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Komeito — Rock “n” Row the Coalition Boat

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Japan Decides 2014

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When at 9:15 pm on election night Komeito’s Secretary General Yoshihisa Inoue appeared on national television to comment on the results, he seemed quite content. His party had secured 35 seats, more than ever before under the current electoral system. All nine Komeito candidates in single-member districts (SMDs) had been successful and 7.3 million votes in the proportional representation (PR) tier meant another 26 seats. Just a few weeks after Komeito’s 50th anniversary (cf. McLaughlin, 2014) and 15 years after the coalition with the LDP had begun, things looked good for the party.

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  1. Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, USA

    Robert J. Pekkanen (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Chuo University, Japan

    Steven R. Reed (Professor of Modern Government, Faculty of Policy Studies) (Professor of Modern Government, Faculty of Policy Studies)

  3. Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis, USA

    Ethan Scheiner (Professor) (Professor)

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Klein, A. (2016). Komeito — Rock “n” Row the Coalition Boat. In: Pekkanen, R.J., Reed, S.R., Scheiner, E. (eds) Japan Decides 2014. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137552006_7

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