Japan’s ban on internet election campaigning will be ended as New PM takes helm

Japan PM brings change closer as giant Japan sees major political changes

Japan’s next PM ready to lift ban on e-campaigning

AFP – Japan’s incoming prime minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday he wanted to lift the strict ban on all forms of Internet electioneering as he met with information technology company chiefs. “I think we should remove the prohibition on election campaigning over the Net by the next poll,” Abe told reporter.

Japan new PM to send envoy to S.Korea

Japan’s incoming prime minister will send a special envoy to Seoul, he said Friday, to meet South Korea’s president-elect, in an early attempt to mend frayed ties. Shinzo Abe will dispatch a senior official from his Liberal Democratic Party to deliver a letter to Park Geun-Hye, just days after.