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Japan’s electorate spoke in the nation’s 50th general election on Sunday, October 27, and the results are surely not to the ruling parties’ liking. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had called the vote as a referendum on his administration’s credibility. He had also defined victory as a majority for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and […]
A Japanese journalist living in Taiwan has launched a private think tank called the Indo-Pacific Strategy Think Tank (IPST). Following its launch, the organization has garnered significant attention from Taiwanese authorities, media outlets, diplomatic officials, and the business community. Founder Akio Yaita (52) previously served as the Sankei Shimbun‘s Beijing correspondent and later as the […]
Recently on October 11, the 19th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. This gave the newly-minted Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba an opportunity to meet his EAS counterparts. It also marked his first overseas trip after taking over as the prime minister on October 1. The East Asia […]