Notes from the upper house campaign #1As the 10 July House of Councillors elections approach, I plan to do a series of posts compiling short notes on developments from the campaign trail. For my overview of the election, click here. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which oversees elections, has
Abe may be gone, but his color remainsOn Wednesday, 10 August, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced a new lineup for his cabinet and the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party. Most notably about this reshuffle, of course, was its timing: although Kishida had indicated after last month’s upper house elections…
Key questions for the upper house campaignThe campaign for Japan’s 10 July House of Councillors elections began on Wednesday, 22 June, with 533 candidates – including 177 women, 33.2% of the total, records for both the share and total number in an HOC election – vying for 124 seats in the 248-seat chamber plus one extra…
