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November 12, 2024 Special Forum
Introduction

After Kishida Fumio announced his decision not to run again for the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Ishiba Shigeru triumphed in the in-party elections, two […]

Editorial Staff

elections, free and open Indo-Pacific, Ishiba Shigeru, Liberal Democratic Party
January 20, 2020 Special Forum
The Case of Abe Shinzo

 On November 20, 2019, Abe Shinzo became the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, at 2,887 days, surpassing the previous record held by Katsura Tarō in the early […]

Glen S. Fukushima

Abe Shinzo, Abenomics, comfort women, Kantei, Liberal Democratic Party, Northern Territories, TPP, Yasukuni Shrine
October 26, 2017 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

Whether he admits it or not, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s debt of gratitude to DPRK chairman Kim Jong-un is far-reaching—regarding Japanese domestic politics, relations with the United States, […]

Glen S. Fukushima

Abe Shinzo, Constitution, Diet, Donald Trump, Komeito, Liberal Democratic Party
August 18, 2015 Review Article
‘Ukeikasuru Nihon seiji’ (‘Japan’s Politics Leaning to the Right’)

Nakano Koichi, Ukeikasuru Nihon seiji (Japan’s Politics Leaning to the Right), (Tokyo: Iwanami Shinsho, 2015) On the day when the “Abe statement” in commemoration of the seventieth anniversary […]

Gilbert Rozman

Kokkashugi, Liberal Democratic Party, National identity, National security, Revisionism