election 2019 – Tokyo Review

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...

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...

Japan's upcoming election is unlikely to shake Shinzo Abe's grip on power - but the united front shown by the opposition parties...

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