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14:27, 01-Nov-2017
Shinzo Abe re-elected Japanese PM after big election win
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Japan’s Shinzo Abe was re-elected prime minister on Wednesday after his ruling bloc’s big election win last month and days ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump that is expected to be dominated by concerns over a volatile Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
63-year-old Abe took office in December 2012, promising to reboot the stale economy and bolster defense.
His Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition retained its two-thirds “super majority” in parliament’s lower house in the October 22 election, re-energizing his push to revise the post-war, pacifist constitution.
Abe was expected to reappoint current cabinet ministers and tell them to compile an extra budget for the year to March 31, 2018 focusing on child care and boosting productivity.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) walks to cast a ballot at the Lower House
of the Parliament in Tokyo, Japan, November 1, 2017. /Reuters Photo
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) walks to cast a ballot at the Lower House of the Parliament in Tokyo, Japan, November 1, 2017. /Reuters Photo
In a telephone conversation on Monday, Abe and Trump agreed to work together on steps to counter Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile development.
Trump told Abe “he is looking forward to his visit to Japan, that Japan and America are 100 percent together and there is no room to doubt the Japan-U.S. alliance,” Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters.
The two leaders have developed a close personal relationship since Trump was elected, and plan to play golf together during Trump’s November 5-7 visit to Japan.
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Source(s): Reuters
,Xinhua News Agency