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Japan's ruling conservatives have been returned to power, but amid voter frustration, challenges lurk for Kishida

  • Written by Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women's University

Japan’s ruling conservative nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will remain comfortably in power under its new prime minister Fumio Kishida, after the weekend’s national election.

This comes after a historically short 12-day campaign.

According to projections by public broadcaster NHK, the LDP will still keep a majority in the...

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