Tokyo Review
All posts tagged "featured"
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5.0KElection 2024Election 2024: The Winners and Losers
Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority - with difficult negotiations among potential governing partners on the horizon, who are the winners...
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3.7KElection 2024Two key elections chart the U.S.-Japan alliance’s future
Japanese and U.S. voters going to the polls this month won't think much about each other - but both choices will be...
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3.7KElection 2024The End of the “Abe Era”?
With newly appointed leader Ishiba Shigeru facing down strident opposition from the LDP's conservative wing, this week's General Election will be crucial...
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4.4KSocietyLGBT Rights under Ishiba: Status Quo, or New Hope?
New Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has been far more positive on LGBT rights than any of his LDP predecessors - but activists...
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4.7KElection 2024Japan’s General Election is set for October 27
New Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has announced his intention to hold a snap general election: here's how that will work and what...
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4.1KPoliticsWho will be Japan’s next Prime Minister?
On September 27, the Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader - who will become Japan's next Prime Minister and lead...
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3.4KPoliticsLook Who’s Back: The CDP Leadership Race
The Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) is voting for a new leader - but three of the four candidates already led the opposition...
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5.7KSocietyA High Stakes Court Decision Looms for Trans Rights in Japan
A recent ruling by a local family court has sparked hope for many concerned about trans rights in Japan - but now...
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6.7KEconomyIndia, Japan, and the Strategic Role of Infrastructure
Infrastructure inevitably has an economic impact, but the impact can also be geopolitical, as Japan's infrastructure cooperation with India may show
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4.0KPoliticsThe LDP’s Right Wing Tries to Fill the Vacuum Left by Abe
Abe's 2022 assassination left a vacuum that his faction is still struggling to fill - and the outcome will have long-lasting effects...
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6.3KJapan as the FutureJapan as the Future: Energy & Geopolitics
While Europe and other parts of the world are facing the threat of an energy crunch resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine,...
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8.6KJapan as the FutureJapan as the Future: Demographic Crisis
Japan has been one of the first countries to experience demographic decline and how it has addressed these demographic crises can provide...