A fifth election victory for Shinzo Abe doesn't change the obstacles which stand in the way of constitutional revision or other major...
With the campaign for the 2017 House of Representatives election now firmly behind us – it ended sharply at midnight on Saturday,...
With only days to go before Japan's 2017 General Election, we assess the state of the parties and how the election seems...
The disintegration of the Democratic Party threatened to end Japan's fragile liberal political alliance - but the CDP offers hope for its...
A couple of weeks ago, we ended our editorial on the forthcoming snap election with a line that came, we confess, from...
The main parties in Japan's 2017 Election have quite different approaches to solving the country's looming demographic problem; which do voters prefer?
As another worker's death is ruled 'karoshi' - death by excessive overwork - the government seems to be at a loss as...
Japan’s style of election campaigning is often commented upon – usually somewhat disparagingly – by foreign visitors to and residents of the...
When Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike unveiled her new Kibō no Tō (“Party of Hope”) on September 27, there was immediate buzz about...
Last week, Taiki Masuda was fined ¥150,000 by the Osaka District Court, for the crime of conducting “medical practices” without a medical...
With this month’s snap election in Japan now set to feature a showdown between two major conservative parties, the Asia-Pacific region is...
When three ex-members of Japanese superstar group SMAP last month announced their first media appearances after quitting their draconian talent agency, they chose...