Trust in Japan's parliamentary politics is wavering. Politicians have been unable to present solutions to social issues, and ...

An evolving geopolitical landscape pushing Japan into untested waters ... However, a weak political leadership group — coupled with the traditional sensitivity around the issue and the emergence ...

Japan marked its 78th Constitution Memorial Day on May 3 as the post-World War II international order is shaken to its core ...

Uchiyama and Yoshida believe Japan's political system needs to change, so they are teaming up with other political researchers to draft some proposals. They say their plan will include reform of ...

Recent deliberations surrounding the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) highlight the need ... which criticized the move as political interference in academic freedom. The panel's report proposes ...

In anticipation of the upcoming House of Councillors election, set to be held by July, political parties in Japan are ...

More recently, uncertainty around Japanese politics and the announcement of a snap general election exacerbated this volatility. We spoke to Masaki Taketsume, portfolio manager of Schroder Japan Trust ...

Japan has seen this move before ... Moreover, this proposal—by creating a better-functioning political system—will enable parties to push through broader economic and social reforms in ...

Researchers analyzed Twitter data and conducted online experiments to explore how illiberal pro-China narratives surrounding the 2019 Hong Kong protests spread across Japan's political divides ...

Trump has railed against value-added tax as a burden to U.S. companies, although economists say this kind of tax is ...