Andrew Stevens

Andrew Stevens is an adviser for a Japanese research centre based in London and also political editor of www.CityMayors.com. He writes in a personal capacity.

Japan's lost election

The normally routine mid-term House of Councillors (upper-house) election in Japan turned out on 29 July 2007 to be an unprecedented meltdown for prime minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal

By Andrew Stevens

/ 31 Jul 2007

Japan rarely affords comparison with other countries, though inevitable efforts are often attempted in relation to neighbouring east Asian societies and other Group of Eight (G8) liberal democracies. The putative

By Andrew Stevens

/ 7 Jun 2007

The Koizumi legacy and Japan's future

There are no miracles in Japanese politics. Shinzo Abe, frontrunner in the three-way contest to succeed Junichiro Koizumi as president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was

By Andrew Stevens

/ 20 Sep 2006

Japans first presidential election

A common frustration among observers of Japan is the abundance of cliché on the part of external news coverage of the country, with journalists rarely missing an opportunity to make

By Andrew Stevens

/ 11 Sep 2005

Japans fifty-year political itch

The ceremony to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima saw the citys mayor Tadatoshi Akiba feature prominently in news bulletins during the weekend of 6-7

By Andrew Stevens

/ 9 Aug 2005

Andrew Stevens

Japan's lost election

The Paris-Tokyo syndrome

The Koizumi legacy and Japan's future

Japan&#146;s first presidential election

Japan&#146;s fifty-year political itch

Japans first presidential election

Japans fifty-year political itch