Yoshimi Watanabe, the onetime cabinet minister who left the LDP earlier this year to form a reformist "third force" with independent Kenji Eda, is still preparing to launch a new party before next month's general election...

Beautiful as France is, it's ski resorts are filled with pesky, queue-barging coquins with all their attendant bad manners, trampling upon one's skiis, and mayhem creation...

Not surprisingly, the LDP has greeted the DPJ's "realism" with severe criticism...

I drove over the Benicia Bridge today, passing over ships unloading Toyotas from Japan. The company’s entire product line was there, from Lexus to Prius to Corolla, baking in the sun, still wrapped in plastic, and unsold by the thousands, the victims of a 40 percent YOY sales drop...

After strong indications last week that he would switch districts, Ichiro Ozawa has announced that he will be running in Iwate's fourth district instead of switching to Tokyo's twelfth district, where he would run against Komeito president Akihiro Ota. I can only imagine the communication between the DPJ and Komeito in advance of Ozawa's decision...

In response to the LDP's decision to convene a closed-door gathering Tuesday that will enable LDP members to "exchange opinions" with Prime Minister Taro Aso, Hidenao Nakagawa demanded that the party open the event to the media...

Get your wallets out and open them up as it is time to “go green” in the next economic bubble.

The decision to delay the general election until 30 August means that there are weeks left for the LDP's warring policy groups to battle for the soul of the party...

Leading experts in food production and food security are looking at agriculture with a whole new perspective. The role that the agriculture sector will play in climate change is bringing new attention to a whole new breed of farmers...

Planning to downsize or terminate employees in Japan? Don't do it until you read this editorial.