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Ishiba plays catch-up with Trump
After Abe Akie goes to Florida, the prime minister may get his own meeting -- but it doesn't look like a win
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"It is the end of an era"
Watanabe Tsuneo, 1926-2024
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The year Japanese politics went Online
Japanese democracy grapples with social media
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Changing places
The Democratic Party for the People passes the Constitutional Democratic Party, while Ishiba continues to muddle along
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Constructive restraint | Today in Japanese politics
The ruling and opposition parties work together to pass a budget; Abe Akie at Mar-a-Lago?
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New players, new roles | Today in Japanese politics
Ishin no Kai has a new leader, Ishiba's "strange stability," and shifting alliances in the House of Representatives
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November 2024

Anti-establishment vibes
What Saitō Motohiko’s social media-fueled comeback says about Japan’s political moment
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The LDP shares power in the Diet
Could it lead to more permanent changes?
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Troubles at home and abroad | This week in Japanese politics
Government and opposition parties adapt to the post-general election balance of power, while the Ishiba government prepares for the new US…
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"A long four years begins"
Japan braces for Trump again
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The post-election consensus
What the polls say about the outcome of the general election
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New alignments | This week in Japanese politics
Ruling and opposition party leaders scramble to cement new partnerships, the Bank of Japan holds for now, and Japan and the EU deepen their partnership
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