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  • Digital torrent / Jumble of new systems created chaotic response to pandemic in Japan

    The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the delay in the digitizing of society, a centerpiece po...

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    The Digital Agency was launched on Sept. 1 to remedy Japan’s slow progress in digitizing its society...

    September 11, 2021

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    This is the second installment of a series looking at the costs of the Chinese Communist Party’s str...

    July 2, 2021

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    July 1, 2021

  • Suga shows no enthusiasm for constitutional revision

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    May 4, 2021

  • Suga-style politics 7 / Suga faces intraparty concerns, voter criticism

    This is the seventh installment in a series reviewing the first six months of Prime Minister Yoshihi...

    April 1, 2021

  • Suga-style politics 6 / LDP-Komeito partnership not in sync

    This is the sixth installment in a series reviewing the first six months of Prime Minister Yoshihide...

    March 31, 2021

  • Suga-style politics 5 / Japan’s prime minister faces criticism over slow crisis management

    This is the fifth installment in a series reviewing the first six months of Prime Minister Yoshihide...

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  • Suga-style politics 3 / Propped up by 2 former prime ministers

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    March 29, 2021

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    This is the second installment in a series reviewing the first six months of Prime Minister Yoshihid...

    March 27, 2021

  • Suga-style politics 1 / Buffeted with headwinds, Japanese prime minister battles to stay on track

    The administration of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has adopted a trial-and-error approach to proble...

    March 26, 2021

  • Japan’s Prime Minister must quickly Paint a Bigger Policy Picture

    Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga launched his administration last year with a pledge to basically conti...

    January 25, 2021

  • Outlook 2021 / Research on Security should be Pursued with Scholars’ Common Sense

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    January 18, 2021

  • Outlook 2021 / Staying the Abe Diplomatic Course in Japan’s Best Interests

    This is the tenth installment of a series in which intellectuals share their thoughts on political i...

    January 18, 2021

  • Insurance Coverage for Infertility Treatment Brings Glimmer of Hope

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    January 16, 2021

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