Tokyo Review
All posts tagged "Yoshihide Suga"
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1.3KSocietyBuilding Back Better for Japan’s Women in a Post-COVID Society
The coronavirus pandemic has brought large interruptions to typical patterns of working, forcing Japanese companies to become more flexible and loosen their...
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3.3KPoliticsAre 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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2.2KPoliticsCan 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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1.1KSino-Japanese ReviewWashington’s Role in the Delicate China-Japan Balance
Welcome to installment XXII (October 2020) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...
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2.4KPoliticsLeading from the Kantei: Japan and the Quad
On Tuesday, October 6, Japan will be hosting the second Australia-India-Japan-U.S. “quad” foreign ministers’ meeting in Tokyo against the backdrop of rapidly...
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1.2KSino-Japanese ReviewSino-Japanese Diplomacy after Abe: Plus ça change?
Welcome to installment XXI (September 2020) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...
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2.7KPoliticsThe Future of Japan’s Defense Is More Complicated than it Looks
The threat of ballistic missile attacks from North Korea and the increasing Chinese incursions into the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands has reignited debate on...
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3.1KPoliticsCOVID-19, Collective Action, and Japan’s Constitution
Claims that Japan's Constitution forbids a strict lockdown are simply untrue - and such falsehoods provide support for the LDP's revision agenda.
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3.4KPoliticsTensions and Rapprochement between Japan and China
Finding economic common ground between China and Japan hasn't removed all tension between them - but both sides are working to tone...
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3.1KPoliticsAbe’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?