guest_writer 0 2006-10-05T00:00:00Z Much has been written in the mainstream press over the last few weeks about Japan's newly elected prime minister Abe Shinzo, routinely painted as an "unknown quantity," an "enigmatic" character with "vague policy goals and a sober demeanor" whose "ambiguity" makes him a "tough politician to label" [1,2,3]. Oft-cited are his "conservative" positions on issues such as reform of Japan's pacifist c... Chris 29431 false false false false 2006-10-05T00:00:00Z Salzberg 11120 3032 0 1 Abe's Japan abes-normal-japan-by-chris-salzberg Abe's "normal" Japan 2009-09-24T10:51:05Z 11017