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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.

The 132nd edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the expert panel findings on active cyber defense, the prime minister’s canceled trip to Central America, the MOD’s request for self-inspections by defense contractors, the 79th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs, the LDP’s discussions on constitutional amendments, the LDP and CDP leadership elections, the stock market response to the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy decision, new subsidies for domestic storage batteries, a record-high primary income surplus, the FY 2024 (first half) current account surplus, and more.

The 131st edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Japan-U.S. “2+2,” the Quad foreign ministers meeting; the ASEAN-related meetings, plans to hold “2+2” meetings with India and Australia, the all-but-confirmed CDP leadership election, the BOJ hiking interest rates, the PM requesting consideration of an AI regulation, METI’s warning to Amazon Japan and Apple on business transparency, the consumer price index as well as labor statistics, and more.

The 130th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Japan-PRC engagements, the ASEAN-related foreign ministers’ meetings, the construction of the first-ever domestic firing range for standoff missiles, the primary balance surplus projection, the G7/G20 finance ministers and central bank governors’ meetings, Kishida’s backing of Rapidus through legislation, the WTO E-commerce agreement, the record-high average minimum wage hike, and more.

The 129th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the PALM 10 Summit, the possibility of a Japan-China foreign ministers’ meeting later this month, updates on the MOD/JSDF scandals, a new politics and money scandal involving an LDP Diet member, the G7 trade ministers’ meeting, news of the Biden administration’s pressure on allies over chip-related export controls, the JFTC’s raid on Visa, projected real GDP growth in 2024, and more.

The 128th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the NATO Summit, the Japan-Philippines “2+2,” the 2024 Defense of Japan, the MOD/JSDF scandals, the Japan-Germany Summit, the question of defense spending, the Tokyo gubernatorial race, speculation over foreign exchange intervention, Japan’s overdependence on the China trade, the Economy Watchers Survey, and more.