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Warning signs | Today in the Upper House Campaign
One week to go | Today in the Upper House Campaign
The tariff election | Today in the Upper House Campaign
State of contempt | Today in the Upper House Campaign
Memorial day | Today in the Upper House Campaign
A guide to the 2025 upper house elections
Under pressure | This Week in Japanese Politics
Polls point to fluid upper house campaign
The upper house campaign approaches | This Week in Japanese Politics
Ishiba returns home empty handed | This Week in Japanese Politics
Parties spar as upper house campaign nears | This Week in Japanese Politics
Losing confidence | This Week in Japanese Politics
The great rice debate | This Week in Japanese Politics
The momentum shifts | This Week in Japanese Politics
The government and the CDP make a deal | This Week in Japanese Politics
Koizumi hits the ground running | This Week in Japanese Politics
Ishiba's policy liabilities loom large in new polls
Backed into a corner | This Week in Japanese Politics
Pension bill moves ahead as upper house campaign heats up | This Week in Japanese Politics
Back to Business | This Week in Japanese Politics
Plenty of malaise to go around
Noda versus Ishiba | This Week in Japanese Politics
Akazawa in Washington | This Week in Japanese Politics
The Observing Japan conference call
"This is approaching a national crisis"
Ishiba faces a tough second half | This week in Japanese politics
The budget nears passage | This week in Japanese politics
When the rubber meets the road
Opposition parties turn up the heat on Ishiba | This week in Japanese politics
Ishiba in trouble | This week in Japanese politics
Conference call for paid subscribers: a trip report
Japan in Trump's sights | This week in Japanese politics
The five transitions of Japanese democracy
The government makes a deal? | This week in Japanese politics
Japan and the Ukraine question
The CDP enters the budget discussion | This week in Japanese politics
Back to reality | This week in Japanese politics
Ishiba works through his birthday | This week in Japanese politics
The budget committee gets to work | This week in Japanese politics
Ishiba contends with a contentious Diet | This week in Japanese politics
Three new polls, three takeaways
The Diet reopens for business | This week in Japanese politics
Negotiations at home and abroad | This Week in Japanese Politics