01-07-2016 08:05 via news.yahoo.com

Abe's expected election win means more bullet trains for Japan, fewer deep reforms

By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - An election victory for Japan's ruling coalition this month could give Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a mandate to pursue bolder economic policies, but he's likely to choose big-ticket infrastructure items over more pressing structural reforms. The global financial shock caused by Britain's vote to leave the European Union last week will also give politicians a suitable pretext to choose quick hit stimulus - like high speed rail projects - over more politically cont
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