by Markyle West | Apr 23, 2019 | Utah State University
In a political climate that is already turbulent, will debt and population decline hinder Japanese Democracy? If so, how can the Japanese government stop these problems from contributing to a democratic decline? Japan has the highest national debt to Gross Domestic...
by Dillan Passmore | Apr 22, 2019 | Utah State University
Populism has recently become a buzzword in the international political scene, and political actors feel frustrated when they try to reconcile its consequences. As such movements change the nature of modern democracy, political actors are left with the question: how...
by Alexander Holt | Apr 12, 2019 | Utah State University
Is Prime Minister Shizno Abe leading Japan towards a more authoritarian identity? This might seem like a strange question, as Japan has been considered a democracy since US occupation of the islands came to an end in April of 1952, and then bouncing up to become of...
by Riham Amin | Mar 7, 2019 | American University
Over the past two decades nations around the world have collectively fallen into the hands of populist leaders. From the long-lasting global stronghold of the United States the developing upheaval of Venezuela, populism has managed to grow across various political...
by Takatoshi Sawayama | Feb 17, 2019 | Boston University
In Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan(LDP) has controlled the government for over sixty years, excluding brief interruption in 1993 and 2009. LDP reassumed power in 2012 led by reelected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Under the second Abe administration, signs...
