PM Abe’s drive to amend the Constitution: Can he overcome the hurdles?
Author: Takenaka Harukata
Categories: In-Depth with Nippon.com
Prime Minister Abe is aiming to amend the Constitution of Japan by 2020. But support for his administration has declined sharply, and if he insists on pushing ahead with the amendment process according to his intended schedule, he runs the risk of failing both at revising the Constitution and at holding on to power.
Tags: Abe, Abe administration, amendment, constitution, constitutional revision, Diet, Japan, LDP, nippon.com, Politics, Shinzo Abe, snap election
Japan Update: Upper House Elections and Implications for the Abe Administration
Date: July 13, 2016
This event brought together several Sasakawa USA experts for a special Speakers Series event to discuss results of the July 10 House of Councillors elections and what they will mean for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration.
Tags: Abe, Abe administration, admiral dennis blair, capitol hill, constitutional revision, election, election results, event, house of councillors, jeffrey hornung, masayuki hironaka, Sasakawa USA Speaker Series, Shinzo Abe, speaker series, tobias harris
Fiscal Concerns Grow as Abe Again Postpones Consumption Tax Hike
Author: Nippon.com
Categories: In-Depth with Nippon.com
Prime Minister Abe Shinzō announced on June 1 that he would postpone raising the consumption tax from 8% to 10% until October 2019. The decision marks the second time for Abe to delay the hike, putting it a full four years later than planned. During the press conference announcing the postponement Abe pointed to risks to the world economy from such factors as a slowdown in emerging and developing economies, saying his decision was necessary to prevent a drop in domestic demand.
Tags: Abe, Abe administration, abe approval, abe shinzo, demographic challenge, fiscal concerns, g7 summit, global slowdown, japanese economy, tax increase, tax postponement, world economy
Abe Returned as LDP President in Uncontested Election
Categories: In-Depth with Nippon.com
This article is available through a partnership between Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA and Nippon.com. Article was originally written and published in Japanese on September 8, 2015. For original posting, click here. Only Seven LDP Presidents Were Reelected Unopposed Prime Minister Abe Shinzō has won a new three-year term as president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Tags: Abe administration, China, constitutional reform, elections, Futenma, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, nippon.com, Okinawa, policy, Politics, Shinzo Abe