In an exclusive interview with Sankei Shimbun Newspaper on July 11th, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike expressed her desire for a female vice governor in the...
The protesters of “conspiracy law” march at the center of Kumamoto city on June 21, 2017. Japan enjoys the Freedom of Speech. Media in Japan can...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), announced plans to submit the Diet a draft new Constitution by...
A segment of the foreign English-language news media has taken up the report of David Kaye, special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right...
On Friday, June 16, the special, one-time law that allows the emperor’s abdication will be promulgated. Except for the Liberal Party, whose members left...
GENEVA, Switzerland—On the morning of June 12 here (late night Japan time), United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye presented a report...
Toshimitsu Motegi, 61, is considered a sharpest observer of the political world, and he can be frank with his views that Japan possesses strengths that...
The voice of journalism in Okinawa has long been stifled by the stridently anti-military Okinawa Times and Ryukyu Shimpo. The only two local newspapers...
The United Nations Special Rapporteur David Kaye speaks to the Japanese press in Tokyo on June 2, 2017 The United Nations Special Rapporteur continues...
East Asia is in the midst of tremendous geopolitical changes. Japanese politicians have preferred to play it safe, frustrating Japanese conservatives who see the...
The Lower House of Representatives passed on May 23 the government’s Revised Organized Crime Punishment Law, which includes the provision of a new “anti-terror law,” with...
The House of Representatives member Shinjiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party is one of the most popular politicians among younger generation in Japan. His proposal...
