Tokyo Review
All posts tagged "election 2017"
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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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6.1KPoliticsIn Praise of Japan’s Election Campaigns
With the campaign for the 2017 House of Representatives election now firmly behind us – it ended sharply at midnight on Saturday,...
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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...
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6.1KPoliticsElection 2017: The Demographic Issues
The main parties in Japan's 2017 Election have quite different approaches to solving the country's looming demographic problem; which do voters prefer?
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5.7KPoliticsElection 2017: Candidates Take to Twitter
Japan’s style of election campaigning is often commented upon – usually somewhat disparagingly – by foreign visitors to and residents of the...
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6.1KPoliticsIs Koike’s “Hope” Already Fading?
When Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike unveiled her new Kibō no Tō (“Party of Hope”) on September 27, there was immediate buzz about...
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4.5KPoliticsElection 2017: The China Factor
With this month’s snap election in Japan now set to feature a showdown between two major conservative parties, the Asia-Pacific region is...
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7.6KPoliticsThe Failure of Japanese Politics
Last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked Japanese voters to go to the polls on October 22, the third time voters have...
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4.7KPoliticsIs Abe’s Election a Fatal Error?
Snap elections are one of the most powerful political tools at the disposal of a prime minister in a parliamentary democracy. With...
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5.3KPoliticsExplaining Abe’s Turnaround
It has been over a month since Prime Minister Shinzō Abe reshuffled his cabinet – a dramatic month for Japan’s political environment,...