Prime Minister Abe and British Prime Minister May agreed to accelerate a preparation for the bilateral free trade negotiations at the joint press conference last night. They also reached an agreement to establish a new ministerial-level framework for...

Ahead of the party's Presidential Election on 1 September, the two candidates, Seiji Maehara and Yukio Edano of the Democratic Party (DP), discussed how they would regain support for DP and lead the opposition parties against the ruling party at a pr...

GR Japan, Ocean Outcomes (hereafter O2) and Seafood Legacy today issued a joint press release to call for efforts to prevent Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. According to the most recent research commissioned by O2, "Estimates of il...

GR Japan published an analysis on the Democratic Party Presidential Election. Followed by the sudden resignation by its president Renho on 27 July, the Democratic Party (DP) decided to cast a vote for her replacement on 1 September.  While Seiji Maeh...

GR Japan analyzed Prime Minister Abe's third cabinet, which was formed on 3 August.Looking for a fix to recover the low supporting rate, Prime Minister Abe played it safe by choosing 13 out of 19 cabinet members who have previously served as minister...

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Japan and the EU finally reached a broad agreement on the free trade. Prime Minister Abe, EU President Tusk and European Commission President Juncker officially announced the agreement in Hamburg on 6 July, local time. The Japan-EU EPA, which has bee...

GR Japan had an honor to welcome Mr. Katsunobu Kato, who is the Minister for Working-style Reform, Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens, and Minister in Charge of Women's Empowerment, as guest speaker for the International Policy...

According to media reports, Prime Minister Abe has decided to carry out a cabinet reshuffle in August, responding to  the result in Tokyo assembly election held on 2 July. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has lost more than half of its seats, which...