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Takaichi Is Officially Prime Minister. What Now for Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’?

Takaichi Is Officially Prime Minister. What Now for Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’?

Her road to the premiership was not easy. Governing might be even harder.

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Yuki Tatsumi

Can Takaichi Find a Pragmatist Streak as Prime Minister?

Having ascended to the top tier of Japanese politics, can Takaichi fight the reflex of having to prove her conservative reputation?

07.10.2025 10

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Yuki Tatsumi

Ishiba’s Swan Song at the UN

Japan’s outgoing prime minister shares the foreign policy agenda he would have pursued during his farewell tour.

01.10.2025 10

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Yuki Tatsumi

As Ishiba Steps Down, Japan Will Get Yet Another New Prime Minister

Despite the preoccupation about who will emerge as its next leader, the LDP must be under no illusion: Ishiba was not the dominant reason for its...

08.09.2025 10

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Yuki Tatsumi

80 Years After WW2, Japan Again Finds Itself in Uncharted Waters

The country's postwar history was a remarkable story of national rebirth. Now the assumptions that underpinned the last 80 years of policy are being...

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Yuki Tatsumi