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All posts tagged "Shinzo Abe"
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1.2KPoliticsLDP 2018 Preview: Constitutional Amendment
The following concludes our preview of the LDP’s political landscape in 2018. We finish by looking at the prospects for constitutional amendment:...
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1.1KPoliticsLDP 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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1.6KPoliticsLDP 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...
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907PoliticsAbe’s Election Win Changes Nothing
A fifth election victory for Shinzo Abe doesn't change the obstacles which stand in the way of constitutional revision or other major...
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1.1KPoliticsElection 2017: Possible Outcomes
With only days to go before Japan's 2017 General Election, we assess the state of the parties and how the election seems...
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1.5KPoliticsElection 2017: The Demographic Issues
The main parties in Japan's 2017 Election have quite different approaches to solving the country's looming demographic problem; which do voters prefer?
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1.1KPoliticsElection 2017: Candidates Take to Twitter
Japan’s style of election campaigning is often commented upon – usually somewhat disparagingly – by foreign visitors to and residents of the...
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1.2KPoliticsElection 2017: The China Factor
With this month’s snap election in Japan now set to feature a showdown between two major conservative parties, the Asia-Pacific region is...
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1.5KPoliticsThe Failure of Japanese Politics
Last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked Japanese voters to go to the polls on October 22, the third time voters have...
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1.1KPoliticsIs Abe’s Election a Fatal Error?
Snap elections are one of the most powerful political tools at the disposal of a prime minister in a parliamentary democracy. With...