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Michael Macarthur Bosack

Michael Macarthur Bosack

The Japan Times

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Ishiba navigates the low expectations for Japan’s foreign policy

12.02.2025 40

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Michael Macarthur Bosack

Adjusting to the new normal in Japanese politics

30.01.2025 30

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Michael Macarthur Bosack

Breaking down the LDP’s punishing defeat

28.10.2024 3

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Michael Macarthur Bosack

The new prime minister puts together a ‘disunity Cabinet’

On Tuesday, the nation's newly minted prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, formed his first Cabinet, and like the Liberal Democratic Party leadership...

01.10.2024 3

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Michael Macarthur Bosack

Japan’s perennial political underdog finally gets a win

Last Friday, members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party chose its next leader and, by extension, the next prime minister — and for the first...

30.09.2024 20

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Michael Macarthur Bosack

Unpacking Japan’s messy leadership election

Come October, Japan will a have a new prime minister, and that person will be from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Those points are...

08.09.2024 5

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Michael Macarthur Bosack

With Kishida’s sudden departure, who will lead Japan?

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday made a surprise announcement that he would not be seeking reelection in next month's Liberal Democratic...

15.08.2024 4

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Michael Macarthur Bosack