All posts tagged "election 2019"

• 

  6.6K

  Society

  Election 2019: Empowering women, without women?

  Japan's government has put women's empowerment high on its agenda - but women remain poorly represented in politics, and that shows few...

• 

  6.4K

  Politics

  Election 2019: The Myth of Abe’s Dominance

  Shinzo Abe is Japan's most powerful post-war Prime Minister - but the real story isn't his dominance, it's how little he's been...

• 

  33.7K

  Japan Explained

  Japan Explained: The House of Councilors

  What is Japan's House of Councilors? How is this "upper house" elected and what function does it serve in Japan's parliamentary democracy?