Your Doorway to Japan

Takenaka Harukata

Editorial Planning Committee chair of Nippon.com and professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. Graduated from the University of Tokyo, where he majored in law. Joined the Ministry of Finance. Subsequently received his PhD in political science from Stanford University. Author of Sangiin to wa nani ka (What Is the House of Councillors?) and other works.

LATEST
Competing with Authoritarianism: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji Talks Policy (Part 2)INSIGHT | Jul 14, 2022
Demystifying Kishida’s New Capitalism: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji Talks Policy (Part 1)INSIGHT | Jul 13, 2022
Japan’s Foreign Minister on Furthering Quad Cooperation and Realizing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific INSIGHT | Feb 25, 2022
Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa: Toward Realism and a Stronger US-Japan Alliance INSIGHT | Feb 24, 2022
Can the New Government Deliver?INSIGHT | Jan 28, 2022
Japan’s Fragmented COVID Response: A Systemic Failure of National LeadershipINSIGHT | Apr 8, 2021
Moving Out of Digital DefeatINSIGHT | Jan 27, 2021
Setting the Plan for a Digital AgencyINSIGHT | Jan 25, 2021
A Sudden End for the Administration and an Unclear Post-Abe FutureINSIGHT | Aug 31, 2020
The Tasks Before a Victorious LDP in the Post-Election LandscapeINSIGHT | Sep 11, 2019
Reforms and Results: A Look at Abe’s Staying Power as Prime MinisterINSIGHT | Dec 26, 2018
Prime Minister Abe’s Drive to Amend the Constitution: Can He Overcome the Hurdles?INSIGHT | Sep 22, 2017
Change Brewing in the Boardroom: A Proxy Adviser Assesses Corporate Governance in JapanINSIGHT | Dec 17, 2015
Weighing Vote Disparity in Japan’s Upper HouseINSIGHT | Jul 30, 2015
Ambivalent Mandate for the Abe CabinetINSIGHT | Jan 9, 2015
Liberating a Library in Saga PrefectureINSIGHT | Oct 16, 2013
The Politics of the Tax Hike and AbenomicsINSIGHT | Oct 4, 2013
Japan in Pursuit of Westminster DemocracyINSIGHT | Sep 25, 2013