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自民・河野氏「森山幹事長は辞任を」　茂木氏は石破首相の辞任を要求「今回3連敗。3アウトチェンジ」｜FNNプライムオンライン 自民党の河野前デジタル相が27日朝のフジテレビ「日曜報道 THE PRIME」に出演し、参議院選挙の敗北の責任をとり森山幹事長が辞任するべきだとの考えを示しました。自民党・河野太郎前デジタル相:（衆院の）総選挙、参議院選挙と2つ惨敗をしたわけですから。首相がまだ日米関税交渉もあるというならば、そこはやっぱり幹事長が全責任を負って自分がけじめをつけるからということで、何らかのけじめというのは、組織と...

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“Yet as Google does the Googling, humans no longer visit the websites from which the information is gleaned. Similarweb, which measures traffic to more than 100m web domains, estimates that worldwide search traffic … fell by about 15% in the year to June” www.economist.com/business/202...

Yup, including endorsement of Tamogami Toshio.

Will be interesting to see how she fares in the HoC election on Sunday: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

Will be interested to see how she fares on Sunday in the HoC election: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

Sanseito brings far-right populism to Japan Party's rise marks a shift toward conspiracist, anti-globalist rhetoric

My piece on Sanseitō for Nikkei Asia. I've been working on this with @robfahey.net for a while now. I just presented on our working paper at IPSA in Seoul, and a peer-reviewed paper is coming out soon. There's also an exciting Japanese project on its way as well. asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Sans...

The Mainichi reports Sanseito’s draft constitution removes the following human rights found in Japan's current constitution:
•Freedom of expression, thought, & religion
•Right to a fair trial & remain silent
•Equality under the law (no discrimination race, creed, sex, social status or family origin)

Cut to foreign PhD student support deals blow to Japanese academia - The Mainichi TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government's plan to end financial support for foreign doctoral students has drawn criticism from students and academics

"The Japanese government's plan to end financial support for foreign doctoral students has drawn criticism from students and academics who have labeled the step unjust and counterproductive to fostering a diverse, inclusive and thriving academic environment."

Japan to name Defense Ministry policy chief as its top bureaucrat - The Mainichi TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to appoint Taro Yamato, who leads the Defense Ministry's policy bureau, as its next top bureaucrat, sou

Japan to have a new MOD VM--the highly qualified Yamato Taro: mainichi.jp/english/arti...

More trouble for Kawasaki's P1, for its IHI aero engines-- and for the kokusanka ideal. www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

More trouble for Kawasaki's P1, for its IHI aero engines-- and for the kokusanka ideal. www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

Trump quoting an OSHIT account for confirmation of his strikes on Iran has a very special level of ick for me.

The world's been waiting for something like this: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

Even the most accommodating -- and dependent --- allies have their limits...

The world's been waiting for something like this: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

Cracking the Crab: Russian Espionage Against Japan Professor James D.J. Brown will present his new book on the history of Russian espionage against Japan. Cracking the Crab tells the extraordinary full story of Russian intrigue targeting Japan, from f...

A reminder that I shall be speaking in London at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation on Thursday 19 June to introduce my new book on Russian spies in Japan. Please use the link below to register.
dajf.org.uk/event/cracki...

Japan Says Chinese Fighter Jet Flew Too Close to Its Military Plane

Risky business: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/w...

Japan Says Chinese Fighter Jet Flew Too Close to Its Military Plane

Risky business: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/w...

Yes. As I noted, no sources were offered and in their place, perhaps we were served a pile of wishful thoughts from those who might wish the project would go away. Shocking, right?

No sourcing here, but if true, US timing seems off. 1st of all, this project has long been in the works, & the horse is well out of this barn/hangar. 2nd, complaining at a time when US allies have many reasons to question US reliability seems, well, tone deaf. militarnyi.com/en/news/u-s-...

No sourcing here, but if true, US timing seems off. 1st of all, this project has long been in the works, & the horse is well out of this barn/hangar. 2nd, complaining at a time when US allies have many reasons to question US reliability seems, well, tone deaf. militarnyi.com/en/news/u-s-...

North Korea Detains Officials Blamed for Kim Jong Un’s Capsized Warship The three detainees are being held responsible for the botched launch of a 5,000-ton destroyer, an accident that has drawn the dictator’s wrath.

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Why Kim Jong Un Can’t Accept Failure With His Warships The North Korean navy’s botched launch of a brand-new destroyer this week revealed a key vulnerability: His massive military is woefully equipped.

DPRK's capsized destroyer: www.wsj.com/world/asia/w...

Why Kim Jong Un Can’t Accept Failure With His Warships The North Korean navy’s botched launch of a brand-new destroyer this week revealed a key vulnerability: His massive military is woefully equipped.

DPRK's capsized destroyer: www.wsj.com/world/asia/w...

Granting Curtis LeMay an Imperial decoration has always been hard to understand. Good that it is back in the news: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

The Science Council of Japan Has Failed — Now Shut It Down | JAPAN Forward With a long record of bias, insularity, and irrelevance, the Science Council of Japan has outlived its purpose. Reform isn't enough. It should be dismantled.

This has been a long time coming. japan-forward.com/the-science-...

The Science Council of Japan Has Failed — Now Shut It Down | JAPAN Forward With a long record of bias, insularity, and irrelevance, the Science Council of Japan has outlived its purpose. Reform isn't enough. It should be dismantled.

This has been a long time coming. japan-forward.com/the-science-...

A more confident military might work "Zero" into the name. Just saying ...

A more confident military might work "Zero" into the name. Just saying ...

Japan Considering Naming its GCAP Fighter After the WW2-Era A7M ‘Reppu’: Reports The A7M Reppu (Strong Gale) was conceived to succeed the legendary A6M Zero, but it never flew. Reports from Japan, quoting defense officials in deep

"Strong Gale" seems fighter appropriate, but naming the F-3 after a successor to the Zero that never went beyond prototyping strikes me as somehow inauspicious... #AsianSecurity theaviationist.com/2025/05/03/j...