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Kishida in trouble
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Kishida's autumn of discontent
Another disappointing by-election is just one of the PM's problems
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Japan's Zeitenwende
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The malaise in Japanese democracy
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The state of Japanese democracy
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Kishida punts on a snap election
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Is an LDP-Kōmeitō breakup coming?
Their fraying ties are increasingly hard to hide
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Nothing a reshuffle can fix
New cabinet won't solve Kishida's problems
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Kishida punts on a snap election
Kishida's hand is weak, but there are forebodings of bigger changes
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The Japanese public’s national security awakening – and its limits
What the Asahi poll says about national security
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The state of Japanese democracy
Reading Asahi's annual survey
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The malaise in Japanese democracy
Few winners in the April elections
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