Rob Fahey, Waseda University

Rob Fahey is a PhD researcher at Waseda University’s Graduate School of Political Science. Follow him on Twitter at @robfahey

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Divisive and Pointless: The DP’s Internal Battle over Nuclear Policy

Rob Fahey, Waseda University March 8, 2017

Still struggling to establish a coherent identity and platform in the wake of its...

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The End of the Iron Triangle and What it Means for Japanese Politics

Rob Fahey, Waseda University March 1, 2017

When it emerged last month that the Education Ministry, MEXT, had intervened to help...

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Japan's Worsening Social Divide: A Looming Political Risk

Rob Fahey, Waseda University February 21, 2017

Around two and a half thousand years ago in Greece, Socrates despaired of young...

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Building a Relationship with Trump is Abe’s Only Strategic Option

Rob Fahey, Waseda University February 10, 2017

For the past 70 years, the only strand of diplomacy and foreign relations that...

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Koike Challenges Tokyo’s LDP, Creating a New Kind of Opposition Politics

Rob Fahey, Waseda University February 3, 2017

Less than 6 months since her sweeping victory in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, Yuriko...

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Killing the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg? The Anti-Conspiracy Bill and the Future of the LDP-Komeito Coalition

Rob Fahey, Waseda University January 27, 2017

The shadow of Trump looms large over 2017’s first session of the Diet, a...

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Don't Play into the Activists' Hands on the Comfort Women Issue

Rob Fahey, Waseda University January 18, 2017

Given the pressing issues facing East Asia, it can be baffling to outside observers...

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Why Is Shinzo Abe's Protege Being Used as a Trial Balloon?

Rob Fahey, Waseda University January 12, 2017

When Tomomi Inada was appointed as Minister of Defence in last summer’s Cabinet reshuffle,...

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Tokyo’s Tough New Governor is Picking all the Right Battles

Rob Fahey, Waseda University December 12, 2016

Yuriko Koike used to be the next prime minister of Japan. As her political...