Tokyo Review
All posts tagged "featured"
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9.9KSocietyJapan’s Unskilled Immigration Policy: The Worst of All Worlds
Japan's unwillingness to reform its immigration policies has led to its "technical trainee" program being used to provide cheap labor from developing...
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9.8KSociety#MeToo Hits Japan’s Most Famous Photographer
The #MeToo movement has been slow to gain traction in Japan - but now the country's most internationally well-known photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki,...
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6.5KSocietyThe Fukushima Disaster Is Far From Over
Akiko Morimatsu is a refugee from Fukushima whom I met, along with several other women like her and their children, at a...
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14.6KEconomyJapan by the Numbers: Permanent Employment
The start of April is the beginning of the new academic year in Japan, and also a key milestone for businesses and...
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5.8KSecurityJapan, North Korea, and the Trump Shock
Keeping Japan out of the loop as the United States engages with North Korea risks a deep and unpredictable impact on domestic...
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6.9KPoliticsAbe May Survive the Moritomo Scandal – But To Whose Benefit?
Despite the seriousness of the Moritomo Gakuen scandal, the odds of Shinzo Abe surviving as Prime Minister are actually good - but...
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7.3KSecurityThe LDP Weighs in on Japan’s Defense Posture
Last week, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on National Security published its formal proposal for shaping Japan’s next National Defense...
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7.8KPoliticsBook Review: The Appropriated State
Amidst recent doubts regarding Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s political future, Koichi Nakano, professor of political theory at Sophia University and a leading...
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11.8KPoliticsWho Will Lead Japan after September?
Japan has no national elections scheduled in 2018, but there is one highly consequential vote on the calendar – the LDP’s internal...
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Politics
Toward a New Era of Revolving Door Prime Ministers?
The recent revelation that the Ministry of Finance doctored documents presented for Diet testimony has put the Abe administration in hot water,...
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6.0KPoliticsTroubling Times for the Abe Children
For the “Abe Children”, those members of the LDP who have been elected under the leadership of Shinzo Abe, the Moritomo Gakuen scandal...
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12.4KPoliticsAbe vs. Aso: The Moritomo Scandal Divides the LDP
After smoldering for over a year, the Moritomo Gakuen scandal this week ignited into a conflagration that may swallow the careers of...
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