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JAPAN | Liberal Democratic Party/Komeito Coalition Government Loses Majority

October 31, 2024 Karl Simmons, CWI Japan

In the election for the Japanese House of Representatives, held on 27th of October, the Liberal Democratic Party/Komeito coalition government of Shigeru Ishiba lost its majority. The government was expecting to do badly in the […]

Japan

JAPAN | Shunto Spring Labour Offensive

March 27, 2024 reporters, CWI Japan

Employers’ responses to union demands in the annual spring labour offensive (Shunto) have inspired newspaper headlines announcing “the biggest wage increases in 30 years”. The Rengo, the largest Japanese trade union federation, announced on March […]

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Shock waves from assassination of Abe Shinzo resonate across world

July 14, 2022 Karl Simmons, CWI Japan

The shock waves from the assassination of Abe Shinzo are still resonating across the globe. Members of the political class, both from the most liberal to the most conservative, are singing eulogies to the career […]

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Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party loses seats but holds onto power

November 10, 2021 Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI Japan)

After being in power since 2012, the coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito (a conservative party linked to a lay Buddhist organisation) retained its majority in the Japanese Lower House election. The ruling […]

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Putting the Olympic gravy train ahead of public health

July 15, 2021 Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI in Japan)

On 8 July, just over two weeks before the games were due to open, Japanese premier Suga Yoshihide announced that the Olympics would be held without spectators. This was the result of a rebound in […]

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Japan: 10 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster

March 10, 2021 Carl Simmons Kokusai Rentai (CWI in Japan)

On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake hit north eastern Japan. It was followed 50 minutes later by a 14-metre tsunami, devastating coastal areas. Nearly 20,000 people died in the most costly natural disaster […]

Japan

Japan’s change of prime minister fails to stem government’s problems

January 15, 2021 Carl Simmons (Kokusai Rentai, CWI Japan)

2020 was a tempestuous year for Japan, as well as the rest of the world. In August, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history. However, it had been clear for […]

Japan

75th anniversary of US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Coronavirus exposes weaknesses of Japanese capitalism and government

March 21, 2020 Carl Simmons, (Kokusai Rentai - CWI Japan)

On Friday 13 March, the Japanese Upper House approved a bill granting Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, the power to declare a state of emergency to fight coronavirus. Unfortunately, the two major opposition parties, the […]

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South Korea and Japan trade dispute threatens ‘alliance’

September 17, 2019 Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI) Japan

On 22nd August South Korea gave Japan notice that it would not be extending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). The 2016 agreement allowed for the direct sharing of military intelligence between Japan, […]

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