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The Asia-Pacific Journal published a comprehensive compendium of ten articles dealing with former PM Abe's legacy. Very interesting read!
Table of Content
- 'Abe Shinzo: Contentious Candidate for a State Funeral', Gavan McCormack
- 'Washington's Man in Japan', Koichi Nakano
- 'Abe and the Revival of Shinto Nationalism', Mark R. Mullins
- 'Abe and Russia: A Legacy of Failure', James D. J. Brown
- 'The Stumbling Statesman', Jeff Kingston
- 'Abe Left Japan's Economy Worse Than He Found It', Richard Katz
- 'Abe's Historical Revisionism', Sven Saaler
- 'No Friend of the Free Media', David McNeill and Kaori Hayashi
- 'Abe and the Unification Church: Opposing Gender Equality and LGBTQ+ Rights', Tomomi Yamaguchi
- 'He's Not the Emperor', Alexis Dudden
The Abe Legacy: A Compendium
Abstract: On 8 July, Abe Shinzō was assassinated during a political rally in Nara. He was Japan’s prime minister twice, first in 2006–2007 and then again from 2012 to 2020, when he resigned am