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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2021

Kishida and coalition suffer by-election blow ahead of Lower House poll

The ruling LDP triumphed in its Yamaguchi stronghold while an opposition-backed candidate won in Shizuoka, in the first tests of the Fumio Kishida administration since it was inaugurated earlier this month.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 24, 2021

Is Taro Kono politically dead?

Effectively demoted after his unsuccessful LDP leadership bid, the former vaccine czar needs to maintain his public popularity while hoping the party's views move closer to his own.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 19, 2021

Seiya Suzuki's dominant autumn keeping Carp's postseason hopes alive

Seiya Suzuki is on a different level right now.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 17, 2021

Departing Fighters manager helped Shohei Ohtani find his footing

Hideki Kuriyama won two PL pennants and a Japan Series in Sapporo, but his greatest accomplishment may have been his contribution to the Angels two-way star's development.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 15, 2021

First no Kai opts out of election amid speculation over Yuriko Koike's political ambitions

With the Tokyo governor seemingly performing a U-turn on running for the Lower House, the campaign of fledgling 'conservative centrist' party First no Kai never got off the ground.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 15, 2021

Japan and U.K. have a major role to play in Afghanistan's future

Defense cooperation between Tokyo and London will be an indispensable pillar to support the next moves taken by Washington in the region.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 14, 2021

Sumo tegata hold intimate and unique place among sports memorabilia

For fans, there is an intimacy that comes with having the imprint of every line in a man's hand alongside his personal calligraphy on your wall.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 12, 2021

How Japan and the U.S. should approach Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

While Washington has financial sanctions to wield, Tokyo has the chance to offer the Afghan people humanitarian assistance.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 11, 2021

Opposition presses Kishida on COVID-19 and economic policy in Diet questioning

With an eye on the upcoming Lower House election, CDP leader Yukio Edano mixed his attacks on the new prime minister with counterproposals of his own.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2021

Japan's eight-month booster shot timeline could cause large sixth wave, study says

Failing to accelerate the rollout of booster shots may lead to a new wave of infections that could far surpass that of the fifth wave over the summer, a study has shown.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 9, 2021

Kishida has no time to lose as stories from the faltering middle class hit the stands

Japanese magazines are filled with stories of economic hardship as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida takes the reins of the country.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2021

Tokyo area quake reignites concerns over capital's seismic vulnerability

The Meteorological Agency was quick to dispel speculation that the tremor — a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that shook Tokyo late Thursday night — could be a foreshock for a larger quake.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2021

Will mixed expectations on Kishida affect economic security?

Kishida's approval ratings seem to reflect the current mood of the nation's pandemic-frustrated public.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / EXPLAINER
Oct 6, 2021

Saber-rattling around Taiwan ratchets up tensions to new heights

Chinese incursions into the self-ruled island's air defense identification zone and drills by democratic nations off Okinawa have highlighted the severity of the situation around Taiwan.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2021

Japan's new economic security minister sets out agenda amid global supply chain woes

One of the major tasks for Takayuki Kobayashi, a Finance Ministry bureaucrat-turned-politician, is to create a new legal framework to support the implementation of related policies.

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