The Weekly Observer: November 10-14
The 198th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Takaichi’s Taiwan contingency comment sparking bilateral tensions with China, the G7 foreign ministerial meeting in Canada, the upcoming G20 Summit in South Africa, the LDP and Ishin’s plans to kickstart talks toward revising the three security documents, the GOJ’s…
The Weekly Observer: November 3-7
The 197th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Takaichi’s summit calls with Zelenskyy and Meloni, Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan, the start of discussions around flagship government policies, the LDP and Ishin’s new consultative framework, the formal agreement between ruling and opposition parties on the provisional gasoline tax…
The Weekly Observer: October 27-31
The 196th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Takaichi’s diplomatic debut in Southeast Asia, the first Takaichi-Trump Summit, the APEC Leaders’ Summit, sideline meetings at the respective summits, Defense Minister Koizumi’s visit to Southeast Asia, the ruling and opposition parties’ agreement on scrapping the provisional gasoline tax…
The Weekly Observer: October 20-24
The 195th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Takaichi’s first phone call with President Trump, preparations for Takaichi’s diplomatic debut, new personnel appointments in the national security apparatus, Takaichi’s election as Japan’s first female prime minister, the rollout of the Takaichi Cabinet, Takaichi’s first Diet policy speech,…
The Weekly Observer: October 13-17
The 194th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Chinese and Taiwanese oceanographic survey vessels entering Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the GOJ mulling export of used escort ships to Southeast Asia, the LDP and Ishin’s talks to form a new coalition government, party-to-party talks ahead of the extraordinary…
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