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ABE ADMINISTRATION

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 1, 2019
Japan's busy summer of diplomacy
Japan is successfully navigating the moment's geopolitical challenges.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 23, 2019
Voter disillusion tempered by realism
Despite Abe's electoral victory, the result is not an overwhelming mandate for transformative change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2019
For Japan, Upper House results signal stability
The results of the Upper House elections promise exactly what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe campaigned upon: stability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 18, 2018
How Abe is changing Japan's foreign policy apparatus
The prime minister has seized the diplomacy initiative from the bureaucracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2018
Challenges of a long-running administration
To leave a legacy behind, the Abe administration should rise to the challenge of making the economy better for the next generation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jun 24, 2018
Problematic forestry management law
New policy stacks the deck in favor of big business.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 17, 2018
Lies and the lying bureaucrats who tell them
The current political situation characterized by the domination of the prime minister's office has ruined the pride of career bureaucrats.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 22, 2018
Time to reform Japan's political parties
Lawmakers must place priority on national interests, not partisan politics.
EDITORIALS
Mar 14, 2018
Get to the bottom of Moritomo deal's altered documents
The act is a grave breach of public trust that places the credibility of the entire government in doubt.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2017
A vote of confidence by default
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should not take the election outcome as an unqualified thumbs-up for his administration by voters.
EDITORIALS
Oct 19, 2017
Judging responses to the North Korean threat
Before going to the polls on Sunday, voters should make a sober assessment of the government's approach to the North Korea problem and the policies advocated by the other partys.
EDITORIALS
Oct 2, 2017
The deferred target for fiscal consolidation
Voters should weigh Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to spend more on education against the consequences of putting fiscal rehabilitation on the back burner.
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2017
Abe's partisan quest for a snap election
Should he decide to hold a snap election, Prime Minister Abe should make clear to voters exactly what new mandate he is seeking.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 22, 2017
Tokyo needs distance from Trump train wreck
It's time for those in Trump's orbit u2014 including Prime Minister Abe u2014 to assess how much they'll be diminished by association and do some crisis management.
EDITORIALS
Aug 19, 2017
Abe's HR development initiative
Prime Minister Abe must explain what benefits his latest initiative u2014 human resources development u2014 will bring people and at what cost.
EDITORIALS
Aug 18, 2017
Decision deferred on Kake Gakuen's plan
The education ministry should make public the discussions its panel held on Kake Gakuen's plan to open a new veterinary science school.
EDITORIALS
Jul 26, 2017
Kake Gakuen questions still unanswered
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should realize that his administration won't win back the trust of voters until it gives a more convincing account of the Kake Gakuen case.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2017
Why not give the BOJ's governor a promotion?
Abe's choice is clear: Show Kuroda the door, or open his Cabinet to new thinking by a man who's seen considerable action in the economic trenches.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 27, 2017
The ongoing collapse of parliamentary politics
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's actions and behavior are more suited to a patrimonial state than a democracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2017
Which members of the Abe Cabinet deserve to be fired?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has multiple reasons to pick this moment for a Cabinet reshuffle.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world