【#1295】Hopes for New LDP Leader Takaichi
October 6, 2025 Sanae Takaichi has been elected as the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Concerns among LDP rank and file that the raison d’etre of the LDP as a conservative part...
【#1294】New Leader Should Have Capabilities to Revitalize Japan
September 29, 2025 In campaigns for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election on October 4, five candidates are promising measures to counter rising prices and wage increases. Unle...
【#1293】Placing Hopes on “Shinzo Abe Research Center” in Taiwan
September 29, 2025 The “Shinzo Abe Research Center” has been created at the prestigious National Chengchi University in Taiwan. The center will focus on studying the late former Japanese Prime Min...
【#1292】Ishiba Should Face Reality, Not Chase the Impossible
September 29, 2025 In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called for reforming the U.N. Security Council and creating a world...
【#1291】Lackluster Leadership Race Insults the Public
September 29, 2025 The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s current leadership race remains lackluster. This is due to two main reasons. First, the five candidates have prioritized avoiding gaffes, c...
【#1290】Seizing the Opportunity: Using Fiscal Funds for Growth
September 22, 2025 Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership race to determine the successor to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was officially announced on September 22, and full-fledged de...
【#1289】LDP Leadership Candidates Should Discuss Constitutional Amendment
September 22, 2025 On September 18, the Japan Innovation Party, one of Japan’s main opposition parties, published a policy proposal titled “21st Century National Defense Vision and Constitutional ...
【#1288】LDP Leadership Candidates Must Present National Visions
September 16, 2025 The United States has abandoned its leadership in maintaining the international order under the Trump administration’s “America First” foreign policy, while “rule by force” is a...
【#1287】LDP Should Elect Fighting Politician as Its New Leader
September 16, 2025 I would like a fighting politician to become the next leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that there are two types ...
【#1286】Three Key Issues to Address in LDP Leadership Race
September 16, 2025 In the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming leadership race, I would like to see lively debates on Japan’s national issues. I would like candidates to actively discuss thr...
Tsutomu Nishioka
Tadae Takubo
Fumio Ota
Takashi Arimoto
Yoshiko Sakurai
Yasushi Tomiyama
Yoichi Shimada
Masahiko Hosokawa
Hiroshi Yuasa
Tadashi Narabayashi
Hideo Tamura
Kiyofumi Iwata
Etsuro Honda
Kunio Orita
Yujiro Oiwa
Hironobu Ishikawa
Maki Nakagawa
Shiro Takahashi
Katsuhiko Takaike
Akira Momochi
Yoshihiko Yamada
Akio Yaita
Michio Ezaki
Seiji Kurosawa
Brahma Chellaney
Koichi Endo
Nobuko Araki
James Auer
Yang Haiying
Hiroshi Kimura
Sumihiko Kawamura
Kenro Nagoshi
Takeshi Kudo
Koko Kato
Osamu Nishi
Shohei Umezawa
Tadashi Saito
Jason Morgan
Arvind Gupta
Kichinosuke Ihara
Hisashi Matsumoto
Toshu Noguchi
Nobuyuki Sato
Sukehiro Hirakawa
Yumiko Nishimoto
Rikiwo Shikama
Koichi Furusho
Eriko Yamatani
Satoshi Hirano
Lee Woo Young
Tadashi Ito
Taro Yayama
Koh Sekai
Tsutomu Toichi
Hideaki Karaki
Koji Okamoto
Hong Hyung
Andrii Gurenko
Keiichi Nakagawa
Masamori Sase
Katsutoshi Kawano
Ronald Morse
Kazuhiko Inoue
Chung Dae Kyun
Toshio Watanabe
Katsuya Tsukamoto
Kazuto Suzuki
Miki Kase
Eitaro Ogawa
Hirotaka Watanabe
Akinaka Senzaki
Kevin Maher
Yang Yi
Koichi Mera
Akihisa Nagashima
Nobukatsu Fujioka
Masanori Kondo
Hiroshi Ito
Hidetake Sawa
Satoshi Tomisaka
Rupakjyoti Borah
Seiichi Okutomi
Mio Sugita
Yasuo Naito
Satoshi Sakakibara
Yen-Hung Lin
Sanae Takaichi
Haruhisa Nakagawa
Saburo Tsukamoto
Norihide Miyoshi
Syunichi Akasofu
Ryoichi Hamamoto
