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Nikkei Asia
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Japan's inflation election masks a deeper democratic reckoning
Leaders of eight political parties take part in a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 2. (Photo by Marina Inoue) Tobias Harris is the founder of Japan Foresight. He is the author of "The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan." Japanese party leaders are focusing heavily on pocketbook issues in their appeals to voters at the start of the campaign for the July 20 upper house elections.
Nikkei Asia
27-06-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Japan's May rice imports surge as companies shrug off heavy tariff
Japanese retailer Aeon is offering California-grown Calrose rice in its stores. (Photo by Marina Inoue) KOSUKE TAKEUCHI TOKYO -- Rice imports by Japanese companies shot up in May, government trade data shows, as retailers and restaurants try to cope with elevated domestic prices. Imports of rice for consumption, which are subject to a high tariff, exceeded 10,000 metric tons for the first time. The May figure was 126 times greater than the monthly average in 2024.
Nikkei Asia
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Ishiba's LDP set to post record-low results in Tokyo assembly vote
Takayuki Morimura, Tomin First no Kai leader, places a flower next to the name of a candidate expected to win in the June 22 Tokyo assembly election. (Photo by Marina Inoue) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party is expected to post record-low results in Sunday's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, regarded as a bellwether for the July House of Councillors parliamentary race, as he struggles to steer a minority government in national politics. Tomin First no Kai, a regional party established by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, is likely to become the biggest force in the 127-member assembly, underscoring the appeal of her policies centered on quality of life. Tomin translates to Tokyoites.
