stage a comeback
ご存知のように、自民党総裁選は本日、投開票され、決選投票（run-off）では、事前の予想を裏切り安倍晋三元首相が１０８票を獲得し、自民党総裁への就任が決まりました。安部氏の次のねらいは当然首相への返り咲きです。共同通信電では「返り咲き」をstage a comebackとしていました。動詞 stageには「（人々の注目を集めることを）計画する，ねらう、（華々しく）行なう」という意味があります。「もうひと花咲かせる」という場合にはピッタリの語彙選択です。（GP）
Abe elected as LDP chief, aiming to stage comeback as Japan's PM
TOKYO, Sept. 26, Kyodo
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was elected Wednesday as head of the Liberal Democratic Party after a neck-and-neck contest with former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, positioning him to stage a comeback as Japan's top political leader.
Abe and Ishiba faced each other in a runoff in which only LDP legislators voted, as none of the five contenders won a majority in the first round of voting in the party presidential election.
Ishiba secured the strongest support among rank-and-file party members, whose votes are thought to reflect public opinion, but Abe garnered more backing from lawmakers. In the initial ballot, Ishiba won the most votes among the 498 cast -- 198 by Diet members and 300 by local party branches.
