Japan Analysis – La Lettre du Japon has been a pioneering news bulletin on current political, economic and security debates in Japan and within its decision-making circles, placing those issues in their national context and in their historical background. While identifying new trends and current affairs in Japan, the authors go beyond the news to offer readers a tool for assessing the deep structural mutations, sometimes unfamiliar to the public, of the third economic power.
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. 18 months of Abenomics (Jean-Yves Colin) 2. Large-scale urban projects and ambitions of excellence: “Tokyo 2020”, an opportunity for Abe Shinzō’s government (Xavier Mellet) – POINTS OF NEWS– Komatsu Masayuki, “On the…
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. The Abe government and the gender equality issue: “towards a society where women shine” (Amélie Corbel) 2. Japan’s Revitalized Engagement with Africa: Key Issues and Challenges (Yuko Kawato) – POINTS OF VIEW…
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. Understanding the mistrust surrounding the law on protecting specific secrets (César Castellvi) 2.Electing Tokyo’s Governor: Hosokawa Morihiro and Koizumi Junichirō’s lost bet (Xavier Mellet) – POINTS OF NEWS– Interview with Ishiba Shigeru…
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. The Abe government and the thorny question of constitutional change: ambition mixed with prudence (Arnaud Grivaud) 2. The Jimintō’s (Liberal-Democratic Party) Constitutional amendment project (Amélie Corbel, in partnership with Sophie Buhnik) –…
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. Japan’s moves towards creating a new Asia-Pacific security architecture (Antonin Francesch) – POINTS OF VIEW ON THE NEWS– Yoshimi Yoshiaki, “How are Hashimoto’s statements to be interpreted? Further considerations on the problem…
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. Prime Minister Abe and the Japan-US Alliance: History is in the way again (Yann Favennec) 2. Abenomics: a return to traditional LDP policies or a new way out of the crisis? (Adrienne…
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. “From concrete to human beings”: the Japanese Democratic Party’s desire to cut public expenditure (Nicolas Morishita) 2. The Tokyo Sky Tree: behind the symbolism, the interests of the large private conglomerates (Raphaël…
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. Impact of South Korean policy on Japanese policy (Yann Favennec) 2. Why are Japanese institutions not encouraging entrepreneurship and SMEs? – Institutional issues and problems of competitiveness at local and global levels…
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. Is the combined tax and social security reform project undertaken by the Noda’s government a real solution? (Nicolas Morishita) 2. Looking Back at the Split in the Democratic Party of Japan and…
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. Japanese perceptions of the re-election of Vladimir Putin (Yann Favennec) 2. North Korea’s launching of the Unha-3 rocket in April 2012: the reactions of the Japanese press (César Castellvi) – POINTS OF…
