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Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Why Japan is split over Shinzo Abe's state funeral

Sep 26, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -14% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : But most of the nation's 47 prefectural governments will fly the flag at half-mast and observe a moment of silence, which could put pressure on public schools.
44% : Abe's opponents recall his attempts to whitewash Japan's wartime atrocities, his push for more military spending, his reactionary view of gender roles and a leadership seen as autocratic and supportive of cronyism.
44% : Opponents say tax money should be spent on more meaningful causes, such as to address widening economic disparities caused by Abe's policies.

*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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