Why Japan's opposition parties are so hopeless

THE INGREDIENTS were all there for opposition parties to make sizeable gains in Japan’s general election on December 14th. The economy sank into recession in the third quarter, households are struggling to keep pace with higher inflation and the government of Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, was losing favour. Even the election itself was unpopular. But the biggest opposition party, the Democratic

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海江田のリーダシップ、野党の乱立、野党の準備不足、与党内野党（党内野党や公明党）が機能している、そのうち反対派は結集するが、たいして期待はできないよ、と。

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