Yoshida Withdraws from SDP Leadership Race
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 11, 2018.
Tag Archives: Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Japan “Won’t Move a Millimeter” on Comfort Women Policy
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 5, 2018.
Today in Japan (12.07.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 7, 2017.
Today in Japan (12.03.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 3, 2017.
Today in Japan (12.02.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 2, 2017.
The Koike Phenomenon Craters
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 second week of October 2017.
Koike Takes Command of the Party of Hope
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 fourth week of September 2017.
Populism Wins Again in Nagoya
Populism can indeed win elections in Japan, but the problem is that there are so few politicians in this country who seem to have the personal political talents to tap into it.
Abe Cabinet Endorses Anti-Democratic Education
The Abe Cabinet itself is now openly endorsing and defending the Imperial Rescript on Education, in spite of the fact that both houses of the Diet denounced the document in June 1948 as a handmaiden to wartime Japanese militarism.
The Mountain Fortress of the Japan Communist Party
The unique history of the Izu Gakushu Kaikan
