News & Insights

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...

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 compiled some notable political events from July to September.  Please see the attached below for the calendar.