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Abe gambles on sending Japan to a snap election - but it may yet backfire

The long-held ambition to allow Japan to play a military role in line with its economic scale was a key reason for going to the voters

Shinzo Abe
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Shinzo Abe

Nick Bisley | The Conversation
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of the national parliament, the Diet, on September 28, with an election to be held on October 22. Called more than 12 months earlier than needed, the snap poll was a calculated gamble by the leader of the conservative LDP to strengthen his hand.
But within days of making the decision, what had seemed like an easy win for the veteran leader looked like a much riskier proposition. Not only might Abe fail to get the national mandate he needs to take on some risky reforms, he may well

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