Sapporo’s Marriage Equality Ruling: A Beacon of Hope for LGBTQ+ Rights in Japan? Robin Vochelet Jul 21, 2021 In choosing to rule in favour of the plaintiffs, the Sapporo District Court is signalling that while the…
7 winners and losers from a deeply ambiguous Japanese election Koji Shiromoto Aug 10, 2019 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 Koji Shiromoto Sep 14, 2018 It was supposed to be the moment of reckoning. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's six years in office have…
Meet Japan’s NDP Koji Shiromoto Jun 18, 2018 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. Andy S. Lee Jun 3, 2018 Is the era of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) factionalism over? In February 2018, Fukushiro Nukaga, head of the…