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All posts tagged "Shinzo Abe"
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3.0KPoliticsJapan in Asia: Values or Interests?
As Japan takes on a more proactive leadership role in Asia, the country finds itself facing a dilemma familiar to other liberal...
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Politics
Can the Trump Summit Save Abe?
Shinzo Abe returns to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President Donald Trump this week - but the high-level summit is unlikely to provide...
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3.5KSecurityJapan, 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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4.5KPoliticsAbe 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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4.3KPoliticsBook 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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8.1KPoliticsWho 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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3.6KPoliticsTroubling 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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5.9KPoliticsAbe 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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3.2KEconomyCan Japan Get the U.S. to Care about the Liberal Order Again?
Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs on steel and aluminum tariffs last week shouldn’t have been as much of a surprise as it...
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3.1KPoliticsThe LDP’s Constitution Debate Lacks Realism
Revising Japan’s post-war constitution has been a goal of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for decades, but for most of that time...
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5.8KSecurityJapan’s National Security Secretariat, Four Years On
On December 4, 2013, Japan’s National Security Council (NSC) convened for the first time. Certainly, the NSC has been an active security...
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