Summary – A CHINA RESET IN NORTHEAST ASIA – 1. China and Japan: Two steps back, one step forward? (François Prayas) 2. Is Russia driving a wedge between North Korea and China? (Angela Stanzel)...
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,...
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...
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. The consumer credit market in Japan: analysing the reform law governing finance companies since June 2010. (Adrienne Sala) 2. Regulating the non-banking market to reflect the...
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. The electoral prospects of Minshutô’s (not so) new leadership 2. The repercussions of the North Korean crisis – POINTS OF NEWS – Kitaoka Shin’ichi, “The...
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – 1. Japan-China relations warmer still 2. The government manages to push through the Diet a series of tax laws 3. A limited reform of the civil...
