Tokyo on Fire!

Prime Minister Abe has just completed a historic state visit to the United States where he became the first Japanese leader to address a joint session of Congress. This week’s Burning Issue is PM Abe’s U.S. visit and the history-making speech, with a focus on treatment of the Pacific War issue, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the US-Japan military relationship. This speech is widely considered to be the precursor to the highly-anticipated statement that will coincide with the upcoming 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. Host Timothy Langley, advisors Michael Cucek and Dr. Nancy Snow take on providing analysis on this important subject.

How many of Japan’s nuclear plants will be allowed to get back online? Host Timothy Langley and advisor Michael Cucek take on the subject.

This week's edition of Tokyo on Fire is indeed a burning issue: the revision of Japan's textbooks. Host Timothy Langley and advisors Michael Cucek and Dr. Nancy Snow take on the subject.

This episode of Tokyo on Fire focuses on the rising tensions between the Abe administration and the Governor of Okinawa, votes in the key prefectures of Hokkaido and Oita, and the ongoing public dialogue on whether Abenomics will succeed in bringing structural reform.

As part of the Abenomics plan; 2014 saw Japan’s consumption tax rate increase from 5% to 8%. Have monetary easing and fiscal policies given the promised boost to Japan’s stagnating economy?

70 years have passed since the end of the Pacific War. How has Japan changed as a country since the then? How will the commemorations set to take place in August 2015 unfurl in Tokyo?

In this special episode of Tokyo on Fire, Dr. Nancy Snow speaks to an audience at the Forum for Corporate Communications on nation branding, with a focus on Japan’s recent efforts in anticipation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Political scandals in Japan have been rocking the domestic and foreign press as of recent. This week, we offer our take on scandals and their handling in Japan.

A brief rundown of the Japanese debate for and against Japan’s pacifist constitution, which was ratified under strenuous circumstances in 1947.

In this episode, we look at the “Third Arrow” of Abenomics: structural reform. Specifically, of the agricultural industry union, JA (Japan Agriculture).