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Time for a Change? Recent Elections in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2002

Steven R. Reed
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Abstract

The most important election held in 2001 was that to the House of Councillors. Here, however, I will report on several surprising gubernatorial elections and the shocking LDP party presidential election. Each of these elections sent a similar message from the voters: ‘it is time for a change’. Powerful political machines using tried and true campaign techniques were repeatedly defeated by novices whose primary attraction was that they were not part of the political establishment.

Type
Research Article
Information
Japanese Journal of Political Science , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , November 2001 , pp. 243 - 245
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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