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The Democratic Party (DP), Japan's main opposition party, chose Renho as its new leader today.  Renho, who previously served as a deputy leader of the party and a third-term member at the House of Councillors, gained almost 60% of the votes and defea...

Please join us in welcoming Takuya Hirai, Chairman of the Special Mission Committee on IT Strategy for the LDP, as guest speaker for our second International Policy Forum (IPF) in September.  The Japan Revitalization Strategy 2016 released in June re...

On 14 September,  GR Japan President & CEO Jakob Edberg shared the analysis on the result of the House of Councillors election and the updates at Nagatacho, including the prediction on the Democratic Party leadership election and the extraordinary Di...

GR Japan launched a special report on Abenomics, "A Stronger Japan? - Next Steps in the Abe Era -", produced in association with PublicAffairsAsia, today.  This is our second publication focused on the ongoing efforts on economic policies under Prime...

GR Japan welcomes Yasutoshi Nishimura, Special Advisor to Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Shinzo Abe and Chief Deputy Secretary-General of LDP, as guest speaker for this month's International Policy Forum (IPF).  As a testament to the Prime ...

Prime Minister Abe's office and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) agreed to open an extraordinary diet session on 26 September, according to the media. Considering the volume of the continuous issues, it was said that PM Abe wished the session to be...

According to NHK, Prime Minister Abe has determined his new cabinet to support his growth strategy, retaining the key ministers.  It was initially rumored that the reshuffle could be significant this time; however, Abe opted for stability over surpri...

Yuriko Koike, who won the Tokyo gubernatorial election on Sunday, had a press conference today as she kicked off her term. She pledged to reform the metropolitan government and emphasized her initiatives for transparency and information disclosure, a...

The House of Councillors updated the party breakdown, reflecting the result of the election held on 10 July. The entire list is available from the House of Councillors website linked  below. Additionally, please refer to a chart GR Japan created to c...

GR Japan is pleased to inform you that with effect from Monday, 25th July, 2016, our office is relocated to the larger space on the Mezzanine floor from the current room on the 3rd floor of Juzen Building due to the growth of the company. The address...