Liberalism thus entered Japan together with a wide spectrum of European social thought. It influenced the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement that began agitating for democratic reforms and the ...

Social media has rapidly become a force in Japanese politics—shaping public opinion and tipping the scales in national and ...

Over half of respondents said they obtain news about elections and politics from the mass media, while about 10 percent rely ...

(Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) Under the 1955 system, characterized by conservative-reformist standoffs between the LDP and the former Japan Socialist Party, the gaps in this political structure had ...

Democracy is under threat around the world, but not because dictators are overthrowing elected governments and seizing power. While authoritarian takeovers still make headlines, they are no longer ...

“The core of the film is friendship, but specifically the feeling you get when you lose a friend because of political differences ... the reason is a larger, social reason, one of the ...

Fewer Japanese believe their society ... of informed debate and respect for opposing views in political circles. “While the spread of social media has given some people a greater sense of ...