Tokyo Review
All posts tagged "Shinzo Abe"
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5.3KPoliticsThe 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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11.0KEconomyWhat 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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6.2KPoliticsUntangling 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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4.9KPoliticsCandidate Recruitment Secures the LDP’s Future
Twenty F̶o̶u̶r̶ [First Century Liberal Democratic] Party People
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3.3KPoliticsOpposition 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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2.9KPoliticsBureaucrat 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...
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4.0KPoliticsAbe’s Tough Week is No Knockout Blow
Shinzō Abe faces tough polling in the wake of scandals and an electoral defeat - but the Prime Minister's grasp on power...
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3.6KPoliticsTokyo Elections: Local Politics, National Consequences
Tokyo's elections were a stinging rebuke to the LDP government - but focusing on national consequences can overlook the local issues behind...