Commentary / Japan Sep 1, 2019
Japan's busy summer of diplomacy
by Joshua Walker
Japan is successfully navigating the moment's geopolitical challenges.
Commentary / Japan Jul 23, 2019
Voter disillusion tempered by realism
by Stephen R. Nagy
Despite Abe's electoral victory, the result is not an overwhelming mandate for transformative change.
Commentary / Japan Jul 22, 2019
For Japan, Upper House results signal stability
by Michael Macarthur Bosack
The results of the Upper House elections promise exactly what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe campaigned upon: stability.
Commentary / Japan Dec 18, 2018
How Abe is changing Japan's foreign policy apparatus
by Dmitry Filippov
The prime minister has seized the diplomacy initiative from the bureaucracy.
Commentary / Japan Oct 2, 2018
Challenges of a long-running administration
by Heizo Takenaka
To leave a legacy behind, the Abe administration should rise to the challenge of making the economy better for the next generation.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Jun 24, 2018
Commentary / Japan Jun 17, 2018
Lies and the lying bureaucrats who tell them
by Takamitsu Sawa
The current political situation characterized by the domination of the prime minister's office has ruined the pride of career bureaucrats.
Commentary / Japan May 22, 2018
Time to reform Japan's political parties
by Ichiro Asahina
Lawmakers must place priority on national interests, not partisan politics.
Editorials Mar 14, 2018
The act is a grave breach of public trust that places the credibility of the entire government in doubt.
Editorials Oct 23, 2017
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should not take the election outcome as an unqualified thumbs-up for his administration by voters.
Editorials Oct 19, 2017
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
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.