The LDP secured 261 seats on its own in the 465-member house, a comfortable margin over the 233 seat parliamentary majority benchmark, even without its primary...
Voters gave fewer seats to the Japan Communist Party, which wants to dissolve the imperial system, the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty.
To deliver his promise of “a new form of capitalism” after winning the election, Fumio Kishida should focus on reform, rather than embroil the government in...
Narrowing the income gap is important, but the virtuous cycle of growth and distribution can be achieved only if a pie exists for distribution.
If Kishida is chosen prime minister again after the October 31 elections, he should immediately take away the Minister of Infrastructure, Land, and Transportation post from...
“Without a fresh breeze the LDP will lose its vitality,” Takaichi said, explaining her decision to run for president of the ruling party.
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...
One Japanese official warned that, given the removal of the range cap, from now on South Korea can have missiles with a range sufficient to cover...
Straight out of a health-related break, the Tokyo governor, with a 64% approval rating, did the rounds on the very last day of campaigning.
Forty-four Japanese researchers have taken part in China’s “Thousand Talents Plan,” while others receiving billions of Japanese yen have taken up key positions in Chinese military...
Most Japanese (and U.S.-Japan alliance supporters in the United States) think it is about time to demonstrate the presence of public officials on the islands as...
What are Japan’s most pressing challenges in the coming months and how will the Suga government respond to them?
