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All posts tagged "Shinzo Abe"
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533PoliticsKishida’s Missed Opportunity at the G20 Summit in Rome
In the last weekend of October G20 leaders met in Rome for the first in-person summit since the pandemic began. Only a...
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624Election 2021Are Japanese Voters Becoming More Extreme?
While prominent voices in Japanese politics may express nationalist views louder and more brazenly than in the past, Japan's voters haven't taken...
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815Election 2021Japan’s General Election: A Primer
On October 31, Japanese voters will elect the 49th House of Representatives after the Diet’s first full four year-term in 45 years....
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942PoliticsThe 2021 LDP Leadership Election: A Primer
As candidates for leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) officially began their campaigns on September 17, there is still much that...
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4.0KPoliticsThe Future of Japan’s Defense Is More Complicated than it Looks
The threat of ballistic missile attacks from North Korea and the increasing Chinese incursions into the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands has reignited debate on...
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13.4KPoliticsTime to Give Japan Credit for its COVID-19 Response
While other nations are praised for controlling the virus, Japan's low COVID-19 death toll is often treated as a mystery at best,...
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4.4KPoliticsCOVID-19, Collective Action, and Japan’s Constitution
Claims that Japan's Constitution forbids a strict lockdown are simply untrue - and such falsehoods provide support for the LDP's revision agenda.
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4.0KPoliticsCOVID19: What Japan Failed to Learn from Fukushima
Comparing the responses to COVID-19 and the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns shows that Japan's government learned few lessons from the disaster nine years...
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3.1KPoliticsCan Japan help to reshape the international order?
The Tokyo Global Dialogue raised tough questions about the future of the liberal order and how it should respond to both populism...
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3.7KPoliticsThe Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of Japan’s Neocons
Japan's neo-conservatives have much in common with their U.S. counterparts - but for all their political power, they have accomplished few of...
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2.8KPoliticsThe U.S. should let Japan and South Korea fix their own dispute
As the Japan - South Korea dispute continues, the U.S. should ignore its "do-something" instinct and give its partners space to handle...
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2.4KEconomyTrump and Abe’s Unsatisfying Fudge on U.S.-Japan Trade
President Trump's trade war rhetoric and threats of auto tariffs have pushed Japan into a bilateral trade deal - but it's a...