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Abe unprepared for prime minister's job: U.S. expert

Abe unprepared for prime minister's job: U.S. expert

WASHINGTON, United States - File photo of Gerald Curtis, political science professor at Columbia University in New York City. Curtis told Kyodo News in an interview on Sept. 12 that outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was unprepared for the job as the country's top leader.

Prof. Curtis gives press conference in Tokyo

Prof. Curtis gives press conference in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Columbia University professor Gerald Curtis speaks at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2014, providing his analysis on the ruling coalition's landslide win in the Dec. 14 general election.

Columbia University professor Gerald Curtis

Columbia University professor Gerald Curtis

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken Dec. 17, 2013, shows professor Gerald Curtis in his office at Columbia University in New York.

Columbia Univ. professor Gerald Curtis

Columbia Univ. professor Gerald Curtis

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Columbia University professor Gerald Curtis, a veteran scholar of Japanese politics.

U.S. expert on Japan

U.S. expert on Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Gerald Curtis, a U.S. expert on Japanese politics, listens to a question during his lecture at Columbia University in New York on Sept. 20, 2011.

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SON OF ALI BABA

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U.S. expert on Japan

U.S. expert on Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Gerald Curtis, a U.S. expert on Japanese politics, listens to a question during his lecture at Columbia University in New York on Sept. 20, 2011.(Kyodo)

Gerald Curtis talks about Japan's Article 9

Gerald Curtis talks about Japan's Article 9

Veteran Japan scholar Gerald Curtis gives a speech at Columbia University in New York on Nov. 13, 2017. Curtis said it is less likely that Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution will be amended. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo