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The LDP shares power in the Diet
Troubles at home and abroad | This week in Japanese politics
New alignments | This week in Japanese politics
The LDP and Kōmeitō lose their majority
“It is very difficult for the ruling coalition to maintain a majority"
A guide to the 2024 general election
Ishiba tries to clean house | Today in Japanese politics
The public is in wait-and-see mode
Ishiba takes over | Today in Japanese politics
Strange bedfellows | Today in Japanese politics
Noda returns | Today in Japanese politics
One week to go | Today in Japanese politics
Friction with China | Today in Japanese politics
The church's shadow | Today in Japanese politics
On the trail | Today in Japanese politics
The LDP Nine clash in Tokyo | Today in Japanese politics
A post-factional, but not non-factional election
The LDP campaign begins | Today in Japanese politics
Nine to the starting line | Today in Japanese politics
Eight and counting | Today in Japanese politics
Going to the country | Today in Japanese politics
"Bring it on" | This week in Japanese politics
The two leadership contests heat up | This week in Japanese politics
The free-for-all begins | This week in Japanese politics
Shinjirō dreams of the premiership
The state of the LDP's leadership race
Tremors | This week in Japanese politics
The Black Monday of the Reiwa Era
Motegi abroad | This week in Japanese politics
Why Japan will not spend three percent of GDP on defense
Tokyo and Beijing make nice | This week in Japanese politics
Biden's decision reverberates across the Pacific
Waiting for the election(s) | This week in Japanese politics
Who is responsible for the defense scandals?
Constitutional Democrats in disarray
Scandal in Ichigaya | This week in Japanese politics
Get ready for the first Observing Japan subscribers' call
Koike wins but voters may be hungry for change
Holding pattern | This week in Japanese politics
Kishida feels the heat | This week in Japanese politics
Can the third time be the charm for Kōno?
Surrounded on all sides | This week in Japanese politics
Trouble at home, Kishida abroad | This week in Japanese politics
Towards a politics of creative destruction
On to the upper house | This week in Japanese politics
Kishida's balancing act | This week in Japanese politics
Wars of the words | This week in Japanese politics
Time to take the CDP’s prospects more seriously
The LDP goes it alone | This week in Japanese politics
Once more into the breach | This week in Japanese politics
Golden Week blues | This week in Japanese politics
On the brink | This Week in Japanese Politics
A small bump for Kishida but the political situation still looks fluid
Off to the races | This Week in Japanese Politics
Kishida boldly goes | This Week in Japanese Politics
Mr. Kishida goes to Washington
Judgment Day | This Week in Japanese Politics
Dominos to fall? | This Week in Japanese Politics
Has Kishida's support found its floor?
Interest rates up, the LDP down | This Week in Japanese Politics
Two thoughts on Biden's statement
The Wages of Spring | This Week in Japanese Politics
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