Japan's Prime Minister wins his electoral bid
At a Glance
29-01-2015
Prime Minister Shinzō Abe dissolved the lower house and called an early election in December 2014. The contest was also regarded as a referendum on his growth strategy, widely known as 'Abenomics'. Taking advantage of opposition parties' weakness and inability to conduct a successful campaign at such short notice, and with the lowest turnout in post-war Japan, Abe's Liberal Democratic Party emerged as the big winner, securing him a third term as premier.
At a Glance
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- Asia and Oceania
- bicameral system
- dissolution of parliament
- early election
- economic geography
- election result
- electoral procedure and voting
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- Japan
- legislative procedure
- parliament
- parliamentary election
- parliamentary proceedings
- political parties
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