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Magnificent – but is it war?

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How Trump made golf a tool of diplomacy

Shinzo Abe

Sport

How Trump made golf a tool of diplomacy

World leaders looking for preferment are practicing their drives

Patrick Kidd

Japan’s tariff escape is coming down to the wire

Trump has labeled the Japanese negotiators ‘very tough,’ which probably means they have, to his great surprise, not rolled over

Philip Patrick

Are Japanese politicians safe?

A man was arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at the headquarters of the ruling party in Tokyo

Philip Patrick

How scandal brought down Fumio Kishida

The Japanese prime minister will likely be remembered as essentially a decent man who tried his best in difficult circumstances

Philip Patrick

International

Washington’s yes-men in Japan

The Japanese establishment cannot understand the world beyond American prerogatives

Jason Morgan

International
July 8, 2022
Shinzo Abe was Japan’s indispensable conservative
What will his country do now?
James Snell
September 14, 2020
Meet Japan’s new PM — installed by a gray coup of party insiders
Yoshihide Suga’s victory was a stitch-up of staggering brazenness for a law-governed democracy
Philip Patrick
August 28, 2020
Who could replace Shinzo Abe as Japanese PM?
Abe had hoped that 2020 would be his year
Philip Patrick
August 4, 2020
Can tourism subsidies save Japan’s coronavirus-blighted economy?
This is not the first attempt by the Abe government to get people moving around Japan
Philip Patrick
June 6, 2020
Can Shinzo Abe’s COVID bung save him?
The Japanese still view dependence on the state with great suspicion
Philip Patrick

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