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Old rivalries at stake in Japanese and Korean polls

South Korean leadership elections are held every five years. Japanese ones come around about every five minutes. This month, the two arch rivals – Asia’s second and fourth-largest economies – will pick a new leader within three days of each other.

Japan has had so many prime ministers in recent years that almost everyone you can think of has already had a go. Shinzo Abe, who had a brief turn in 2006 – since when no fewer than five prime ministers have served – is very likely to get a second bite at the cherry. His election would mean a lurch to the right of a Japan increasingly fearful of a rising China. It would also mean the comeback of the Liberal Democratic party after a three-year absence.

South Koreans, meanwhile, must choose between Park Geun-hye on the right and Moon Jae-in on the left. The two are running neck and neck following the withdrawal of independent candidate Ahn Cheol-soo, a popular software entrepreneur who pulled out last month to the dismay of many young voters who had been invigorated by his unconventional campaign.

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