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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2016.Abe, eyeing lengthy rule, to opt for stability in cabinet reshuffle
By Linda Sieg TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Yubaru
After 4 years of the same broken record you would think that it's time to boot your outdated ideas about how the economy should be fixed out the door Mr Abe
MsDelicious
Inada won't be ready yet? Why? Because she is a woman?
Goodlucktoyou
I challenge all people in the world to name one good thing he did for Japan. His third arrow is still to come.
PerformingMonkey
The only way to combat deflation is to raise minimum wage to at least 1,200 yen. +24 yen will do zero.
trinklets2
I welcome this change instead of having a new PM for almost yearly. It's quite tough though due to a lot of bashing from some foreigners who are living the good life in the land of the rising sun. Pls keep on going, PM Abe!
fxgai
Few LDP lawmakers don't. You've got big spending and then really BIG spending.
Stability is good, but unfortunately he's failed versus what he promised. He said he was going to drill through bedrock regulations, and proclaimed "the most important "arrow" in my armory is the third, my strategy for growth." Recap here: http://japan.kantei.go.jp/96_abe/statement/201306/19guildhall_e.html
3 years later, his most important arrow is mocked as the one that was never fired, and his greatest achievement is reinterpreting the convention.
Foreigners want politicians who make promises to execute and deliver on them.
FizzBit
In the words of Hillary
"at this point...what difference does it make"
ThonTaddeo
Well, sure. Easy to spend other people's money when they're the ones who will still be alive and working when the bills really come due.
smithinjapan
"The reshuffle comes as Abe tries to rev up economic growth, handle multiple diplomatic challenges and eyes the possibility of staying in office after his term as ruling Liberal Democratic Party president ends in 2018."
A democracy does not allow this, which proves even more that Abe is trying to turn Japan into anything but. He wants to keep power, so he'll stay beyond his mandated period to do what HE declares is "best for the nation". I've heard that before, like in Venezuela.
FizzBit: ""at this point...what difference does it make"
Actually, those were YOUR words yesterday about Trump, and honestly... do you really need to come onto a thread about Abe and bring your baggage about US politics and Hillary Clinton? You're THAT desperate?
FizzBit
@Smith
Not at all, I thought it just kind of fit...that's all. You're just reading into too much.
Alix Hooper
Ah yes, eyeing a lengthy rule...