Tobias Harris is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, an independent, nonpartisan policy institute. He is the author of "The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan."
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Fumio Kishida unlikely to break with Shinzo Abe's legacy
New Japan leader has demonstrated that he is by no means an ideologue
Fumio Kishida gestures after he is elected as ruling Liberal Democratic Party president on Sept. 29: he will depend heavily on the conservatives to govern. © Kyodo
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