14 Years Since the Bestseller 'The Day of the Promise: A Theoretical Essay on Shinzo Abe' -- Literary critic Eitaro Ogawa Depicts Japan After Shinzo Abe's Death and the Unfolding 'Promise'.

Asuka Shinsha Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Naohisa Doi) will release on July 2nd the latest work by literary critic Eitaro Ogawa, "After the Promise: From Shinzo Abe to Sanae Takaichi," his first new book in four and a half years.

Mr. Abe, where might you be?

Mr. Abe, who told me to "persevere," has fallen,

And I, who wrote that I "would choose a short life,"

Am alive today --

What has become of that "promise" with the death of Shinzo Abe?

Japan is not yet over.

Four years have passed; has the "promise" been kept, or has it been nullified?

We want you to know the history of the battle, passed from Shinzo Abe to Sanae Takaichi --

[Table of Contents]

Introduction

Chapter 1: My Eternal Shinzo Abe

July 8th -- It all began with the lamentation of that day

To Prime Minister Kishida and his cabinet

The smear campaign against Abe was a staged historical battle

Kishida Bomb Terror and the Assassination of Abe

Chapter 2: Confusion and Drifting of the Conservative Faction

On the first anniversary -- Shinzo Abe's human strength that defended the bastion of conservatism

Conservatives, let us return to the path of humanity

A Hundred-Year Plan for the Nation

Chapter 3: The Anomalous Ishiba Administration

A Letter to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba

A Letter to Former Prime Minister Taro Aso

On the third anniversary -- Shinzo Abe's "unfathomable depth"

Shigeru Ishiba's Detective Story -- Shigeru Ishiba's very existence was a constitutional crisis

Chapter 4: And Then, the Takaichi Era Begins

Protect Sanae Takaichi

Prime Minister Takaichi's Extraordinary Good Fortune

LDP, Do Not Betray

Beyond the End of the Post-War Regime

Epilogue -- Mr. Abe, where might you be?

[Author Profile]

Literary critic. Born in 1967. Graduated from Osaka University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Music (Musicology major), and completed a Master's degree at Saitama University Graduate School. While at Osaka University, he published and presided over the literary magazine "A Single Grain of Wheat," releasing numerous literary and social critiques. In the latter half of 1998, he was in charge of the new writer's novel review for Bungei Shunju's literary magazine "Bungaku Kai." In 2003, his "Yasunari Kawabata's 'The Old Capital'" was a finalist for the 35th Shincho Newcomer Award in the critical essay division, recommended by Ikkou Toyama. Since then, he has expanded his activities from literary criticism to political and social commentary. In 2015, he established the General Incorporated Association Japan Peace Research Institute and became its chairman. In 2017, he received the 18th Seiron New Face Award. His books include "The Day of the Promise: A Theoretical Essay on Shinzo Abe" and "Twenty-One Chapters After Hideo Kobayashi" (Gentosha), "Furtwängler and Karajan" (Keibunsha Shoten), and "The Value of a Writer" (Asuka Shinsha), among many others.

[Book Information]

- Title: "After the Promise: From Shinzo Abe to Sanae Takaichi"

- Author: Eitaro Ogawa

- Price: 1870 yen (tax included)

- Release Date: July 2, 2026

- Publisher: Asuka Shinsha Co., Ltd.

- Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/4wnruSN