Practical politics, symbolic conservatism, and the decline of the LDP

The LDP's presidential race is in full swing, and Tanigaki Sadakazu appears to be in command of the race against Kono Taro an…

The LDP heads into the wilderness

With less than ten days until the start of the campaign for the LDP's presidency, the field is shrinking, not growing. Nakaga…

The LDP's first steps towards a new party

A week after the Liberal Democratic Party suffered its first ever electoral defeat, a new party is already taking shape from the …

Moving on up?

With the DPJ's ranks swelling to 417 Diet members between both houses, some in the party are asking whether the party needs …

Two weeks

After negotiations between the DPJ and the LDP, the parties have agreed that a special session will be convened on 16 September …

Discussing the DPJ's administrative plans on CNBC

Bright and early this morning, I somehow managed to speak coherently (I think?) about the DPJ's plans for the government.