Disasters South and North
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on September 8, 2018.
Tag Archives: Kansai Region
Abe May Be Cut Out of Korea Peace Talks
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 2, 2018.
Moritomo Gakuen Scandal Shakes the Abe Regime
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 12, 2018.
Abe Scandal Ends a Career and Ends a Life
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 10, 2018.
Constitutional Democrats Make All the Right Moves
If there has ever been a fresh Japanese political organization that seems to have learned deeply from the mistakes of the past and is making all the right moves, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is the one.
Today in Japan (12.03.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 3, 2017.
As Japan Restoration Party Drops, Who Rises?
Beyond Toru Hashimoto personally, the contentious comments made by the young Osaka mayor and Japan Restoration Party co-leader are having a powerful effect on the Japanese political world. To take just one poll, the Nihon Keizai Shinbun found that the 9% who had been planning to vote for this political party in the July House of Councillors election before Hashimoto and Ishihara’s comments on comfort women and prostitution has now dropped to only 3%.
