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21PoliticsThe center’s self-defeating politics
As Japan’s far-right gains political and ideological force, can the center hold? It is a familiar question, one that is now rapidly...
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311SocietyA decade of LGBT partnership systems in Japan
Ten years ago, two municipalities in Tokyo wrote history by commencing Japan’s first so-called “partnership systems” (パートナーシップ制度) to recognize LGBTQ+ couples’ relationships....
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2.2KPoliticsHow realistic is a “Grand Coalition”?
Faced with losing its majority in both Houses of the Diet, the LDP may need new partners to allow stable governance -...
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7.9KElection 2024Election 2024: The Winners and Losers
Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority - with difficult negotiations among potential governing partners on the horizon, who are the winners...
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5.9KElection 2024Two key elections chart the U.S.-Japan alliance’s future
Japanese and U.S. voters going to the polls this month won't think much about each other - but both choices will be...
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6.1KElection 2024The End of the “Abe Era”?
With newly appointed leader Ishiba Shigeru facing down strident opposition from the LDP's conservative wing, this week's General Election will be crucial...
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6.8KSocietyLGBT Rights under Ishiba: Status Quo, or New Hope?
New Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has been far more positive on LGBT rights than any of his LDP predecessors - but activists...
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7.4KElection 2024Japan’s General Election is set for October 27
New Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has announced his intention to hold a snap general election: here's how that will work and what...
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6.8KPoliticsWho will be Japan’s next Prime Minister?
On September 27, the Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader - who will become Japan's next Prime Minister and lead...
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5.6KPoliticsLook Who’s Back: The CDP Leadership Race
The Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) is voting for a new leader - but three of the four candidates already led the opposition...
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6.3KJapan as the FutureJapan as the Future: The Harbinger’s Curse
On many contemporary challenges, Japan is the world's harbinger state, being the first to face issues that eventually become global problems -...
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5.3KPoliticsAbe’s Assassination One Year Later: An Ambiguous Legacy
Few of Japan's postwar prime ministers were as ambitious or as controversial as Abe Shinzo, but despite his ambition his legacy remains...