Moreover, Abe’s lack of Koizumi’s star quality and outsider charisma has made him rely more heavily than his predecessor on the LDP’s existing leadership. These leaders are less concerned with the reform agenda than with promoting patriotism among Japanese youth, upgrading the Defense Agency to a ministry, and enacting a law to permit a referendum to revise the pacifist constitution.
此外，安倍不具备小泉那样的明星气质和外在魅力，因此比他的前任更加依赖自民党现有的领导人。与改革计划相比，这些领导人更关心如何在日本青年中宣传爱国主义、如何将国防机构升级为国防部、以及如何制定法律允许公民投票修改和平主义宪法。这些都是重要的事情，但却不是选民最关心的。