The Weekly Observer: September 7-11
The 241st edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Japanese political and business delegations planning travel to China, expert panel recommendations on ODA use, Vice Minister of Defense Ando’ s participation in the Seoul Defense Dialogue, the disbandment of the opposition CRA, the re-election of Tamaki Yuichiro as…
The Weekly Observer: August 31-September 4
The 240th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Motegi’ s visit to Europe and Asia, the Quad sherpa’ s meeting, the MOD’ s analysis on AI use in warfighting, the FY 2027 budget requests, the failed opposition merger, the latest on the Cabinet reshuffle, Bessent reportedly pressuring…
The Weekly Observer: August 24-28
The 239th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Japanese lawmakers visiting China, Takaichi’ s attendance in a Ukraine-related online meeting, the inaugural trilateral Japan-Australia-Indonesia defense ministerial meeting, the GOJ’ s new energy security and inflation relief measures, the GOJ’ s reported FY 2027 budget and priorities, the…
The Weekly Observer: August 17-21
The 238th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Koizumi’ s visit to Australia and India, Motegi’ s visit to the Middle East, Rakuten’ s new partnership with a German startup to build attack drones, reported dollar amounts for FY 2027 budget requests, the reported upcoming Cabinet and…
The Weekly Observer: August 10-14
The 237th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Japan contemplating its response to President Putin’ s visit to the Northern Territories, JBIC’ s new loans for the Japan-U.S. Strategic Investment Initiative, the multilateral joint statement on ICBM launch notifications, Takaichi’ s August 15 speech, ongoing government discussions…
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