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All posts tagged "Shinzo Abe"
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1.2KPoliticsIs 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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1.1KPoliticsExplaining 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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2.3KEconomyBullet Train Diplomacy
Prime Minister Abe’s visit to India last week underlined an important economic development for Japan – the enormous interest in replicating the country’s...
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1.1KPoliticsIs Trump Still a Safe Bet for Japan?
As Donald Trump's presidency signals a new paradigm for American politics, Japan faces tough questions about the future of its most important...
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1.5KSecurityNorth Korea: Decoupling the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Tension over North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs recently took a startlingly intimate turn for residents of Japan’s northernmost prefectures, who were...
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1.2KPoliticsThe 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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4.3KEconomyWhat Now for Japan after TPP?
In recent years, the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), more an international investor’s rights agreement than a trade liberalization agreement, based...
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1.6KPoliticsUntangling Yasukuni
The complex history of Yasukuni Shrine makes it an intractable problem for Japan's foreign relations; the uneasy compromise of senior politicians avoiding...
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1.4KPoliticsCandidate Recruitment Secures the LDP’s Future
Twenty F̶o̶u̶r̶ [First Century Liberal Democratic] Party People
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1.0KPoliticsOpposition Chaos gives Abe Room to Breathe
Support for the government may be falling, but the shock resignation of the Democratic Party's top leadership shows that the crisis in...