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All posts tagged "Liberal Democratic Party"
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4.8KPoliticsThe LDP’s Constitution Debate Lacks Realism
Revising Japan’s post-war constitution has been a goal of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for decades, but for most of that time...
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5.4KPoliticsIs there a Future for the LDP’s Factions?
Fukushiro Nukaga, the leader of the third-largest faction in the LDP, is to step down by mid-March to make way for new...
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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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5.4KPoliticsLDP 2018 Preview: Constitutional Amendment
The following concludes our preview of the LDP’s political landscape in 2018. We finish by looking at the prospects for constitutional amendment:...
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5.3KPoliticsLDP 2018 Preview: Party Leadership
The following is part two of our preview of the LDP’s political landscape in 2018. Today we look ahead to the LDP’s...
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6.8KPoliticsLDP 2018 Preview: Elections
The dust has finally settled from the October 2017 Lower House election as the new year begins. There were some notable changes in...
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6.7KPoliticsCandidate Recruitment Secures the LDP’s Future
Twenty F̶o̶u̶r̶ [First Century Liberal Democratic] Party People
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5.5KPoliticsImagining an Effective Opposition
Japan lacks effective and coherent political opposition - but is it even possible to imagine what that might look like?
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4.2KPoliticsOpposition Chaos gives Abe Room to Breathe
Support for the government may be falling, but the shock resignation of the Democratic Party's top leadership shows that the crisis in...