Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Announces Resignation
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of August 2020.
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Dateline Tokyo: August 2020
Dateline Tokyo, our series of short reports on major news developments in Japan, for August 2020
Abe Leadership Vanishes
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of August 2020.
Political Inaction as Covid-19 Second Wave Hits
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of July 2020.
A Cautious Reopening for Business
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of June 2020.
The End of the Covid-19 First Wave
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of May 2020.
Softening the Soft Lockdown
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of May 2020.
The Covid-19 Crisis Stabilizes
SNA (Tokyo) — The following stories were reported in the first half of March 2020 by the Shingetsu News Agency. Rolling Coverage: Covid-19 —The Sakhalin authorities have requested that the Russian central government restrict all air and sea transport connections with Hokkaido from March 5
Covid-19 Mismanagement Puts Abe Regime on the Ropes
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of February 2020.
Bread & Roses: Labor Law Takes Backwards Step in the Abe Era
Japan’s labor laws have made several several distinct steps forward since the Meiji Restoration of 1868, with workers gradually gaining a degree of protection from the exploitation of business owners and managers. However, the era of Shinzo Abe has been characterized not only by a failure to progress further, but by a distinct step backwards.
