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Shinzo Abe Gets Fresh Wind in his Sails

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Sep 17, 2015
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This has been a tough summer for Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. His public approval polling numbers took a dive as tens of thousands besieged parliament to protest passage of a pair of security bills allowing Japan to cooperate more fully with allies.

His pet project, bringing the Olympics to Tokyo in 2020, took a hit when he was forced to cancel pla…

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