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Home / Covid-19 / Gerald Curtis quoted in New York Times article on Shinzo Abe and coronavirus

Gerald Curtis quoted in New York Times article on Shinzo Abe and coronavirus

Professor Gerald Curtis was quoted in a March 6 article in the New York Times titled “Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Political Houdini, Can’t Escape Coronavirus Backlash.”

The article took a critical stance on the response of Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and his administration to the coronavirus outbreak, highlighting the disease’s impact not only on Japan’s public health but the national economy.

“The opposition parties are in too hopeless a state to take advantage of the situation, and none of the ruling party’s leaders who would like to succeed Abe want to come to power in the middle of this unprecedented crisis,” the article quoted Professor Curtis as saying.

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