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Nuclear taboo tested | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi brings Tamaki on side | Japan Daily Briefing
The Diet closes | Japan Daily Briefing
Fighting to the finish | Japan Daily Briefing
Looming fight over Japan's "debt ceiling"? | Japan Daily Briefing
Alliance politics | Japan Daily Briefing
Frustrated Ishin looks for path forward | Japan Daily Briefing
One hurdle cleared? | Japan Daily Briefing
Diet takes up the supplemental budget | Japan Daily Briefing
Radar locked | Japan Daily Briefing
Obstacles mount | Japan Daily Briefing
Governing parties push ahead with electoral reform bill | Japan Daily Briefing
Reform matters | Japan Daily Briefing
"Invest everything in me!!" | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi's parliamentary position improves but troubles swirl | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi faces off against opposition leaders | Japan Daily Briefing
The LDP and Ishin look for a way forward on seat cuts | Japan Daily Briefing
Tokyo warily watches Trump-Xi call
Takaichi's weekend in Johannesburg | Japan Daily Briefing
Pump priming | Japan Daily Briefing
The ruling parties look ahead to 2026 | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi and Ueda talk as bond yields climb | Japan Daily Briefing
Tokyo seeks calm as Beijing applies pressure | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi's ambitions continue to unfold | Japan Daily Briefing
Deepening chill with China over Taiwan | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi faces the Diet as coalition troubles brew | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi pivots from diplomacy to the Diet | Japan Daily Briefing
Chill in the air | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi looks to the future in Gyeongju | Japan Daily Briefing
Koizumi gets thumbs up from US | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi and Trump talk in Tokyo | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi, after jetting to Malaysia, returns home to meet Trump
Polls point to political honeymoon for Takaichi
In Abe's shadow | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi set for policy speech but leaders' debate will wait | Japan Daily Briefing
With strong polls, Takaichi gets to work | Japan Daily Briefing
The Takaichi government arrives | Japan Daily Briefing
The LDP and Ishin no Kai seal their deal | Japan Daily Briefing
Ishin no Kai will stay out of cabinet, for now | Japan Daily Briefing
An LDP-Ishin coalition takes shape | Japan Daily Briefing
Turning point | Japan Daily Briefing
Takaichi pitches Ishin no Kai | Japan Daily Briefing
Confusion reigns | Japan Daily Briefing
Can the opposition parties cooperate? | Japan Daily Briefing
The end of the coalition | Japan Daily Briefing
Can the ruling coalition be saved? | Japan Daily Briefing
Coalition impasse takes toll on Takaichi | Japan Daily Briefing
Coalition troubles | Japan Daily Briefing
Team Takaichi assembles | Japan Daily Briefing
How Takaichi won —— and what comes next
Takaichi takes the first round
The LDP campaign begins | Today in Japanese Politics
LDP candidates campaign cautiously | This Week in Japanese Politics
Five hats in the ring | This Week in Japanese Politics
The first day of the post-Ishiba era | Today in Japanese Politics
The widening gyre | This Week in Japanese Politics
Fight to the finish | This Week in Japanese Politics
Ishiba stays busy | This Week in Japanese Politics
Recess over | This Week in Japanese Politics
Better Ishiba than the unknown?
Ishiba clings to power as anti-Ishiba movement rumbles on | Today in Japanese Politics
Behind Japan's political battles, a war over history
Trade deal under fire | Today in Japanese Politics
Another precarious week | Today in Japanese Politics
Ishiba fights on as a new Diet session opens | Today in Japanese Politics
Japan's strange inflation debate
Who should lead Japan? The public isn't sure.
The past, present, and future of Kōmeitō
The day after | Today in the Upper House Campaign
Fear, anger, and responsibility | Today in the Upper House Campaign
Thirteen questions for the upper house elections and beyond
Post-election positioning | Today in the Upper House Campaign
The foreign interference election? | Today in the Upper House Campaign
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