Shinzo Abe in a totally cynical move dissolved the Diet Japan's lower house of parliament in an effort to retain power. While Donald Trump is well known for his racism, misogyny, nativism and xenophobia Shinzo Abe keeps any public pronouncements concerning these issues rather prosaic. Shinzo Abe is a member of Nippon Kaigi an organization which denies Japanese Imperial army war crimes during World War II, seeks to return the emperor to the position and power held prior to the war, historical revisionists and are xenophobic.
His grandfather Nobusuke Kishi was a member of Tojo's wartime cabinet imprisoned for a brief time released and went on to become Prime Minister of Japan. This is the person Shinzo Abe admires most.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the House of Representatives at the Sept. 28 outset of an extraordinary Diet session for a snap general election.
His grandfather Nobusuke Kishi was a member of Tojo's wartime cabinet imprisoned for a brief time released and went on to become Prime Minister of Japan. This is the person Shinzo Abe admires most.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the House of Representatives at the Sept. 28 outset of an extraordinary Diet session for a snap general election.
At an extraordinary Cabinet meeting later in the day, the government approved a schedule under which official campaigning will kick off on Oct. 10 for an Oct. 22 election. The previous lower house poll was in December 2014.
Abe, also leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is set to campaign on using a portion of new revenue from a scheduled consumption tax hike to make preschool education free, and proposals to revise the Constitution.
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