23-12-2014 22:51 via news.yahoo.com

Japan PM set for re-election after 'Abenomics' poll win

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to be re-elected on Wednesday with a broadly similar cabinet following his mid-December election triumph that was billed as a referendum on his economic growth blitz. Abe will then announce his new cabinet Wednesday afternoon, which local media say will be largely unchanged, and include deputy premier and finance minister Taro Aso as well as foreign minister Fumio Kishida. Japan had appeared on track for recovery after Abe swept to power in late 2012, bu
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