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The Abe Legacy: A Compendium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

David McNeill
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On 8 July, Abe Shinzō was assassinated during a political rally in Nara. He was Japan's prime minister twice, first in 2006–2007 and then again from 2012 to 2020, when he resigned amid falling approval ratings and ill-health. While Abe's legacy is deeply disputed within Japan, abroad he has been widely praised as an unusually resolute, even transformative statesman who helped the country shake off the deadwood of the postwar era. In this compendium, David McNeill collects a series of short assessments of Abe's legacy in key areas by some of the journal's lead writers.

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Abe ShinzoAbenomicsUnification ChurchKoreaPolitical Assassinations

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 20 , Issue 16 , September 2022, e11
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