Dr Donna Weeks
Biography
Publications
Dr Donna Weeks is a professor at Musashino University Tokyo where she teaches Japanese politics and peace studies in the Department of Political Science. Much of her work is focussed on the politics and history of Japan’s relationship with Australia and the international implications of Japan’s domestic political machinations.
Shinzo Abe “outside the net”
Japan’s Prime Minister is scrambling to reassert relevance while local media is searching for metaphors.
Moritomo Gakuen: Shinzo Abe’s scandal that just won’t go away
Reform of Japan’s pacifist constitution might be the least of the Prime Minister’s worries.
Japan: Shinzo Abe faces challenges across the board
Abe's ambivalent relationship with the Japanese public concerns some members of his party.
Japan: Shinzo Abe wrestles with constitutional change
Winning a two-thirds parliamentary majority is no guarantee of change for Japan's pacifist constitution.
A neo-nationalist crack in Abe’s grand strategy
How a preschool scandal could curtail Shinzo Abe's ambitions.
What to make of Abe's Pearl Harbor visit
The view from Tokyo on world and regional affairs at the moment is perhaps best described as sitting on the edge of a game of go.
