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.
All posts by Michael Penn
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.
Japan Trumped: Good Corporate Citizens
Japanese leaders’ hopeless quest to talk down a madman
The Dakota Access Pipeline and Japanese Banks
Japanese activists call upon three major Japanese banks to disinvest from the Dakota Access Pipeline
Steve Bannon’s Bold Persistent Experimentation
The political stakes are extremely high in the Trump administration’s choice of economic strategy.
The Short Distance from Pearl Harbor to Yasukuni Shrine
The Abe administration gets a free ride from the Obama administration for Japanese rightwing ideology
The Link Between Hokkaido and Egypt
Foreign resident works to bring Japanese education to his native city in Egypt
Japan Trumped: A Trustworthy Man
What made Shinzo Abe so happy about his meeting with Donald Trump?
Obama Destroyed the Democratic Party
Another look at the leader who set the stage for Donald Trump.
Japan Trumped: Hoping Against Hope
The election of Donald Trump as US president pushes its alliance with Japan back close to zero.
