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100 1 _aKATZ Richard
700 _aENNIS Peter
245 _aHow able is Abe/
_c Richard Katz
260 _c2007
520 _aJunichiro Koizumi retired as Japan's prime minister September 2006. Now Shinzo Abe successor will have to live up to the expectations Koizumi created. He is Japan's first prime minister to be born after World War II. This article discusses the similarities and the change of the direction between Koizumi and Abe. Abe is part of the younger generation that wants to continue enhancing the prime minister's power, but his conciliatory style may prove an obstacle.
650 _aJAPAN
773 _aForeign Affairs :
_g March / April 2007, pp. 75-91
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