
Japan Political Pulse data used in Vox article
September 29, 2017Categories: In the News
Sasakawa USA’s Japan Political Pulse, a project by Fellow for Economy, Trade and Business Tobias Harris that aggregates major opinion polls conducted by Japanese media outlets, was utilized in a September 28 article on Vox about the stakes of the upcoming October 22 snap election recently called by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Tags: approval ratings, in the news, japan political pulse, jpp, opinion polls, polls, Shinzo Abe, tobias harris, vox

First polls after Trump’s victory show uneasy Japanese public
November 15, 2016Author: Tobias Harris
Categories: Japan Political Pulse
As the Japanese government scrambles to react to Donald Trump’s upset victory in the November 8 United States presidential election—and with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expected to be the first world leader to meet with Trump this Thursday, November 17—new opinion polls suggest the Japanese public is uneasy about the impact of the election on the U.S.-Japan relationship.
Tags: approval ratings, Asahi Shimbun, budget, donald trump, Japan, japan political pulse, Japanese, jpp, military, NHK, opinion poll, Politics, poll, president trump, Shinzo Abe, Tokyo, trump, us elections, US Forces, us forces in japan, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations, Yomiuri Shimbun

Reading Between the Lines of Abenomics 2.0
January 4, 2016Author: Hayakawa Hideo
Categories: In-Depth with Nippon.com
Prime Minister Abe’s announcement of three new arrows to guide stage two of Abenomics took the nation by surprise. It signals a recognition that the first three arrows are not working, writes former BOJ Executive Director Hayakawa Hideo, and forebodes a major shift in monetary policy.
Tags: Abe, Abenomics, abenomics 2.0, approval ratings, birth rate, cpi, debt, deflation, Economy, elder care, fertility rate, fiscal policy, GDP, growth rate, inflation, investment, Japan, LDP, monetary policy, money, quantitative easing, Shinzo Abe, social security, work-life balance