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• Japan Since the Meiji Restoration (7): Drawing a 150-Year Story Line

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  Japan Since the Meiji Restoration (7): Drawing a 150-Year Story Line

  October 11, 2018

  • Tetsuya Murai

  • democracy
  • history
  • politics
• Japan since the Meiji Restoration (2): Mass Media and Democracy in Prewar and Postw...

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  Japan since the Meiji Restoration (2): Mass Media and Democracy in Prewar and Postw...

  August 14, 2018

  • Kazuo Komiya

  • election
  • history
  • politics
• Balancing Political Leadership and Bureaucratic Autonomy: Scandals Highlight the Ne...

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  Balancing Political Leadership and Bureaucratic Autonomy: Scandals Highlight the Ne...

  June 20, 2018

  • Sota Kato

  • populism
  • bureaucracy
  • politics
• Should Civil Servants Offer Allegiance or Expertise?: Lessons from the Moritomo and...

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  Should Civil Servants Offer Allegiance or Expertise?: Lessons from the Moritomo and...

  May 1, 2018

  • Hideaki Tanaka

  • tax
  • bureaucracy
  • politics
• After Putin’s Reelection: What Next?

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  After Putin’s Reelection: What Next?

  March 27, 2018

  • Paul J. Saunders

  • election
  • politics
• Japan’s Post-Populist Paralysis

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  Japan’s Post-Populist Paralysis

  February 6, 2018

  • Sota Kato

  • election
  • bureaucracy
  • politics
• Japanese Healthcare at a Crossroads (2): Rethinking Reimbursement for Integrated, C...

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  Japanese Healthcare at a Crossroads (2): Rethinking Reimbursement for Integrated, C...

  November 28, 2017

  • Kiyoyuki Tomita

  • structural reform
  • politics
  • social security
• Japanese Healthcare at a Crossroads (1): Toward Integrated Community Care

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  Japanese Healthcare at a Crossroads (1): Toward Integrated Community Care

  October 30, 2017

  • Kiyoyuki Tomita

  • structural reform
  • politics
  • social security
• China’s Quest for Huayu Quan: Can Xi Jinping Change the Terms of International Disc...

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  China’s Quest for Huayu Quan: Can Xi Jinping Change the Terms of International Disc...

  October 4, 2017

  • Naoko Eto

  • East Asia
  • foreign policy
  • politics
• Trump, Nixon and the Way Forward in Afghanistan

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  Trump, Nixon and the Way Forward in Afghanistan

  September 25, 2017

  • Paul J. Saunders

  • international affairs
  • politics
  • US politics
• The Kake Gakuen Scandal in Context: The Perils of Concentrating Political Power

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  The Kake Gakuen Scandal in Context: The Perils of Concentrating Political Power

  August 10, 2017

  • Sota Kato

  • bureaucracy
  • governance
  • politics
• Abe’s Preemptive Apology

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  Abe’s Preemptive Apology

  June 28, 2017

  • Sota Kato

  • election
  • public opinion
  • politics
• Xi Jinping’s China: Concentrating and Projecting Power

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  Xi Jinping’s China: Concentrating and Projecting Power

  January 19, 2017

  • Kazuyuki Suwa

  • international affairs
  • politics
  • Japan-China relations
• Why Extend the Term Limit for LDP President?

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  Why Extend the Term Limit for LDP President?

  December 12, 2016

  • Katsuyuki Yakushiji

  • political party
  • governance
  • politics
• Celebrity Politicians in an Exclusionary Democracy

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  Celebrity Politicians in an Exclusionary Democracy

  October 5, 2016

  • Katsuyuki Yakushiji

  • public policy
  • democracy
  • politics
• The Impact of LDP Politics on Japan-China Relations

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  The Impact of LDP Politics on Japan-China Relations

  January 12, 2016

  • Masaya Inoue

  • foreign policy
  • politics
  • Japan-China relations
• Abe’s Hollow Victory? Public Uproar over Collective Self-Defense

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  Abe’s Hollow Victory? Public Uproar over Collective Self-Defense

  October 8, 2015

  • Katsuyuki Yakushiji

  • constitution
  • foreign policy
  • politics
• The Objectives of Japan’s New Security Legislation

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  The Objectives of Japan’s New Security Legislation

  August 6, 2015

  • Masahiro Akiyama

  • constitution
  • history
  • politics
• Mixed Marks for India’s Modi

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  Mixed Marks for India’s Modi

  March 20, 2015

  • Masahiro Akiyama

  • election
  • international affairs
  • politics
• Saving Japan’s Endangered Regions

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  Saving Japan’s Endangered Regions

  March 4, 2015

  • Katsuyuki Yakushiji

  • politics
  • depopulation
  • abandoned land

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