Category Archives: Tokyo Observer

The 78th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the defense technology guidelines, Japan relisting South Korea in its trade white list, the G7 gender equality and women’s empowerment meeting, the ruling coalition’s discussions over revising the defense export principles, the prime minister’s foreign travel next month, GOJ plans to establish a Joint Command in Ichigaya, the LDP-Komeito election cooperation agreement, inspections of the Fukushima power plant ahead of wastewater release, the GOJ Tax Commission’s interim report on tax revenue sources, the BOJ’s monetary policy meeting report, the state-backed fund’s decision to buy out JSR, GX developments, the Consumer Confidence Survey, and more.

The 77th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Ukraine Recovery Conference, the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Japan’s plan to host its own Ukraine reconstruction meeting, the new defense technology guidelines, the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, GOJ’s response to Biden’s claim on defense spending, the Prime Minister’s press conference, the My Number Card debacle, the seventy-eighth anniversary of the end of the war in Okinawa, proposed AZEC carbon capture and storage rules, the Monthly Economic Report, and more.

The 76th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the JSDF officer killing instructors, North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch, the postponed defense tax hike, the first Space Security Initiative, the prime minister and foreign minister’s foreign trips, the Japan-U.S.-Philippines and Japan-U.S.-ROK national security advisor meetings, ATLA’s defense technology guidelines, the PM’s decision to postpone the dissolution of the Lower House, the Honebuto, the GOJ’s child care policies, the women’s Honebuto, LDP-Komeito electoral cooperation document, GOJ’s designation of 25 fields for patent protection, the BOJ monetary policy meeting, the GOJ’s plan to regulate Apple and Google’s monopoly over OS, the trade balance and CGPI, and more.

The 75th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Japan-Ukraine telephone meeting, the revised ODA Charter, the LDP panel’s recommendations for defense spending sources, the multilateral statement on economic coercion, Chinese and Russian military activities around Japan, the draft action plan for new capitalism, the final phase of the Diet session, the GOJ’s documents for innovation and tech policy, the GOJ expert panel’s interim thoughts on the security clearance system, the Basic Hydrogen Strategy and Energy White Paper, April’s trade balance, the Economy Watchers Survey, and more.

The 74th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the G7 Hiroshima Summit, Japan’s support for Ukraine, the Quad leaders’ meeting, additional sanctions against Russia, the Space Policy and Defense White Paper drafts, the Honebuto document outline, the defense spending bill, the GOJ’s plan to raise insurance premiums to finance child-rearing policies, Komeito’s decision to end electoral cooperation with the LDP in Tokyo, BOJ Governor emphasizing no changes to monetary policy, Japan-U.S. agreement on semiconductor cooperation roadmap, the Monthly Economic Report, and more.

The 73rd edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the last G7 meetings ahead of the Summit, Japan’s increased support for Ukraine, the EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum, the first use of the Japan-PRC defense hotline, the LGBT legislation, the defense spending bill, the prime minister’s directives on economic policy, semiconductor investments in Japan, the record-high Nikkei 225 index, the latest CPI and trade balance statistics, and more.