According to Nikkei Shimbun on July 26, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to reshuffle his cabinet in early September. He initially considered late August for the reshuffle but pushed it back to September due to the schedule conflicts such as a visit...

A quick summary of the special IPF breakfast with Akie Abe, First Lady of Japan, cohosted with INES on July 23 is uploaded.  

Abe’s administration to keep focus on economic policy  The tailwind for the LDP and New Komeito coalition lasted all the way to election day and gave a resounding victory to the coalition partners, just in line with what GR Japan analysts projecte...

According to Nikkei Shimbun, in late August PM Abe will reshuffle his cabinet for the first time since he took the office in December 2012. Abe is expected to replace at least half of the 18 ministers, as well as to create new portfolios for national...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced to launch an international conference inviting female leaders during his press conference in Camberra on July 7, according to The Nikkei Shimbun. The conference will be held in Tokyo in September and planned to be ...

Japan and EU will restart an economic partnership agreement negotiation from the week of July 7. Please click "Read More" below for the news coverage.

Japanese Government announced the approval of Prime MInister's new growth strategy by his Cabinet on June 24.  The details of the growth strategy are available from the homepage of Prime Minister's office. Please click "Read more" below to jump to th...

The headquarter of Japan's Economic Revitalization of The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) has published a proposal "Japan Revitalization Vision" on May 26, aiming to be reflected to the growth strategy which is scheduled to be revised this mo...

A sound bite of IPF Breakfast meeting with Seiji Kihara, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, held on 14 May 2014, is uploaded. 

The power industry in Japan has been going through drastic changes since the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake in 2011. With none of Japan’s nuclear power plants active, the power industry has had no choice but to switch to alternatives such as LNG, the...