Summary

– CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 

The electoral prospects of Minshutô’s (not so) new leadership

The repercussions of the North Korean crisis

– POINTS OF NEWS – 

Kitaoka Shin’ichi, “The end of the Tanaka style of politics, and the new direction”, Chûô kôron

Gabe Masaaki, Maeda Tetsuo, Kamaki Kazuhiko, and Koseki Shôichi, “Re-thinking the policy on national security”, Sekai

Okada Katsuya, “Devising a ‘Japan in Asia’ policy on national security”, Sekai

by Guibourg Delamotte

Japan Analysis No 16 Engl