Abe Shuffles Opponents and Women Out of the Cabinet
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on October 3, 2018.
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Time to Give Fox News the Boot
When is the news media not the news media? It’s when its adherence to a political ideology comes before its responsibility to inform the public about the realities of current affairs. It’s when it becomes more comfortable lying to keep a friendly regime in power than serving as a watchdog for the public interest. In that sense, Fox News has never qualified as a news organization.
TPP 11 Designed for US Return
Kazuyoshi Umemoto, Japan’s chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, says that the new pact between eleven nations has been consciously designed to facilitate the return of the United States in the future.
Finance Ministry Shows Contempt for Lawmakers
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 6, 2018.
Obama Deal Bad; Trump Deal Good
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 25, 2018.
The Coming War on Inequality
A war on economic inequality will be a central feature of the politics of the next decade.
North Korea War Gains Plausibility
It’s Donald Trump more than Kim Jong-Un who brings us a greater possibility of war.
US Democrats Enter the Trump Era
Leaders of Democrats Abroad hold a press conference in Tokyo to discuss responses to the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
How the Japan Communist Party Sees the United States
The Draft Resolution of the Japanese Communist Party 27th Congress contains valuable insights about how the global superpower is viewed by sections of Japanese political left.
The Short Distance from Pearl Harbor to Yasukuni Shrine
The Abe administration gets a free ride from the Obama administration for Japanese rightwing ideology
