Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has avoided lame-duck status after his ruling bloc won a solid victory in Sunday's upper house election but the poll - ...
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has avoided lame-duck status after his ruling bloc won a solid victory in Sunday's upper house election but the poll: with nearly record-low turnout: has dented his hopes of revising the pacifist constitution and left him facing tough diplomatic challenges
Abe also faces U.S. pressure to join a military coalition to safeguard strategic waters off Iran and Yemen. Trump's national security adviser John Bolton was in Tokyo on Monday and was expected to raise the issue, debate over which could inflame a divide in public opinion over sending Japanese troops abroad.
Turnout in the election, however, fell below 50per cent to the lowest level since 1995, media estimates showed, due to a perceived lack of viable alternatives among a fragmented opposition camp and an absence of heated debate on issues.
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