Pro-Abe Government Candidate Wins in Nago
This Week in Japan is your source for news and information about politics and other happenings in this East Asian island country. This episode covers the Top Five stories of the first week of February 2018.
Tag Archives: Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ)
Major GSDF Helicopter Accident in Saga
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 5, 2018.
Edano Go!
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 3, 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.
North Korea is “Nuclear Weapons State”—Wait. What?
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 1, 2018.
Japan Tobacco Wins Again
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 30, 2018.
Coincheck Hit with Business Improvement Order
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 29, 2018.
The Party of Hopeless
There is plenty of reason to believe that the Party of Hope, which is the second-largest opposition party in the House of Representatives, is not long for this world. However, it remains unclear at this moment where its collection of centrist and rightwing lawmakers will end up going.
The Death-by-Overwork Permission Bill
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 27, 2018.
“The Entire US Military is Just Crazy!”
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 24, 2018.
