This website uses cookies and other technologies to help us provide you with better content and customized services. If you want to continue to enjoy this website’s content, please agree to our use of cookies. For more information on cookies and their use, please see our latest Privacy Policy.

Accept

cwlogo

切換側邊選單 切換搜尋選單

Vol. 530 / Content

Japan on the Rebound

Vol. 530

purchase subscribe

Survey

Taiwan's Young Voters

Who They Favor as the Next President

Taiwan's top five mayors stand the greatest chance of rising to political supremacy. But first they must win the enigmatic hearts of the younger generation. A new CommonWealth survey shows how they're stacking up.

Survey

2013 Local Leader Approval Survey

DPP Stands Firm, KMT Shuffles Deck

Personal scandals and unpopular strong-hand measures have caused public support to plummet for some local leaders, while innovation and effective public relations have won residents' hearts.

International

Japan Inc. Returns to Asia

South Korea has upstaged Japan economically in recent years, leaving Japanese companies feeling isolated and imbued with a sense of crisis. They are counting on Asia to get back in the game.

International

Japan on the Rebound

Abe's Battle between Head and Heart

After six years in the political wilderness following a failed first stint as prime minister, Shinzo Abe is back, and so is Japan. CommonWealth Magazine takes an in-depth look at the keys to the two closely linked revivals.

Insight

Shigeru Ishiba:

Constitutional Revisions Not a Return to Militarism

In this exclusive interview, the secretary general of Japan's ruling party, the LDP, ponders Japan's future role in the Asian region.

Insight

Akira Amari:

Solving Japan's Problems May Save the World

In an exclusive interview, Japan's Minister of State for Economic Revitalization summarizes his country's plan for putting "Abenomics" into action.