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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2017
After formal re-election, Abe faces robust opposition to goal of revising pacifist Constitution
Following opposition criticism, the ruling LDP-Komeito bloc agreed to keep the Diet session open until early December and have Abe deliver a policy speech.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2017
Opposition rips Abe's reported drive to slash time for grilling top officials in the Diet
Six parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party and Kibo no To, called the LDP's bid to limit their chance to question the government 'unacceptable.'
EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 2017
The case for further opposition realignment
The opposition camp needs to find a way to put its forces together to serve as a viable contender to the ruling coalition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 27, 2017
Winners and losers in the election
Last week's Lower House election was quite different from the contests the ruling alliance won in recent years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2017
CDP chief Yukio Edano balks at merging with other parties
Head of the largest opposition force says party will go its own way and avoid “power struggles” that could erode public confidence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2017
Much of LDP's success rests in electoral system itself
The campaign is over, and now judgment time has come: Who were the winners and losers in Sunday's Lower House election?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2017
Abe's gamble pays off as ruling bloc bags two-thirds majority in Lower House
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition is certain of a resounding victory in the Lower House election that will give it a two-thirds majority.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 21, 2017
Identifying the 'liberal' in Japanese politics
The current group of conservative public figures in the United States wants to return to an age when certain middle-class values were ascendant, without acknowledging that many of those values were realized because President Franklin Roosevelt implemented progressive social policies and trade unions...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 18, 2017
Views from Osaka: Will you vote on Sunday? If so, based on what? If not, why not?
Japanese citizens in Kansai's commercial capital were asked whether they plan to cast a ballot in the Oct. 22 Lower House poll — and why (or why not).

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’