The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus Newsletter Newsletter No. 10, 2020 May 26, 2020 New Articles Sonja Petrovic Tracing Individual Perceptions of Media Credibility in Post-3.11 Japan Axel Klein Is There Left Populism in Japan? The Case of Reiwa Shinsengumi Tyler Roney Damming the Mekong: China, Laos, Cambodia and the fate of Tonle Sap Lake Mark W. Frazier Hong Kong in 2020: Pandemic, Protest and Great Power Rivalry Warm greetings to APJ readers around the world. We hope you are keeping well and self-quarantining as necessary during this prolonged global crisis. We have four articles this week spanning topics across Japan, China, Hong Kong and South East Asia. Hope you find them useful. We would like to also share an item that may be of interest in addition to our features - this one is from Nikkei Asian Review dated May 14. Japan's coronavirus response is flawed -- but it works: Focus on clusters helps country defy grim forecasts despite missteps Be well, from the APJ team Quick Links Newsletter Archive More About Us Contributing to APJ