#Metoo?: How Japanese Legislation and Society Are Failing Sexual Assault Victims
When commenting on societal backlash, Itō criticized the mainstream media for trying to dismantle her case by…
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7 winners and losers from a deeply ambiguous Japanese election
On May 1st, a new Emperor of Japan ascended to the throne, marking an end to the thirty-year-long Heisei era and…
Japan’s Opposition Must Learn To Talk About The Economy
It was supposed to be the moment of reckoning. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's six years in office have…
Meet Japan’s NDP
The conclusive victory of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in last October’s general election was supposed to…
Twilight of Japan’s Factionalism: Decline of Factionalism in LDP politics.
Is the era of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) factionalism over? In February 2018, Fukushiro Nukaga, head of the…
Japan and Its Foreign Workers
Technology has allowed global citizens to travel easily from one place to another, and it is common to have foreign…