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Sep 30, 2017
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The stage is set for an epic general election in Japan, pitting the longest-serving post-war prime minister, Shinzo Abe, against the first woman to have a decent shot at becoming Japan’s first female premier, Tokyo’s popular governor Yuriko Koike.

The epic struggle was triggered by Abe’s decision Monday to dissolve Parliament and call a snap election for…

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