Japan elections

EghtesadOnline: With Japan’s opposition wracked by infighting, any challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s grip on power -- as his popularity slides after a series of scandals and missteps -- is likely to come from his own party.

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s sudden rush to change the pacifist constitution that has defined Japan’s security policy since World War II risks eroding his popularity before an election due by the end of next year.