Archive - Nihonpolitics

I am back! (Plus the 2024 Tokyo Gubernatorial Election)

After several years, I'm back writing the NihonPolitics newsletter with news and analysis about Japan and its politics

Jul 11 •

October 2021

September 2021

August 2021

July 2021

Ishin no Kai Makes Headways in Hyogo

The Japanese Vaccine Passport Is Put in Motion while the Process Continues as the Olympics Start

Jul 23, 2021 •

With Just Months to Go, Veteran LDP Members Jump the Ship

LDP Hereditary Politics Return While the Vaccination Process Keeps Going Up

Jul 16, 2021 •

An Election With No Winners (When Reality Defies Expectations)

Analysis of the results of the 2021 Tokyo Assembly Election

Jul 9, 2021 •

2021 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Election: Part 2

Preview Part 2: The Election of 2021 (with One Day to Go) & a Prediction!

Jul 3, 2021 •

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