Japan's Abe gambles on a second snap election
Editor's Insight: The government's popularity plunged because of scandals earlier this year but has since risen due to a recovering economy and Korean tensions.
A snap election has been called for October 22 by one of New Zealand’s major trading partners, Japan, which is crucial to the future of export ambitions.
This is not the first time Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an early election. In November 2014, when the economy was in a technical
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Japan's Abe gambles on a second snap election
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