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Yoichi Shimada

Yoichi Shimada
The latest news and top stories on Yoichi Shimada. Known for his close association with the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Shimada is a prominent political scientist and professor of International Politics at Fukui Prefectural University. He is also a senior fellow at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals, focusing on US politics and diplomacy. Recently elected to the far-right Conservative Party, he advocates for energy policies utilising nuclear and thermal power and has voiced strong conservative views on historical issues. He expressed disappointment with the Liberal Democratic Party.
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