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December 19, 2012

Japan's Abe Could Join Reformers' Pantheon

Bloomberg, Bloomberg

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Some of the challenges Japan faces are indeed formidable. And its voters, to their credit, are increasingly impatient with leaders who can’t meet them. That’s what democracy is all about. It’s now Abe’s turn.

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TAGGED: Asia, Shinzo Abe, Japan

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