Abe’s Death Throws Japanese Polls Into Chaos
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Abe’s Death Throws Japanese Polls Into Chaos
Sympathy vote may change upper house electoral equation
By: Rupakjyoti Borah
The biggest change agent in today’s upper house elections to the Japanese Parliament is likely to be the assassination on July 8 of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which has thrown them into chaos as the nation goes into mourning for one of its most influential political figures.
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