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Prime Minister Abe intends to reshuffle his cabinet in early August during the extraordinary Diet session that is scheduled to start on 1 August. According to the media, about the half out of the 19 cabinet members could be changed this time as PM Ab...

The media reports that Tatsuo Hirano, Former Minister of Reconstruction and an independent member of the House of Councillors, will join the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). This will make LDP to  have a simple majority in both the upper and lower hou...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed victory in the House of Councillors election held on 10 July. The result is very close to GR Japan's prediction two weeks ago --- the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito won the majorit...

Jakob Edberg, GR Japan Managing Director, presented our analysis and predictions on the upcoming upper house election at "IPF: 2016 House of Councillors Election Special" on 28 June. His presentation is available as attached.  Should you like to know...

As UK voted to leave EU on 24 June, Japan Time,  Prime Minister Abe said that he would take an action to stabilize the markets and called for an urgent meeting with the Bank of Japan and Ministers this morning. The government has also commented that ...

The official campaign for the 2016 House of Councillors election kicked off on 22 June. A total of 389 candidates declared to run in the election that will be taken place on 10 July, vying for half of the chamber's 242 seats. As PM Abe calls economy ...