Japan News News Japan » Politics: Sanae Takaichi took on Japan’s male-dominated politics and won – can she survive a second year in power?
The straight-talking PM’s ability to manage Trump and stand up to China have endeared her to the public, but she may need friends closer to home to survive ...
News Japan » Politics: Politics of the potato front and center for Japan’s new agriculture minister
Takebe is a six-term Lower House member and the son of a former agriculture minister. He represents a district in Hokkaido, which supplies about 80% of Japan’s domestically grown potatoes and where ...
News Japan » Politics: Japan’s Takaichi says chores and makeup add hours to her workday, sparking debate on gender roles
Being a prime minister is tough, with daily schedule packed with meetings and hourslong parliamentary sessions.
News Japan » Politics: The Fiction of 'Funding Arguments' Surrounding Consumption Tax Cuts and the Structural Limits of Japanese Politics—Issues Raised by the Japan Conservative Party's Regular ...
IntroductionThe regular press conference held by the Japan Conservative Party on October 19, 2026, was not merely a report on the activities of a single political party; it served as a forum for raisi ...
News Japan » Politics: Japan After the Landslide: Takaichi’s Supermajority and the Trump Challenge
In a historic outcome, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has secured a political mandate unprecedented in modern Japanese politics. In the February 8 general election, the ruling Liberal ...
News Japan » Politics: Japan’s Shifting Center: How the Left Got Left Behind
What was once the largest opposition party in Japan is in shambles. The Centrist Reformist Alliance (CRA), which was born out of the last-minute merger of two center-left parties — the Constitutional ...
News Japan » Politics: How Japan’s anti-immigration politics runs on imported narratives
Japan’s rising anti-immigration reflects the growing influence of populist narratives that have supplied a ready-made explanation for existing anxieties about foreigners. Decades of accepting foreign ...
News Japan » Politics: 'Hot economics, cold politics': Why China gave nod for expanded Japanese trade trip
Allowing more executives to visit Beijing shows that China aims to use economic leverage to pressure Tokyo, experts say Beijing's decision to allow a bigger Japanese business delegation to go to China ...
News Japan » Politics: Takaichi’s short term populist politics no cure for Japan’s structural malaise
Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi has enjoyed unusually high approval ratings by offering tax cuts, subsidies and a tough political style, but her agenda is poorly matched to Japan’s current ...