Note: I originally wrote this review in 2013 for submission to the London Review of Books . The LRB passed, and it has sat orphaned on my h...

Japan’s party leaders have argued that voters face a stark choice in the July 10 election for the Diet’s upper house. Prime Minister Shinzo...

On Friday, Prime Minister Abe Shinzō headed off  (jp) to the mountains in Yamanashi prefecture for an eleven-day summer holiday. He leaves ...

After the uprising of the 17th of June The Secretary of the Writers' Union Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee Stating that ...

Abe Shinzō's LDP-led coalition with Komeitō got its wish Sunday, winning enough seats to retake control of the House of Councillors for...

Say what you will about the LDP, but the party has been fairly open about its preference for nuclear energy and restarting Japan's idle...

With the upper house election campaign in full swing — Michael Cucek has the campaign numbers breakdown here — there is no shortage of pub...