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: Shinzo Abe
Matsuzawa Aims to Split Party of Hope
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 7, 2018.
Reverberations of the Nago Mayoral Election
The anti-base forces just lost this year’s second-most important election in Okinawa. Their energies must now be directed to winning the main event.
The Year of Japan-Russia and Abe’s Best-Laid Plans
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been working hard to build a positive relationship with Putin’s Russia, but does any substantial reward wait at the end of the rainbow?
Major GSDF Helicopter Accident in Saga
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 5, 2018.
Anti-Base Movement Defeated in Nago
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 4, 2018.
Edano Go!
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 3, 2018.
Taro Kono Skewers Opposition Lawmaker
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 2, 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.
