The posters are beginning to appear on the city walls and the various parties are accelerating their preparations. The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly elections are now only three months away, and analysts are wondering just how dominant Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will become when the contest has concluded.
How the Japanese media is influenced by big money interests to downplay the health threat of cigarette smoking
Principal Yasunori Kagoike of Moritomo Gakuen claims he was secretly given money by Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
The SNA sits down for a short, exclusive English-language interview with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike
Japanese academics and scientists argue that the Abe government is in the process of shifting the nation’s university system and its industry from a footing of peace and consumerism toward the re-formation of a military-industrial complex, which will make the society increasingly dependent on arms exports and foreign wars.
Good news for the Tokyo governor in her struggle against the local chapter of the ruling party
The unique history of the Izu Gakushu Kaikan
The Democratic Party’s labor union backers are throwing a wrench into political strategy.
Tokyo gubernatorial candidate Takashi Uesugi stops on the campaign trail to give an exclusive interview to the SNA.
The ruling party makes belated and unconvincing efforts to legislate against the rise of hate speech.
