Other political implications. The leader of the largest LDP faction is gone and it will be hard to fill Abe's shoes. Given how much the intra-faction battles are over personality differences versus policy differences this could lead to another round of re-shuffling of the different LDP factional rivalries and alliances. One possible winner would be Kono Taro. It seems Abe is really out to get him and if Abe stayed around in LDP politics for another decade he could really retard Kono Taro's chances of being LDP leader. Now that Abe is gone former PM and Aso faction leader Aso Taro will become the LDP party elder. Kono Taro is in the Aso faction plus Kono Taro's father and former LDP Prez Kono Yohei being Aso's old benefactor all means the LDP hierarchy just got a lot friendlier to Kono.
whats the different between the factions also is true to say abe was japan reagan?
