Okinawa and Japan's national security NIMBYismPrime Minister Kishida Fumio was in Okinawa over the weekend as Japan and the prefecture commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa from the United States to Japan in 1972. It was Kishida’s first visit to the prefecture since becoming prime minister last…
Japan's conservatives have learned to love deficitsOn Monday, 9 May, former prime minister Abe Shinzō was in Oita campaigning for the Liberal Democratic Party ahead of this summer’s upper house elections. In his appearance, the former prime minister offered (jp) candid remarks on Japan’s fiscal policy.
Kishida and the politics of stabilitySeveral new polls suggest that with the House of Councillors elections approaching, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is benefiting from the same conditions that enabled former prime minister Abe Shinzō to survive in power from nearly eight years after returning in 2012.
