Shinzo Abe – Page 7 – Tokyo Review

Bullet Train Diplomacy

Prime Minister Abe’s visit to India last week underlined an important economic development for Japan – the enormous interest in replicating the country’s...

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Politics

Is Trump Still a Safe Bet for Japan?

As Donald Trump's presidency signals a new paradigm for American politics, Japan faces tough questions about the future of its most important...

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Security

North Korea: Decoupling the U.S.-Japan Alliance

Tension over North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs recently took a startlingly intimate turn for residents of Japan’s northernmost prefectures, who were...

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Politics

The High Cost of Running for Office

Lord Buckethead, a political candidate who ran against UK Prime Minister Theresa May in the 2017 general election, became an internet sensation...

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Economy

What Now for Japan after TPP?

In recent years, the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), more an international investor’s rights agreement than a trade liberalization agreement, based...

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Politics

Untangling Yasukuni

The complex history of Yasukuni Shrine makes it an intractable problem for Japan's foreign relations; the uneasy compromise of senior politicians avoiding...

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Politics

Candidate Recruitment Secures the LDP’s Future

Twenty F̶o̶u̶r̶ [First Century Liberal Democratic] Party People

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Politics

Opposition 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...

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Politics

Bureaucrat Whistleblowers Spell Trouble for the LDP

Japan’s powerful bureaucracy has existed symbiotically with the LDP for generations; but recent scandals suggest some ministry officials are done covering for...