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According to Nikkei Shimbun on 9 September, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was re-elected unopposed as a president of LDP, is planning a cabinet reshuffle in October. However, the reshuffle is expected to be a minor one since Abe wishes to focus on t...

Dr. Llewelyn Hughes, Research Director at GR Japan and Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, writes on Japan's energy conundrum and Abe's policies in the East Asia Forum. 

GR Japan's Managing Director, Jakob Edberg, gave an interview for one of the major Swedish newspapers, Svenska Dagbladet.  The interview was published in the 6 January edition and could be viewed on the following link.

In a first such initiative in Japan, two of Japan’s major electric power companies, TEPCO and Chubu Electric, are holding a joint tender for the supply of LNG, inviting about 60 major LNG suppliers to bid. Bids are due by 19 December and a supplier w...

The Prime Minister’s Office has published an interesting and thorough presentation in English (available here) on the progress and achievements of Abenomics to date. 

Immediately after the elections, PM Abe met business and union representatives to discuss wages. The lack of wage growth, combined with the impact of yen depreciation, is seen as one of the major obstacles to lifting private consumption, an essential...