Why LDP factions still matter for Abe

Factions in the LDP became an integral part of political life under Japan’s LDP-dominant system of government, and will be crucial to Abe's re-election.

A better way to fund higher education in Japan

An income contingent loan (ICL) system for Japan?

Japanese companies need to open up or shut down

Alicia Ogawa in Australia and Japan in the Region Forum

Will the silent comeback of coal threaten Japan's climate goals?

Australia and Japan in the Region Forum volume 5, no. 3, March 2016. Author: Florentine Koppenborg, Free University of Berlin

Japan's Democratic Party doomed to opposition

Australia and Japan in the Region Forum volume 5, no. 4, April 2017. Author: Gerald Curtis, Columbia University.

Not made in China: Japan's home-grown national security obsession

Australia and Japan in the Region Forum volume 1, no. 1, February 2013. Author: Amy Catalinac, ANU.

Turning Japanese: Asian economic development in historical perspective

Australia and Japan in the Region Forum volume 1, no. 2, April 2013. Author: John Tang, ANU.

Empire of suicide - How can we reduce the tragedy? Thinking through the economic 'incentives' to suicide in Japan

Australia and Japan in the Region Forum volume 1, no. 3, June 2013. Author: Yasuyuki Sawada, The University of Tokyo.

Political stability and corporate behaviour: The economic effects of the end of the divided Diet

Australia and Japan in the Region volume 1, no. 4, September 2013. Author: Masayuki Morikawa, RIETI.

Japanese politics: Trends and prospects

Australia and Japan in the Region Forum volume 2, no. 1, January 2014. Author: Rikki Kersten, ANU.