Shinzo Abe - the vindictive and frustrated nationalist, and the mellowed pragmatist. Both accounts can't be...

Shinjirō Koizumi is the LDP's most popular politician - but the charismatic young lawmaker still faces a challenging path to the Prime...

Japan's opposition leader Yukio Edano met with Bernie Sanders in Washington - but how successful can a "Sanders-style" movement in Japan actually...

The ballots are counted, and it is official: Shinzo Abe has secured a third term as Liberal Democratic Party president. At 553...

Antonio Inoki - politician, former pro wrestler and advocate for peace with North Korea - has led a complex life that tells...

While visiting his ancestral home of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi prefecture for obon, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made some strong statements about his...

August 15 marks 73 years since Japan surrendered. The hostilities initiated by Japan since 1937 killed over 30 million – a staggering...

This article is the final part of a three-part series on Tokyo Review. Part I covered the political calendar from September 2018...

This article is the second part of a three-part series on Tokyo Review. Part I covered the political calendar from September 2018...