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Former Prime Minister Abe became the youngest prime minister in Japanese history and held power for the longest time.

As a symbol of Japan's right wing, former Prime Minister Abe, who exerted great influence even after his resignation as prime minister, is also a politician who has frequently clashed with us over issues of the past, including visits to Yasukuni Shrine.



Reporter Jung Young-tae pointed out what kind of change there will be in Japanese society in the future.



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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered politics in 1993 when he inherited his father's constituency for the House of Representatives.



His maternal grandfather is former Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke, who was charged with Class A war crimes after Japan's defeat.



After taking office as the youngest postwar prime minister in 2006 at the age of 52, he resigned after one year due to health reasons, but he succeeded in re-electing in 2012 and served for a whopping 8 years and 9 months until his retirement due to chronic disease in September 2020.



Japan's shift to the right accelerated during the reign of Prime Minister Abe.



In 2013, he visited the Yasukuni Shrine where a class A war criminal was enshrined and caused a stir,



[Shinzo Abe/Former Prime Minister of Japan (past 2013): Reported to the heroic spirits the path the Abe administration has walked, and expressed an example of veneration and worship. ]



In strong opposition to the Korean court's ruling on forced labor mobilization by Japan, measures were taken to restrict exports to Korea.



[Shinzo Abe/Former Prime Minister of Japan (last year 2018): The issue of workers from the former Korean Peninsula (Korean peninsula) was completely and finally resolved according to the 1965 Korea-Japan Claims Agreement.]



Making Japan a war-capable country and specifying the Self-Defense Forces in the Constitution He did not hide his ambition to do so.



[Shinzo Abe/Former Prime Minister of Japan (last 2017): I would like to make 2020 the year of the new constitution and clearly state the existence of the Self-Defense Forces in the constitution.]



Even after retiring in September 2020, the largest faction of the LDP, the Abe faction He has exerted a strong influence as a leader.



The registration of the Sado mine as UNESCO was also considered by the current Kishida cabinet, but it is known that it was pushed back at the last minute when former Prime Minister Abe posted, "It is impossible to avoid it since we have been through a war of history."



The House of Councilors election to be held two days later is expected to be held by the LDP, but it is noteworthy whether there will be some change in the powerful influence of the Abe faction.



[Hosaka Yuji/Professor Sejong University: (Current Prime Minister) The Kishida clan has about 47 people.

But the Abe group has nearly 100 members.

In fact, former Prime Minister Abe has changed a lot of policy stances while talking about every event.

(Prime Minister Kishida) can deviate a little from that.]



The possibility of a change in the policy stance of Prime Minister Kishida, who is classified as a moderate member of the LDP, is also being raised cautiously.



(Video coverage: Choi Jun-sik, video editing: Won Yang)