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…
The Weekly Observer: August 3-7
The 236th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Japan’ s new Defense White Paper, Foreign Minister Motegi’ s visit to Latin America and the Caribbean, the LDP’ s intelligence reform proposals, the GOJ adopting the food consumption tax cut, Prime Minister Takaichi’ s speeches in Hiroshima and…
The Weekly Observer: July 27-31
The 235th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Japan’ s announcement of participation in the EU’ s Horizon Europe, Defense Minister Koizumi’ s scheduled travel to the United Kingdom and Australia, the conclusion of the special Diet session and Takaichi’ s dwindling public approval, the political decision…
The Weekly Observer: July 20-24
The 234th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on Foreign Minister Motegi’ s attendance at the ASEAN-related ministerial meetings, Canada joining the GCAP as an observer, Motegi’ s brief encounters with his Chinese and Russian counterparts in Manila, the official security assistance agreement with Cambodia, the adopted Honebuto…
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