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The torch passes, uneasily, to a new generation
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Tokyo reacts to the "surprise appointment"
One of the reasons why I did not write as many posts here last year as I might have wished is that I was busy with a side project that I can now share. I was fortunate to be invited to translate into English a 2020 book by Machidori Satoshi, a political scientist at Kyoto…
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Nikkei reports: TOKYO -- The Japanese government plans to appoint Kazuo Ueda, an economist and former member of the BOJ Policy Board, as the central bank's next governor after Haruhiko Kuroda steps down, Nikkei has learned. Ueda, an academic economist with an Economics Ph.D. from…
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The prime minister and the central bank
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On What Kishida Said in Washington
Some initial thoughts on the three national security documents
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On Wednesday, 10 August, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced a new lineup for his cabinet and the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party. Most…
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On the evening of Thursday, 7 July, I was reading some of the coverage of the House of Councillors campaign and winding down for the evening when I saw…
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As 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…
The 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…
Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda Haruhiko remains unwilling to adjust the BOJ’s monetary easing program even as the Federal Reserve has launched a…
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