TWQ: Japan under Abe: toward Moderation or Nationalism? - Fall 2013

Because Abe need not face another national election until summer 2016, Japan may finally have a stable government for the first time in almost a decade. But will the July 2013 electoral victory embolden him to pursue his nationalist agenda, or will he remain moderate and pragmatic?

Mike M. Mochizuki and Samuel Parkinson Porter