{"id":31169,"date":"2013-07-19T06:40:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T11:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2013\/07\/19\/is-abe-ready-for-japanese-expectations\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T01:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T06:11:20","slug":"is-abe-ready-for-japanese-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2013\/07\/19\/is-abe-ready-for-japanese-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Abe ready for Japanese expectations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Bruce Stokes,\u00a0Director of Global Economic Attitudes,\u00a0Pew Research Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special to <a title=\"Is Abe ready for Japanese expectations?\" href=\"http:\/\/globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/19\/is-abe-ready-for-japanese-expectations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>CNN<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japanese voters head to the polls on Sunday to elect half of the members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of Japan\u2019s Diet, the national legislature. The ballot is shaping up as a referendum on the seven-month tenure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\u2019s government.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abe is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/japanrealtime\/2013\/07\/01\/pre-election-polls-show-secure-lead-for-abe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">riding high in the polls<\/a>, and pre-election public opinion surveys show the ruling Liberal Democratic Party prevailing in the upper house vote. Victory will enable the prime minister to pursue his domestic economic reform agenda, dubbed Abenomics, which entails monetary and fiscal stimulus and regulatory reform to improve Japan\u2019s competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But an LDP victory would also bring high expectations. After more than two decades of economic turmoil and political transition in Japan, the public\u2019s mood is on the upswing.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more at\u00a0<a title=\"Is Abe ready for Japanese expectations?\" href=\"http:\/\/globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/19\/is-abe-ready-for-japanese-expectations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>CNN&#8217;s Global Public Square<\/em><\/a>\u00a0blog<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese voters head to the polls elect members of the upper house of Japan\u2019s national legislature, and the ballot is shaping up as a referendum on the seven-month tenure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\u2019s 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