On the sixth episode of The Observing Japan Podcast, I discuss three things to know about Japan's politics this week, including: Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's debut at the G7 in France and her…
On the fifth episode of The Observing Japan Podcast, I discuss three things to about Japan's politics this week, including: the scandal that could unsettle Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's government;…
For the fourth episode of The Observing Japan Podcast, I discuss three things to know about Japan's politics this week, including: the Diet passes the Takaichi government's supplemental budget; Prime…
For the third episode of The Observing Japan Podcast, I discuss three things to know about Japan's politics this week, including: the Takaichi government's JPY 3.5tn supplemental budget; the passage…
For the second episode of The Observing Japan Podcast, I discuss three things to know about Japan's politics this week, including the Takaichi government's decision to begin drafting a supplemental…
In the first episode of The Observing Japan Podcast, I discuss three things to know about Japan's politics this week, including: how Japan was watching the US-China summit; the Hormuz crisis and the…
I am Tobias Harris, a longtime analyst of Japanese politics and author of The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan, and I am excited to announce the launch of The Observing Japan Podcast, which…