Jun Okumura:日本明治国际事务研究所研究员
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called a snap election for next month.
He vows to step down if his strategy to revive the ailing Japanese economy fails.
Japan's economy slipped into a technical recession this past quarter following the sales tax increase in April, which saw the country's economy contract by over 7-percent in the 2nd quarter.
For more on this issue, our hosts John Artman and Zhou Jingnan talk with:
-Jun Okumura, political analyst and commentator, currently visiting scholar at the Meiji Institute for Global Affairs