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Everything Rosy for Japan’s Shinzo Abe

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Aug 15, 2018
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Shinzo Abe says he will make changing Japan’s pacifist constitution the keynote of his campaign for a third term as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and thus prime minister.

Abe’s current term expires in September and a successful campaign would extend it by another three years, enabling him to remain as premier through most of 2021.That woul…

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