Tokyo Review
All posts tagged "featured"
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4.3KJapan as the FutureJapan as the Future: The Harbinger’s Curse
On many contemporary challenges, Japan is the world's harbinger state, being the first to face issues that eventually become global problems -...
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3.2KPoliticsAbe’s Assassination One Year Later: An Ambiguous Legacy
Few of Japan's postwar prime ministers were as ambitious or as controversial as Abe Shinzo, but despite his ambition his legacy remains...
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3.4KPoliticsThe LDP and Ishin no Kai – Together at Last?
While the LDP and Ishin may seem to make an ideal pair given their alignment on certain high-profile issues, there's also a...
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4.1KPoliticsCracks in the Machine: The Future of the LDP-Komeito Coalition
Though the junior partner in the coalition, Komeito has been vital in supplying votes for the LDP and bringing it closer to...
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2.9KPoliticsJapan’s Unified Local Elections: What to Watch For
Retired pitcher Matsuzaka Daisuke encourages voters in Kanagawa prefecture to vote in the unified local elections in April 2023
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3.0KSecurityWhy Japan Seeks a Security Clearance System
Though it might be an obscure step, developing an improved security clearance system would go a long way towards Japan's ability to...
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2.2KSecurityChina’s Security Architecture Raises More Questions than Answers for Japan
China's proposed Global Security Initiative may be ambiguous for now, but has the potential to create a host of new challenges for...
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5.0KSocietyHow Japan Helped Westerns Get Back in the Saddle
Japan has played a key role in the reawakening of the Western genre; from having its early pop media influenced by Westerns,...
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2.2KSino-Japanese ReviewWatching the Straits
Routine maritime transits through the Japanese archipelago should be part of any peaceful coexistence - but could also become a casus belli...
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2.7KPoliticsThe LDP’s Looming Crisis
Last year was rough for Prime Minister Kishida Fumio—four Cabinet members resigned one after another like “dominos” and his approval ratings dropped...
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3.5KSino-Japanese ReviewContrasting Pictures of Sino-Japanese Relations to Close Out 2022
Welcome to installment XLV of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that provides a...
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3.5KSino-Japanese ReviewA 50th Anniversary without Much Celebration
Welcome to installment XLIV (September 2022) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...