Walking a Tightrope
Oct 01, 2020
3 minutes
By Shi Yongming
Copyedited by Rebeca Toledo
The author is an op-ed contributor to Beijing Review and a senior researcher on international studies
Yoshihide Suga, a long-time right-hand man of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was elected to the top government post at an extraordinary parliamentary session on September 16. His campaign slogan was to carry on Abe’s unfinished mission.
The political turmoil in the 1990s and at the turn of the 2010s led to a strong desire for stability in Japanese society. The long administration of Junichiro Koizumi (2001-06) and Abe (second, third and fourth terms,
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