Has Japan Lost Its Political Stability?
Why Did They Lose? The LDP (the Liberal Democratic Party) and Komeito coalition have lost their majority in the Diet House of Repr...
- 2024.10.29
How Japan’s Defense Budget Increase Became Possible
The Diet enacted the biggest ever budget in the history of Japan for the new FY2023, on 28 March. A record budget, 114.38 trillion...
- 2023.04.07
It has now been one year and three months since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took office. Across public opinion polls, including t...
- 2022.12.29
The Assassination of Shinzo Abe
It has now been ten days since the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. My last encounter with Shinzo was at a sympo...
- 2022.07.18
The Collapse of Empires and the Ukraine War
The hypothesis that shifts in imperial hegemony tend to trigger large-scale wars has persisted over time. However, historical anal...
- 2022.03.12
Change, not continuity, will define Japan’s new leader
The race for the leader of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has been a fierce power struggle that has not been seen for some time af...
- 2021.09.29
The race to become Japan's next prime minister has set up an unpredictable leadership election — with candidates facing challenges...
- 2021.09.26
Japan Takes Step Toward First Female Premier as Two Women Run
Two women are in contention to become prime minister of Japan for the first time in its history. Lully Miura had commented to Bloo...
- 2021.09.22
Japan yearns for charisma as race to replace Suga heats up
The race to replace Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is gathering momentum after the veteran politician chose not to run for...
- 2021.09.10
Japan’s Leader Is Stepping Down. Here’s Who Might Replace Him.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that he would not go for re-election as head of Japan's governing party; the Liveral Demor...
- 2021.09.06
Japanese Leader Yoshihide Suga Says Country Is Safe for Olympics
Lully Miura made a comment for The Wall Street Journal about Japan's Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga's backgrounds and his decision...
- 2021.07.21
Ankara ile yakın ilişki sürer （The close relationship with Ankara and Tokyo continues.)
Lully Miura had commented on the new Suga administration and its foreign policy. The article is on Hürriyet (Turekish).
- 2020.09.18
