Japan's snap elections

Published: Dec. 11, 2014, 5:05 p.m.

b'Shinzo Abe\'s decision to call snap elections only two years into his term perplexed many people. Was it simply cover for a U-turn on a planned rise in consumption tax or was the prime minister seeking a renewed mandate for more radical measures to kick-start growth? Ben Hall discusses what the elections mean for the future of the world\'s third-largest economy with Ben McLannahan and David Pilling.


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