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Old 15 Oct 2017, 02:46 PM
Quercus Quercus is offline
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Default Abe?s angle: Japan?s snap elections are a play for strength

Japan?s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has called early elections for Oct. 22 to seek to improve his Liberal Democratic Party?s position in the parliament. Americans have a tendency not to pay too close attention to what happens in Japan. This is partly because its society and, thus, its politics are complex and hard to understand. Second, Japan usually, at least superficially, seems to follow U.S. policy lines in foreign affairs without America having to exert too much pressure on its leaders.

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