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Will Fee

Will Fee

Will Fee is a British journalist and researcher based in central Tokyo. He holds an MPhil in Japanese Studies from Oxford University with a specialism in postwar history and culture.
Will Fee is a British journalist and researcher based in central Tokyo. He holds an MPhil in Japanese Studies from Oxford University with a specialism in postwar history and culture.
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English

Opinion | What France’s election had that Tokyo’s didn’t

Compared to the display of democratic enthusiasm in France, Tokyo’s gubernatorial race yielded a lacklustre vote in favour of the incumbent.

Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving PM, was always going to be a tough act to follow, and Yoshihide Suga, in departing, seemed to think the job was too big for him. With his rapid departure, Japan may be facing a return to leadership instability.

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TV sponsors, construction firms, the IOC and politicians are all set to benefit from the Games, but it is hard to see how any gains for the people of Tokyo. Polls showing less opposition to the Olympics is more likely down to a sense of resignation rather than excitement.

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