Japan New Party Marked the Turning Point

Report Card on Political Parties Over the Past 20 Years – From the Miyazawa to Noda Administrations

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No. 9 December–January 2011/2012

How We Can Share Hope with Africans

Japan needs to provide support for South Sudan and Somalia

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No. 9 December–January 2011/2012

Behind the scenes of Operation Tomodachi

At the Bilateral Crisis Action Team (BCAT), where intentions of the U.S. military and the Japan Self-Defense Forces crossed

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No. 8 October–November 2011

Politicians, Would You Please Stop Betraying Our National Interests?

Without opening its doors, Japan will never achieve stability in its people’s lives!

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No. 8 October–November 2011

The Nature of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Future of Japanese Politics

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No. 8 October–November 2011

U.S.-Japan Relations in Contemporary World History

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No. 8 October–November 2011

How Has Japan Treated Nuclear Power?

The accident in Fukushima demands that we consider how Japanese society should coexist with nuclear power. Dialog is needed with society, beyond the realm of energy issues, regardless of whether Japan will deviate from nuclear power or continue to utilize it.

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No. 8 October–November 2011

Alliance, Bases and Okinawa — Why Does Japan Stop Thinking?

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No. 8 October–November 2011

EDITORS' BLOG

I took part in a symposium held in Sendai on October 31, 2011. Sponsored by the Japan Center for Economic Research, it was called “Envisaging Specific Visions for the Reconstruction of the Tohoku Region.” Murai Yoshihiro, governor of Miyagi Prefecture, delivered a keynote speech in the symposium, discussing his view on the reconstruction. The symposium got me thinking about reconstruction from the devastation left in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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