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Abe’s Dilemma / Ikuo, Kabashima; Chihiro, Okawa

Ikuo, Kabashima	Journal Article
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2007.

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Abe Shinzô took over as prime minister of Japan on September 26, 2006. Thanks to the support of former Prime Minister Koizumi Jun'ichirô and his own popularity among the public at large, Abe assumed office with a strong base after winning the Liberal Democratic Party presidency with an impressive 66% of the total vote from LDP Diet members and local party chapters. In his previous positions as chief cabinet secretary and LDP secretary general, Abe supported the reforms initiated by the Koizumi administration. According to a public opinion poll conducted by the Asahi Shimbun (published on September 28, 2006), the newly formed Abe cabinet enjoyed an approval rating of 63%-not quite as high as Koizumi's public support on taking office, but still the third-highest approval rating on record for a Japanese prime minister. However, a more recent Asahi poll (December 12, 2006) showed his public support dropping to 47%, owing mainly to disillusionment among young voters and those with no party affiliation (independent voters). The major reasons given were the vagueness of Abe's policy positions on issues and his decision to readmit into the LDP a group of dissenters who had opposed Koizumi's postal privatization plan.

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Politics and Government ; Japan ; Leadership Change

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DPJ advances / Taku, Sugawara; Ikuo, Kabashima

Oct 2004

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Oct 2004.

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Japan ; Internal Politics-Japan ; Elections ; Democratic Party Japan ; DPJ

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ID: 072198

How the LDP survives / Ikuo, Kabashima; Steel, Gill

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2006.

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Political Parties ; Japan ; Liberal Democratic Party

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ID: 068322

Lessons from the lDP landside / Ikuo, Kabashima; Taku, Sugawara

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2005.

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Election ; Japan ; Japan-Internal Politics

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ID: 053054

Prospects for a two party system in Japan / Ikuo, Kabashima; Taku, Sugawara

Feb 2004

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Feb 2004.

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Japan ; Elections ; Internal Politics

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