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All posts tagged "LDP leadership"
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3.0KPoliticsLDP Presidential Election 2018: Takeaways & Things to Watch
The ballots are counted, and it is official: Shinzo Abe has secured a third term as Liberal Democratic Party president. At 553...
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2.0KPoliticsNot So Fast on Constitutional Revision
While visiting his ancestral home of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi prefecture for obon, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made some strong statements about his...
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2.4KPoliticsWhat to Expect Following the LDP Presidential Election (Part III: Lingering Questions)
This article is the final part of a three-part series on Tokyo Review. Part I covered the political calendar from September 2018...
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3.0KPoliticsWill Kishida Challenge Abe’s Leadership?
Fumio Kishida was long assumed to be Shinzo Abe's heir as prime minister - but now faces a conundrum over whether to...
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2.9KPoliticsA Summer Preview of Japanese Politics
With a debate over controversial casino legislation and an LDP presidential election looming, Summer 2018 is set to be a busy one...
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6.8KPoliticsWho Will Lead Japan after September?
Japan has no national elections scheduled in 2018, but there is one highly consequential vote on the calendar – the LDP’s internal...
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2.8KPoliticsToward a New Era of Revolving Door Prime Ministers?
The recent revelation that the Ministry of Finance doctored documents presented for Diet testimony has put the Abe administration in hot water,...
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2.6KPoliticsLDP 2018 Preview: Party Leadership
The following is part two of our preview of the LDP’s political landscape in 2018. Today we look ahead to the LDP’s...
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3.2KPoliticsLDP 2018 Preview: Elections
The dust has finally settled from the October 2017 Lower House election as the new year begins. There were some notable changes in...