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All posts tagged "suga"
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2.3KEconomyDomestic Politics will limit Biden and Suga’s Plans
President Biden and Prime Minister Suga have high ambitions for U.S.-Japan economic cooperation - but domestic politics is a limiting factor.
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3.0KPoliticsThe U.S. can learn from Japan’s Relationship with China
Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, DC on April 16, the first meeting between these...
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3.2KPoliticsOlympics Chief Mori’s Gaffe Exposes Suga’s Weakness
Exactly twenty years ago today, on February 9th 2001, the American submarine USS Greeneville collided with a Japanese high-school training boat, the...
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3.1KPoliticsLost in Communication: Japan’s Covid-19 Information Crisis
Every year in December, Japan’s Kanji Proficiency Society announces a single kanji character as the “Kanji of the Year”. The winner in...
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5.9KPoliticsAre Women Japan’s Hidden Conservatives?
Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s efforts to add more women to Japan’s shrinking workforce and into managerial positions has attracted strong criticism...
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4.0KPoliticsCan a Universal Basic Services Plan Save Japan’s Opposition?
Japan’s largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) has unveiled plans to draft a new welfare policy which focuses...
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5.7KPoliticsJapan Needs a New Path for Womenomics and Gender Equality
The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a particular setback for Japanese women, having unraveled many gains from Abe Shinzo’s...
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4.3KPoliticsAbe’s 2018 Cabinet Reshuffle, Explained
Newly re-elected LDP leader Shinzo Abe reshuffles his cabinet - what do the new appointments say about the direction of Japan's government?