Will Abe lead on the consumption tax?

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

Fiscal policy in the eyes of the Japanese public

It increasingly seems that if Abe Shinzō is going to remain in office, he will need to retain the approval of the Japanese public…

Is Ozawa back?

If there is one lesson that this upper house campaign has taught us, it is a lesson that we all should have already learned: ther…

Open government

Amidst all the changes introduced by the Hatoyama government since it took office in September, it is easy to forget what may be …