Conservative Landslide in Unified Local Elections
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 12, 2019.
Tag Archives: Keiko Itokazu
Carlos Ghosn Trapped in Japan’s Legal Hell
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 11, 2019.
Japan Resigns from the International Whaling Commission
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 31, 2018.
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga Dies
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on August 12, 2018.
Matsuzawa Aims to Split Party of Hope
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 7, 2018.
Tadatomo Yoshida Elected Head of SDP
Whenever we go to cover a Japanese political party event, it is usually the case that we are the only non-Japanese in the room. You had to figure that the leadership race of the venerable but now largely insignificant Social Democratic Party (SDP) would be another one of those and, of course, it was. But, really, there were only a couple of dozen Japanese reporters there too.
The Uncertain Road to Opposition Consolidation
There’s one thing that all of Japan’s significant, existing opposition parties seem to agree upon; and that’s that none of them have any hope of overthrowing Liberal Democratic Party rule on their own in the presumed double elections of July 2016. They must combine their forces in some new manner in order to present a credible alternative that people might actually vote for.
