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Book Review: The Appropriated State

Amidst recent doubts regarding Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s political future, Koichi Nakano, professor of political theory at Sophia University and a leading...

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Who Will Lead Japan after September?

Japan has no national elections scheduled in 2018, but there is one highly consequential vote on the calendar – the LDP’s internal...

Toward a New Era of Revolving Door Prime Ministers?

The recent revelation that the Ministry of Finance doctored documents presented for Diet testimony has put the Abe administration in hot water,...

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Troubling Times for the Abe Children

For the “Abe Children”, those members of the LDP who have been elected under the leadership of Shinzo Abe, the Moritomo Gakuen scandal...

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Abe vs. Aso: The Moritomo Scandal Divides the LDP

After smoldering for over a year, the Moritomo Gakuen scandal this week ignited into a conflagration that may swallow the careers of...

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The LDP’s Constitution Debate Lacks Realism

Revising Japan’s post-war constitution has been a goal of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for decades, but for most of that time...

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Déjà Vu All Over Again in Okinawa?

The victory of LDP-backed Taketoyo Toguchi in Okinawa’s Nago City mayoral election has drawn a wide range of interpretations. Some suggest that...

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Is there a Future for the LDP’s Factions?

Fukushiro Nukaga, the leader of the third-largest faction in the LDP, is to step down by mid-March to make way for new...

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2018 Preview: The Opposition

2017 was a tumultuous year for Japan’s political opposition. The Democratic Party all but collapsed after newly-elected leader Seiji Maehara dramatically announced...