After having surveyed the national election outlook, I've decided to take a short trip to check out a couple races that I think should be interesting: Kagawa's first district, where the DPJ's Ogawa Junya faces LDP incumbent Hirai Takuya; Okayama's second district, which features a race between DPJ incumbent Tsumura Keisuke, the LDP's Hagiwara Seiji, …
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On CNBC Thursday
Viewers in Asia can catch me on CNBC Asia's Asia Squawk Box at 8:30am JST on Thursday.I'll link to video as soon as it's available online.
On Radio Australia
I appeared in a long segment on the general election on Radio Australia's Connect Asia program. Have a listen here.
On the Australia Network
My interview on the Japanese political situation for NewsHour on the Australia Network, ABC's overseas service, can be viewed here. Unfortunately it's not a direct link but a link to the NewsHour archives: the video is filed under "Japanese elections."
Around the Internet
I recently recorded a podcast with W. David Marx (aka Marxy), impresario of Néojaponisme. Recorded at a busy Showa-themed izakaya in Shibuya, it's less a podcast than a chance to eavesdrop on our conversation, complete with the izakaya's background noise. (Podcast: Liberal Democratic Japan.)I spoke on a panel at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan …
For Australian readers
I will be making an appearance on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's NewsHour program this evening, around 8pm or so Australian time.
The blog’s motto
After yesterday's exegesis on the DPJ's manifesto (parts one and two), I am taking today off from serious blogging.But I do want to call your attention to the blog's "new" motto, which is not altogether new. I have heard the occasional question about the Latin phrase in the banner — which I had originally put …
REMINDER: Politics blogger party Saturday
Just a reminder that at 7pm on Saturday evening various political bloggers will be meeting at the Pink Cow in Shibuya.Information available here.
On the radio
I will be discussing the Japanese political situation on Newstalk K57 in Guam at 7:30am JST.It appears that you can listen live here.
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