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All posts tagged "Shinzo Abe"
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4.9KPoliticsThe 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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3.1KPoliticsIs 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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3.4KPoliticsExplaining 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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6.8KEconomyBullet 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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2.7KPoliticsIs 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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4.0KSecurityNorth 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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4.3KPoliticsThe 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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9.9KEconomyWhat 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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5.4KPoliticsUntangling 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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4.1KPoliticsCandidate Recruitment Secures the LDP’s Future
Twenty F̶o̶u̶r̶ [First Century Liberal Democratic] Party People
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2.9KPoliticsOpposition 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...
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2.4KPoliticsBureaucrat Whistleblowers Spell Trouble for the LDP
Japan’s powerful bureaucracy has existed symbiotically with the LDP for generations; but recent scandals suggest some ministry officials are done covering for...