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Craig Mark

Craig Mark

Craig Mark is a professor in the Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University, Tokyo
Craig Mark is a professor in the Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University, Tokyo
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Opinion | Japan’s next PM? Vaccine tsar Taro Kono is in with a shot

Among the other possibilities are ex-foreign minister Kishida and would-be first female PM Sanae Takaichi.

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The premier has broken a century-old record for political longevity – but despite domestic comebacks and foreign policy wins, a succession of scandals and his mixed results with the economy will live long in the memory.

The ruling LDP-Komeito coalition maintains its strong lead over the lacklustre opposition parties, and is poised to retain the two-thirds supermajority it has enjoyed since 2016.

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