Former Abe Cabinet advisor Koko Kato left the Prime Minister's Office and took on new duties as the executive director of the NPO, the...
Last August 15, on the first anniversary in the Reiwa era of the end of the war, and for the first time since his ascension...
The first election of the Reiwa era, which selected half the members of the 25th House of Councillors on Sunday, July 21, handed the ruling...
Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner Komeito won majority of the seats in the House of Councillors on Sunday, July 21,...
More than once this writer has come out with the view that the government should drop the planned consumption tax rate hike slated to rise...
The Japan-Russia peace treaty negotiations promoted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are reportedly based on an unprecedented strategic vision. In a recent speech at...
With his reelection as Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president for the third time on September 20 and his two-thirds ruling majority in both...
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) needs to urgently enact the Espionage Prevention Bill, which will allow Japan to impose severe punishments on foreign...
By Fumito Ishibashi Shinzo Abe secured a third three-year term of office in the latest leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic...
By Takao Harakawa Concerns over the rising deficit and near-doubling of foreigners covered by Japan’s lauded National Health Insurance program — the...
By The Sankei Shimbun Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also president of the Liberal Democratic Party, officially announced on Sunday,...
By The Sankei Shimbun The 73rd National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead, the last of the Heisei Era, was held on...