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79Media“Left-Handed Girl” review
The adult world glimpsed through—or better yet, juxtaposed with—children’s eyes is brutally honest. What is it about grandparent-grandchild relationships? They might be...
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181SocietyMigrant labor in an aging agricultural sector
Just last year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) published a report that indicated a decrease in “core agricultural workers,”...
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636SocietyForeigner fatigue and Japan’s new populism
Japan’s new government under Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and its partnership with the populist Japan Innovation...
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347Media“Bring Him Down to a Portable Size” review
The question of ego might be best answered in the portrayal of one’s (imaginary) nemesis. During their stage greeting at the 38th...
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703SecurityTaipei is watching Takaichi’s standoff with Beijing
Taiwan is back at the center of Sino-Japanese relations after Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae told the Diet last week that a Chinese...
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470PoliticsThe center’s self-defeating politics
As Japan’s far-right gains political and ideological force, can the center hold? It is a familiar question, one that is now rapidly...
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717SocietyJapan’s suicide rates decline, but risks persist for youth and women
For much of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Japan faced persistently high suicide rates. According to the Ministry of Health,...
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773PoliticsThe future of the LDP-Ishin partnership
Japanese politics has hit a major inflection point. Takaichi Sanae has become the first woman to be named prime minister. The ruling...
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880SecurityJapan’s accelerated defense timeline
Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s decision to move Japan’s defense-spending target of two percent of GDP two years earlier—from fiscal 2027 to the...
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492Media“Black Box Diaries” review
Itō Shiori, the Japanese #MeToo trailblazer who regrettably never was. A conspiracy-thriller-adjacent documentary of her 8-year journey as a sexual assault survivor,...
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358MiscellanyIt’s been a while
When Tokyo Review was founded eight years ago, its founders had two goals. The first was to elevate the standard of analysis...
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2.6KPoliticsHow realistic is a “Grand Coalition”?
Faced with losing its majority in both Houses of the Diet, the LDP may need new partners to allow stable governance -...