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Japan has still not recovered from the shock of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Despite having retired from his post as prime minister, Abe remained a key figure in Japanese public life and perhaps the most prominent and internationally recognizable Japanese politician. What impact does his death have on Japanese society and the international relations of the Asian country? We analyze it in this edition of El Debate.
Shinzo knew political power from a very young age, he was even nicknamed ‘The Prince’. He was a member of a dynasty of politicians: the son of former Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe and the grandson of former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.
Integrating the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), in 1993 Shinzo Abe was elected as a member of the Japanese Parliament and in 2006 he assumed the position of prime minister. At 52, he is the youngest prime minister in Japan’s post-war history. Between 2012 and 2020 his second term takes place, thus becoming the prime minister with the most years in office.
His economic stimulus strategy for the archipelago was called “Abenomics.” This strategy, with its supporters and detractors, managed to boost the Japanese economy, but then it slowed down; although it gave Japan visibility internationally.
Abe was perhaps the most recognized Japanese politician in the world, with good relations with the West, but he had his ups and downs with Korea, China and Russia, with the latter country he maintains a tense relationship due to the archipelago of the Kuril Islands, as they are known. in Russian.
What is the political legacy of Shinzo Abe? Who will assume the void that he leaves in the Japanese political scene? Why, despite his retirement, was he still so respected in public life? Why was he killed? What do the first indications of the investigation say? We analyze it together with our guests:
– Sho Muto, professor of political science at Kwansei Gakuin University in Kobe, Japan.
– Florentino Rodao, professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and author of the book ‘The society of the vulnerable country, Japan 1945’.
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