All posts tagged "Taro Aso"

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  Are Women Japan’s Hidden Conservatives?

  Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s efforts to add more women to Japan’s shrinking workforce and into managerial positions has attracted strong criticism...

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  Leading from the Kantei: Japan and the Quad

  On Tuesday, October 6, Japan will be hosting the second Australia-India-Japan-U.S. “quad” foreign ministers’ meeting  in Tokyo against the backdrop of rapidly...

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  Abe’s 2018 Cabinet Reshuffle, Explained (Part II)

  Part I of this series examined the changes made in the four LDP Leadership and 19 cabinet postings. This article offers broader...

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  Abe’s 2018 Cabinet Reshuffle, Explained

  Newly re-elected LDP leader Shinzo Abe reshuffles his cabinet - what do the new appointments say about the direction of Japan's government?

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  Local Governments Take the Lead on Social Policy

  From passive smoking to same-sex partnerships, Japan's cities and regions have lost patience with national government on social policy issues.

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  Japan Isn’t Ready for a #MeToo Moment

  The faltering of the #MeToo movement in Japan is no surprise - lacking the decades of groundwork on women's rights and consent...

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  Abe May Survive the Moritomo Scandal – But To Whose Benefit?

  Despite the seriousness of the Moritomo Gakuen scandal, the odds of Shinzo Abe surviving as Prime Minister are actually good - but...

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  Who Will Lead Japan after September?

  Japan has no national elections scheduled in 2018, but there is one highly consequential vote on the calendar – the LDP’s internal...

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  Troubling Times for the Abe Children

  For the “Abe Children”, those members of the LDP who have been elected under the leadership of Shinzo Abe, the Moritomo Gakuen scandal...

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  Abe vs. Aso: The Moritomo Scandal Divides the LDP

  After smoldering for over a year, the Moritomo Gakuen scandal this week ignited into a conflagration that may swallow the careers of...