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Episode: Snap judgement: Japan PM’s electoral landslide
Description: Takaichi Sanae’s gamble to call a general election has paid off. How will the prime minister’s thumping victory change Japan? New legislation in Republican states could imperil academic freedom. And why “Taxi Driver” resonates 50 years after the film’s release.Guests and host:Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”Noah Sneider, East Asia bureau chiefRebecca Jackson, Southern correspondentAndrew Miller, author of The Economist’s Back Story column on cultureTopics covered: Japan’s electionUniversity censorship in AmericaFifty years of “Taxi Driver”For more on Japan’s economy, listen...