Such was his influence that the 100-member faction he led in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is still rudderless. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO – The assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving yet polarising leader, continues to reverberate in the country’s corridors of power – from Tokyo’s political hub of Nagatacho to the streets of Shimonoseki, the western city that was both his home town and electoral district.after stepping down as prime minister in 2020 due to ill health.
Unlike other former prime ministers who faded away after stepping down, Mr Abe was at the forefront of Japanese politics, pulling strings as a political titan and kingmaker before he died. Within the LDP’s Abe faction, infighting has led to a power struggle between as many as five men eyeing the top job. They are Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, LDP policy chief Koichi Hagiuda, Diet affairs chief Tsuyoshi Takagi, top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno, and Upper House secretary-general Hiroshige Seko. This has forced the faction to move towards a group leadership structure, much to the displeasure of its members.
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