The Epoch Times Article Rating

Candidates Compete to Be Japan's Prime Minister Amidst Multiple Crises

Sep 27, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    98% Very Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -42% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -12% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : For example, Wallace says that Kono advocates investing in digital technologies and renewable energy, while Takaichi wants to double down on nuclear power generation.
56% : The decision of the candidates to boost the economy through government spending comes as Japan records staggering levels of government debt, which is currently at which at 237 per cent and is the highest in the world.
54% : Wallace told The Epoch Times all, "the candidates generally support Abenomics in terms of looser monetary policy and higher government spending.
46% : Views of Japan's leaders on military spending and the U.S. alliance have often differed markedly from those held by the broader public, though.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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