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All posts tagged "LDP"
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6.2KPoliticsLDP 2018 Preview: Constitutional Amendment
The following concludes our preview of the LDP’s political landscape in 2018. We finish by looking at the prospects for constitutional amendment:...
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6.0KPoliticsLDP 2018 Preview: Party Leadership
The following is part two of our preview of the LDP’s political landscape in 2018. Today we look ahead to the LDP’s...
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7.9KPoliticsLDP 2018 Preview: Elections
The dust has finally settled from the October 2017 Lower House election as the new year begins. There were some notable changes in...
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5.1KPoliticsAbe’s Election Win Changes Nothing
A fifth election victory for Shinzo Abe doesn't change the obstacles which stand in the way of constitutional revision or other major...
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6.8KPoliticsElection 2017: Possible Outcomes
With only days to go before Japan's 2017 General Election, we assess the state of the parties and how the election seems...
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5.5KPoliticsThe Unwanted Election’s Silver Lining
A couple of weeks ago, we ended our editorial on the forthcoming snap election with a line that came, we confess, from...
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7.0KPoliticsElection 2017: The Demographic Issues
The main parties in Japan's 2017 Election have quite different approaches to solving the country's looming demographic problem; which do voters prefer?
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8.7KPoliticsThe Failure of Japanese Politics
Last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked Japanese voters to go to the polls on October 22, the third time voters have...
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5.4KPoliticsIs Abe’s Election a Fatal Error?
Snap elections are one of the most powerful political tools at the disposal of a prime minister in a parliamentary democracy. With...
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6.1KPoliticsExplaining Abe’s Turnaround
It has been over a month since Prime Minister Shinzō Abe reshuffled his cabinet – a dramatic month for Japan’s political environment,...
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9.5KPoliticsThe High Cost of Running for Office
Lord Buckethead, a political candidate who ran against UK Prime Minister Theresa May in the 2017 general election, became an internet sensation...
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8.2KPoliticsCandidate Recruitment Secures the LDP’s Future
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