Ally with a Labor Union or the Leftist?: Strategic Positioning of the Center-Leftist Candidates on the Nuclear Power Plant Issue in Japan.

• In Event: Candidate and Party Emergence

Brief Overview

This paper analyses center-leftist candidates’ stances on Japan's nuclear power during the 2021 Lower House election, influenced by district factors like manufacturing employment and the electoral pull of the leftist JCP and manufacturing unions.

Author

• Michio Umeda, Komazawa University