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Reference | EXPLAINER Mar 6, 2020

Women in Japanese politics: Why so few after so very long?

by Eric Johnston

To mark International Women's Day on March 8, there will be worldwide marches, parades, protests and public awareness activities on the contributions of women and the barriers and discrimination they still face. One issue of focus is the state of women in politics and government ...

Reference | EXPLAINER Mar 1, 2020

A Tokyo prosecutor's delayed retirement spurs more allegations of Abe cronyism

by Eric Johnston

Over the past month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his government once again found themselves the target of allegations of political favoritism. This time it was for bending, if not breaking, the rule governing the mandatory retirement age of national public servants in order to ...