The result of party elections in Japan is usually predictable. Find out why this one’s not.
The winner in the election for Liberal Democratic Party will also lead the nation. Here’s how they would continue or change Japan.
Suga took over as prime minister in the midst of the challenging COVID-19 pandemic. He navigated Japan through a foreign policy minefield, vaccine rollout and delayed...
~~ As 2020 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan forward this year. While SARS-Cov-2 the virus...
Shinzo Abe, who resigned as Prime Minister in September, has once again begun stepping up his activities in the political arena and conducting some...
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election, which saw Yoshihide Suga elected in a landslide victory of 377 votes out of 534, took place in Tokyo...
As soon as Shinzo Abe announced on August 28 his intention to resign suddenly, many media outlets have carried out opinion polls to get a sense...
The strategic community in China is currently closely observing the swing political narrative that is fast emerging post Shinzo Abe’s resignation. What are Beijing’s expectations...
(First of two parts.) Part 2: The Man on Shinzo Abe’s Side: Yoshihide Suga, Top Bet for Japan’s Next Prime Minister On August 28, Shinzo...
A wholesale reshuffle of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet, announced on September 11, produced a lineup made up of staunch Abe allies and...
June Teufel Dreyer The Chinese are fond of referring to their relationship with border states as “as close as that of lips...
China's aircraft carrier Liaoning (C) takes part in a military drill of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018....