Tag Archives: Elections

The 140th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on new Prime Minister Ishiba’s first diplomatic actions, his controversial “Asian NATO” idea, the Ishiba Cabinet lineup, Ishiba’s first policy speech to the Diet, Ishiba’s instructions to form a supplementary budget, SBI Holdings and Taiwan’s PSMC’s scrapping of a chip facility in Miyagi, Ishiba’s remarks over further rate hikes, the BOJ’s TANKAN, and more.

The 139th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Prime Minister Kishida’s final diplomatic trip, Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s visit to New York, Kamikawa’s meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the JMSDF vessel navigating through the Taiwan Strait, the new CDP leadership team, additional funding for Rapidus, the GOJ’s new anti-dumping duties, average private sector salaries in 2023, and more.

The 138th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Japanese schoolboy’s death in China, Kishida’s last diplomatic trip to the United States, North Korea’s latest missile launch, the LDP presidential election, Komeito’s change in leadership, the BOJ’s decision to maintain interest rates, the reported Japan-U.S. agreement on chip-related export controls related to China, the AI Safety Institute’s AI safety guide, the GOJ’s Monthly Economic Report, and more.

The 137th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Kishida’s final diplomatic trip, deepening Japan-ROK defense ties, the LDP presidential election campaign, the sentencing of another politician receiving kickbacks, the Nippon Steel issue, the GOJ’s pick for the next ADB governor, business sentiment among Japanese businesses, and more.

Special edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics! This edition focuses on the LDP Presidential Election (Sept. 27) and the policies of the nine candidates running in the race.

The 136th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Japan-Australia “2+2,” the Kishida-Yoon summit, Japan’s potential bid for the Australian frigate project, Koizumi Shinjiro’s candidacy announcement, the FY 2025 budget request, the main opposition party’s leadership election, the Biden administration’s reported decision to block the U.S. Steel buyout, Nvidia’s huge investment in Sakana AI, the GOJ’s reskilling promotion efforts, record-high corporate current earnings, and more.

The 135th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the first violation of Japanese territorial airspace by Chinese military aircraft, Japan’s legislative exchanges with the PRC, additional designation of airports and ports for contingency preparation, LDP presidential election updates, CDP leadership election updates, SBI Holdings’ investment in domestic chip manufacturing, nuclear power-related developments, trends in cross-shareholding among Japanese companies, and more.

The 134th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Japan-India “2+2,” Kishida’s last diplomatic travel schedule, the Japan-Taiwan ruling party “2+2,” the first formal candidacy announcements in the LDP presidential race, main opposition party election updates, Kioxia’s awaited listing, a one year update on the Fukushima seafood import ban, trade and consumer price data, and more.

The 133rd edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the LDP Youth Division’s planned visit to Taiwan, the cross-party delegation’s visit to Taiwan to talk security issues, the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II, Kishida’s shocking decision to not seek re-election, potential and existing political scandals involving the LDP, new economic security measures on foreign acquisition, the volatile stock market, a record-high nominal GDP, and more.