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Explainer 84: Why has Shinzo Abe called a snap election now?

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27 September 2017

04 minutes

It wasn’t a surprise (observers had been predicting it for weeks) but, at a time when Japan is far from stable, our Asia bureau chief Fiona Wilson asks – why now?

27 September 2017

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