Tokyo Review
All posts tagged "CDP"
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1.5KElection 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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973PoliticsLook 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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Election 2021
What’s Next for Japan’s Opposition?
It’s hard to imagine a worse outcome for Japan’s opposition after suffering a major blow in the general election on October 31....
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5.2KPolitics2018 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...
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4.5KPoliticsAbe’s Election Win Changes Nothing
A fifth election victory for Shinzo Abe doesn't change the obstacles which stand in the way of constitutional revision or other major...
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5.4KPoliticsElection 2017: Possible Outcomes
With only days to go before Japan's 2017 General Election, we assess the state of the parties and how the election seems...
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5.2KPoliticsSaving Japan’s Liberal Political Project
The disintegration of the Democratic Party threatened to end Japan's fragile liberal political alliance - but the CDP offers hope for its...
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4.7KPoliticsThe Unwanted Election’s Silver Lining
A couple of weeks ago, we ended our editorial on the forthcoming snap election with a line that came, we confess, from...