Ruling Coalition Loses Supermajority
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the second half of July 2019.
Tag Archives: Tadatomo Yoshida
Abe Reelection All But Assured
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on July 31, 2018.
Pence’s Boorish Behavior in Pyeongchang
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 10, 2018.
“All-Okinawa” Candidate Prevails in Nanjo City
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 22, 2018.
Abe Tired of Answering Lawmaker Questions
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 12, 2018.
Yoshida Withdraws from SDP Leadership Race
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 11, 2018.
Today in Japan (12.07.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 7, 2017.
Rengo Obstructing Opposition Alliance
The Democratic Party’s labor union backers are throwing a wrench into political strategy.
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.
