In my latest for @NikkeiAsia, I consider how Abe's legacy is shaping the LDP race. asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Shinzo…
Some excerpts: "This year's leadership contest reveals the extent to which his premiership continues to shape and constrain the choices available to Japan's leaders."
"It is increasingly apparent that Abe left his successors a toolbox -- fiscal and monetary stimulus, state-led industrial policy, more activist foreign policy led by a strengthened prime minister's office -- but not a road map."
"It is unclear whether the potent tools Japan's next prime minister will inherit will be equal to its challenges, or whether new policy innovations will be necessary."
Read the rest here: asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Shinzo…
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